China has been a land fueling creativity for thousands of years but there seems to have been a resurgence of interest from the West in Chinese creativity recently. Last year, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and a handful of other museums featured exhibits on Chinese art. In the previous year, The Smithsonian showcased Chinese-American food and this past November The Met documented Chinese fashion and its global impact. Both exhibits noted that Chinese culture has been influencing the West for centuries.  

As vast as its realm of influence, China offers many ways to explore its impactful fashion and food scenes at their origins and there’s never been a better time to do so. Below, we’ve listed a few events in order to help you choose from your myriad of options. From fashion weeks to cooking lessons, China will leave you with worlds of knowledge.  

Hong Kong Fashion Week 

As Asia’s largest Fashion Fair, Hong Kong Fashion Week for Fall/Winter collections features a variety of themes ranging from Emporium de Mode to Cashmere & Wool and offers inspiration as well as a view into current global fashion trends. January 18-21

Beijing Mercedes-Benz China Fashion Week

Mercedes-Benz China Fashion Week offers fashions shows and competitions featuring works from 450 designers. This event combines fashion design, accessories, styling and new technologies which show off China’s new breed of designers. March 25-31

Shanghai Park Hyatt’s Masters of Food and Wine 

The Park Hyatt’s Masters of Food and Wine events are held at numerous Park Hyatts around the world. They offer personal time and attention with international as well as locally sourced award-winning chefs, farmers, sommeliers, and craft brew masters in intimate settings. The Shanghai Park Hyatt’s event, now called Passion Week, offers in-depth insight from the best in culinary arts and entertaining. Here, “masters” of the trades form a connection between you and China through food, their passion and some edible influence. Exact dates are not yet announced but this event usually takes place over Thanksgiving week. Fall 2016

Design a trip with Imperial Tours to incorporate one of these events in order to have a premier experience while you see and taste for yourself how and why China continues to influence the world with its food and its style.