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2005 July,27 - August,09
 
  Announcement  
     
 
Ancient Water Towns in the picturesque Yangze
River Delta of southern China are well known
for their ancient houses, bridges and the rivers
running through them.
News and events this week:


Social & Human Talk

Tonight, Wednesday, July 27: Mr. Wang Jun, Journalist and author of "An Evolutionary History of Beijing City" will talk to CCC members and friends the past 50-year history and story of the arguments and controversial projects on Beijing City and the challenge of modernization and conservation. Mr. Wang was just invited by UNESCO Beijing to talk during its "Beijing and Beijing" series of events held in June.

Furniture Warehouse Tour

This Sunday CCC will organize a free of charge tour to the suburb to see wide selection of antique furnishings in a huge warehouse in a yard with lotus pond.

Openings for Inner Mongolia trip

There are a few openings for this weekend Inner Mongolian Grassland Trip, please sign up ASAP!

Upcoming trips:

August 6-9 South China Ancient Water Towns: Wuzhen, Xitang, Suzhou and Hangzhou
August 16-17 Chengde (Mountain Resort and Eight Outer Temples)
August 25-30 Silk Road: Dunhuang, Turpan, Kashgar, etc.

September (10-11or 12) Xi\'an, Yaozhou Ware Town and Farmers\' Painting Village ( 2 or 3 days trips)
September 18 Day-trip: CockCrow Post Town
September 21-26 Repeated trip: Silk Road
Click to see details of above trips
 
     

  CCC Calendar  
WednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySundayMondayTuesday
Jul 27
Chinese Hospital and Pharmacy Visit ( 1-4:30pm)
Social & Human Talk: "The Evolutionary Record of Beijing City" ( 7:30pm)
Jul 28
Tying Chinese Knot( macram¨¦) ( 1:30-3pm)
Jul 29
Jul 30
Inner Mongolia Grassland Trip ( Sat.6am to Sun.11:20pm)
Jul 31
Tour: Old Wood/New Paint ( 9am-1pm)
Aug 1
Foot Massage ( 7:30pm)
Aug 2
Aug 3
Body massage ( 10am-12)
Aug 4
Aug 5
Aug 6
South China Ancient Water Towns: Wuzhen, Xitang, Suzhou, etc. (August 6-9 (Fri.6:40pm-Wed.7:30am))
Aug 7
Aug 8
Aug 9

CCC Regular Courses
Taichi (Thurs.) Qigong (Mon.) Calligraphy (Tues.)
Painting (Tues.) Body massage (weekly) Foot massage & reflexology (weekly)

What's On

Chinese Hospital and Pharmacy Visit
Wednesday, July 27, 1-4:30pm
This is a 3 hour experience of traditional medicine, from attending a brief lesson on TCM, meet various veteran TCM doctors for diagnosis (pulse-feeling), to trying various treatments such as acupuncture, vacuum cupping, moxibustion, massage and ot >>> more
Social & Human Talk: "The Evolutionary Record of Beijing City"
Wednesday, July 27, 7:30pm
Wang Jun, journalist and author of "Cheng Ji" (The Evolutionary Record of Beijing City), will share with us his research on the history of Beijing City and the challenge of modernisation and conservation. Wang was invited for a talk and one debate b >>> more
Tying Chinese Knot( macram¨¦)
Thursday, July 28, 1:30-3pm
Learn to make the auspicious knots (Chinese style macram¨¦) from a CCC folk artists, and work out your own knots (knots, butterfly or lily shoes, and other patterns of crafts), and hang them up on your neck or your handbag >>> more
Inner Mongolia Grassland Trip
July 30-31, Sat.6am to Sun.11:20pm
Fly with CCC to Hohhot, visit a renowned Tibetan Buddhist Temple and an interesting Frontier Street, an old street selling arts and crafts and minority goods, and then head to the beautiful (not commercialized) grassland >>> more
Tour: Old Wood/New Paint
Sunday, July 31, 9am-1pm
Want to see thousands of pieces of finely refurbished antique Chinese furniture, from opium beds to scholar¡¯s writing tables, in a 5,000 square metres warehouse around 12,000 square metres garden with huge lotus pond?

Join CCC's anqique Chinese >>> more
Foot Massage
Monday, August 1-22, 7:30pm
4-session of foot massage and reflexology course is conducted in small group with English narration. >>> more
Body massage
Wednesday, August 3-28, 10am-12
Basic manipulation techniques on relaxing the muscle and vein, and pressing corresponding acupoints; and treatments on common diseases. The class falls into the following 8 sessions >>> more
South China Ancient Water Towns: Wuzhen, Xitang, Suzhou, etc.
August 6-9 (Fri.6:40pm-Wed.7:30am)
Chinese ancient Water Towns in South China are well known for their ancient houses, bridges and the rivers running through them. CCC will guide their members & friends to visit Hangzhou and Suzhou, and two other peaceful ancient towns Wuzhen and Xita >>> more

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