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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 |
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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