2005 August,03 - August,16

	Announcement
	Two added art show tours This Saturday and next Sunday: CCC will arrange two tours to join two art exhibitions (Chinese sculpture and contemporary art respectively) held at the Millennium Monument Art Museum. Organized by governmental art institutions and authorities, both two art exhibitions gather most of the famous artists\' works done in the past 20 years, which provides a rare opportunity to view the two-decade achievements of Chinese sculpture or contemporary art in one exhibition. Two curators will be on hand respectively to talk and answer questions for CCC members. See details below. South China Ancient Water Town Tour (this weekend) Join CCC\' s trip this Friday evening (Aug.5) to two famous and beautiful cities of Hangzhou and Suzhou, and other two even more fascinating little towns of Wuzhen and Xitang. There are a few spaces left, sign up ASAP! Upcoming trips  (Click to see details of  the following trips) August 16-17 Chengde (Mountain Resort and Eight Outer Temples) August 13-14 Inner Mongolia Grassland Trip August 25-30 Silk Road: Dunhuang, Turpan, Kashgar, Karakuri Lake, etc. September (10-11or 12) Xi\'an (Terrecota Warrior), Yaozhou Ware Town and Farmers\' Painting Village (weekend trip or 3 days trips) September 18 Day-trip: CockCrow Post Town September 21-26 Repeated trip: Silk Road

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

Sculpture Show Tour Saturday, August 6, 2:15-5pm

CCC will organize a tour to attend the on-going one-week sculpture show ended this Sunday (August 7). The sculpture exhibition, entitled "Yellow Sky and Thick Earth", aims to show the achievements of original Chinese sculptures with Chinese tradition >>> more

TravelTalk: Silk Road Wednesday, August 10, 7:30pm

CCC guide will share with CCC members and friends her experience along the Silk Road, and give some travel tips to Dunhuang, Turpan, Kashgar, and other places around. This is a illustrated talk conducted in English. >>> more

Mahjong Workshop Thursday, August 11, 2-4pm

Come learn this most popular games in China and rest of Asia. CCC boasts to let you grasp this game skills and immediately begin to play independently within one hour. If you are not a beginner, please notify us when you RSVP so that advanced partner >>> more

Inner Mongolia Grassland Trip August 13-14, Sat.morning-Sun.night.

Fly with CCC on Saturday morning 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 mercialized) grassland >>> more

Chinese Hospital and Pharmacy Visit Saturday, August 13, 9:30am-12:30

This is a 2.5-3 hours 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 an >>> more

Tour: Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art Sunday, August 14, 2:15-5pm

An exhibition entitled The Wall: Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art is going on at the Millennium Art Museum, Beijing. The Wall will be the largest exhibition of contemporary Chinese art. Then it will travel beyond China to show at three gallerie >>> more

2-day Trip to Chengde, Imperial Summer Resort August 16-17, Tues.8:30am-Wed.6:30pm

Take CCC's comfortable bus to Chende, Hebei Province to see the Summer Mountain Resort (Bishushanzhuang) and its Outlying Temples. The size of Chengde Summer resort is as big as the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace combined. It is surround >>> more