August 31 - September 13, 2005

	Announcement
	Highlight of the week Wednesday 7:30pm Learn the history of Chinese Figure Painting and its reflected thoughts and mentality of the Chinese. Saturday Join this very popular tour to the largest Eunuch Tomb and Temple site in the mountains of western Beijing ! Regular Courses begin ! Another new round of taichi, calligraphy, massage courses are going to start this week and next respectively. Sign you up for the new classes ! The largest eunuch tomb complex nestled in the mountains of western Beijing Macau Trip (Sep.17-18) At the moment Macau has just been listed as China’s 31st World Heritage Site of UNESCO, join CCC’s weekend trip to . Experts from Macau Cultural Bureau will also guide CCC guests. Upcoming trips September (10-11) Weekend trip: Xi' an (Terracotta Warrior), Yaozhou Ware Town and/or Farmers' Painting Village Sat./Sun, September 17-18 Weekend Trip to Macau September 18 Day-trip: CockCrow Post Town September 22-27 Repeated trip: The Silk Road September 24-25 Datong Trip (Grottoes, Hanging Monasteries) October 8-9/10 Huangshan (Yellow Mountains) and Ancient villages of Anhui. (two options: Weekend or 3-day trip)

Illustrated Talk: Figure painting and Chinese people Wednesday, August 31, 7:30pm

The talk aims to learn Chinese people, their thoughts through traditional Chinese figure painting. The history, important artists, technique evolutions and artistic values of different dynastie >>> more

Calligraphy Course Every Thursday, Sep.1-Oct.27, 10am

Non mandarin-speaking students: Conducted in English, the class teaches everything, from meaning and evolution of the characters, culture to history and music of the period. You don't have to be able to write Chinese already, just have to be enthusi >>> more

Tour: Eunuch Tombs and Temples Saturday, September 3, 10am-3pm

This is one of most popular CCC day-trip. Tucked away in the mountains in the west suburb, the Eunuch tombs and temple complex remain authentic and peaceful. >>> more

Taichi(taijiquan) class Sunday, Sept.4-Nov.13, 10:30am

Taichi (Taichi chuan; or taijiquan) is ancient Chinese meditative exercise for the body, aiming to foster a calm and tranquil mind. It can perhaps be thought of as a moving form of yoga and meditation combined. >>> more

Royal Canal Tour to the Summer Palace Sunday, September 4, 9am-1pm

Cruise along the imperial canal in a motorized canopy boat past the Beijing Zoo, the Beijing Aquarium and the Purple Bamboo Garden; appreciate the great views en route, and stroll in the garden to meet taichi practitioners beside lotus ponds and amat >>> more

Foot Massage Monday, September 5-26, 7:30pm

4-session of foot massage and reflexology course is conducted in small group with English narration. >>> more

Body massage Wednesday, Sep.7-Nov.2, 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

Talk: Dream of the Red Chamber Wednesday, September 7, 7:30pm

Peking University Professor Wang will introduce this most famous classical Chinese novel to our western audience, from the characters, symbols to the family relations and reflected society. >>> more

"Back-Street-Beijing" Walking Tour(6) Friday, September 9, 9:30am-1pm

CCC's serial "Back-Street-Beijing" Walking Tour will take you to Guangji Temple, Yuan-Dynasty White Dagopa, Writer Lu Xun's Museum and Graves of Matteo Ricci, a renowned Catholic Missionary to China during the Ming Dynasty. >>> more

Weekend trip: Xi'an, Yaozhou Ware Town, etc. September 10-11, Fri.8:30pm-Mon.6:53am

Weekend trip to northwest of China: Xi'an (Terrecotta Warriors) Farmers' Painting Village (a brush with Mao) (Saturday) and Chenlu (yaozhou ware town)(Sunday). >>> more

Mahjong Training Class Saturday, September 10, 2:30-4:30pm

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 >>> more

Night Tour of the Grand View Garden (Da Guan Yuan) Saturday, September 10, 6-9:40pm

CCC organizes a night tour to a beautiful gardens in the southwest of Beijing: The Grand View Garden. >>> more

Tour: Bonsai Art Festival Tuesday, September 13, 9am

Penjing (or bonsai in Japanese) is the thousand-year old Chinese art of creating a miniature landscape in a container. Join CCC's tour to a bonsai artist and collector's garden to see his rare rocks and Penjing shows. You will learn the history, sch >>> more