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	Cricket-fighting used to be an important pastime for Manchurian folks in Qing Dynasty What's on this week Sep.21, Wednesday, 7:30pm Talk: Beijing City Wall Evolution Edward C. Lanfranco, historian and author of "Old Beijing", will share with CCC friends his study on the evolution of Beijing City wall from Ming & Qing to the present. Sep 24, Saturday, 2:30pm Cricket (insect) culture & fighting Come hear a talk all about crickets (qu qu & guo guo) and their extravagant containers – villas, and cricket apartments. Learn all about the tools traditionally used for handling crickets, what they eat, how to set up a "cricket palace,"  how crickets fight, and learn about all the ... Sep 23 Friday, 10am-12 Mahjong Training Class Sep 26, Monday, 2-4pm Tying Chinese Knot (macramé) Kashgar Cattle Market, one key stop of CCC's Silk Road Trip Upcoming Trips October 8-9 (Sat.-Sun.) Weekend Trip: Yellow Mountain (Huangshan) & Anhui Ancient Village Hongcun (Shooting site for "Crouching Tigers and Hidden Dragons" ) October 16 (Sun.) Day-trip: Tianjin Historical Architecture Tour October 21-23 (Fri.-Sun.) 3-day Trip to Guilin and Yangshuo October 29-30 (Fri.evening-Sun.) Trip to Pingyao--Raise the red lantern

Talk: Beijing City Wall Evolution Wednesday, September 21, 7:30pm

Edward C. Lanfranco, historian and author of "Old Beijing", will share with CCC friends his study on the evolution of Beijing City wall from Ming & Qing to the present. Price: RMB 40 (Members: RMB 30) Venue: Chinese Culture Club, Beijing, China. >>> more

Dining Out: Cantonese Dim Sum Wednesday, September 21, 12:30pm

Cantonese dishes are known for its delicacies and freshness. Being one of the eight major cuisines in China, Cantonese cuisine is though not limited to its well-known seafood fares but offer wide range of Dim Sum varieties on the order of tapas. >>> more

Silk Road: Dunhuang, Turpan, Kashgar Tues-Sun., September 22-27

Beijing--Dunhuang (plane); Dunhuang--Turpan (bus); Turpan--Kashgar (plane); Kashgar--Urumqi (plane); Urumqi--Beijng (plane) >>> more

Mahjong Training Class Friday, September 23, 10am-12

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

Weekend Trip: Datong (Grottoes & Hanging Monastery) Sep 24-25, Fri.9pm-Sun.6pm

CCC takes you to see nearly 51,000 sandstone statues of Buddha in 53 Yungang grottoes at Datong of Shanxi province. Buddhist cave art began here in Datong, 160 miles west of Beijing, in the fifth century, by Xianbei miniority, which ruled northen Ch >>> more

Cricket(insect) culture & fighting Saturday, September 24, 2:30pm

Ever go to a local pet market and take home a cricket songster to keep you company this fall! The Chinese love crickets! Come hear a talk all about crickets (qu qu & guo guo) and their extravagant containers – villas, and cricket apartments. Learn a >>> more

Tying Chinese Knot( macramé) Monday, September 26, 2-4pm

Learn to make the auspicious knots (Chinese style macramé) 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

Talk: Chinese erotic literature Wednesday, September 28, 7:30pm

Peking University Professor Xuan will introduce the most famous "erotic" novel in Chinese history "Gold, Vase and Plum" (Jin Ping Mei), and others, and discuss the history and characteristics of such type of literature. >>> more