Eunuch Admiral Zhenghe April 26 (Wed.) night talk

Dear CCC friends,

CCC office will be closed from April 29-May 7,
if you have any inquiries or would like to join our Pingyao Trip
(May 6-7), please call 6432-1041 for questions and payment.
 
CCC wishes you a smooth and pleasant holiday !

What's on this week

Wed., April 26, 8pm
Talk/Screening: Documentary of Eunuch Zhenghe
Mr. Chen Qian, CCTV producer of the 1405 Zheng He, Seven Voyages Towards the Western Sea, the hugest budget documentary ever for CCTV, will give CCC friends a talk (in English) on how he and his photographers traced the route of Zhenghe to sh

Sat.-Sun., April 29-30
Underwater Great Wall, Pass and Castle
CCC is going to explore two of them in Hebei.The Great Wall at the Green Mountain Pass, suburb of Tangshan (4 hours' drive) is still known to few people, both locals and foreigners alike. Thus it is not spoiled by tourists at all. The village nestled

Underwater Great Wall and Green Pass tour by coach (April 29-30)

May Holiday Tibet and Yunnan trip have been fully booked.

CCC tours and events in the first half of May

New Courses in May

1. massage and foot massage course in May
2. Taichi classes in Shunyi (at the Green Teahouse Living)

Around town

Thurs, May 11, 10-12am
Beijing Hutong (lane) Pedicab Tour
CCC guides you to the hutong and courtyard area in the south of Beijing, where you will see "authentic" and "crude" hutongs and their courtyards, visit the homes in the neighborhood for a chat with residents, tour a local market, and then check out a

Mount. Lushan, UNESCO listed World heritage site, is an ideal summer retreat in China (May 17-18).

Fri., May 12, 10am-12pm
Walk: Mosque & Muslim Quarters
This CCC walk will head you to Niujie (Ox Street), a largely Muslim community in Beijing's Xuanwu District. This walk will give you a feel for the unique Muslim quarter with old Beijing hutong atmosphere. In the company of Mr. Hu, member of Beij

Sat., May 13, 9am-1:30pm
Royal Canal Tour to the Summer Palace
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


Cultural Events

Tuesday, May 9, 10:30am
Zen Buddhism Tea and Ceremony
(held in Green Tea House Living, Shunyi)
This is an in-depth talk by CCC experts on the relation between Zen sect Buddhism and tea, and the importance of the three key elements: tools, water and tea leaves. The tea artists will explain all different tea cups and other wares, types of tea le

Guilin and Yangshuo tour (May 19-21)

Wed., May 10, 8pm
Lecture: The concept of Tian in Chinese Philosophy
---Heaven, God, Sky or 'The Principle'? Mr. Li, professor of China Academy of Social Science will share with us the concept of Tian (天）in Chinese Philosophy. In Chinese philosophy the term ‘Tian’ covers a wide spectrum of views. They rang

Sunday, May 14, 2:30-4:30pm
Mahjong Workshop
Come learn or practise 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

Wed., May 17, 8pm
Lecture: Fengshui & Furniture arrangement
Professor Zhao will give a lecture on the arrangement of your furniture. It has something to do with stress in your life, and the way you decorate has a huge impact on many aspects of your life.


Explore China - departing from Beijing

Fri.night-Sun.evening, May 6-7

Sichuan Panda Natural Reserve Tour (May 25/27-28)

Pingyao--Raise the red lantern
Listed as UNESCO Heritage Site, this exotic ancient city and city walls bring you back to the history and the atmosphere and environment like the Europeans back to the Middle Age Europe, and the awesome walls and carvings of the Wang Family Residence

May 13-14
Datong Trip (Grottoes & Hanging Monastery)
Join this weekend tour to see the second-largest of the nearly 51,000 sandstone statues of Buddha in 53 Yungang grottoes. Buddhist cave art began here in Datong, 160 miles west of Beijing, in the fifth century, by Xianbei minority, which ruled North

May 13-14
Underwater Great Wall, Pass and Castle
CCC is going to explore two of them in Hebei.The Great Wall at the Green Mountain Pass, suburb of Tangshan (4 hours' drive) is still known to few people, both locals and foreigners alike. Thus it is not spoiled by tourists at all. The village nestled

Karakuri Lake and Mount Muztagata part of the Silk Road tour (June 8-13)

May 19-21
3-day Trip to Guilin and Yangshuo
Guilin is one of top ten destinations for both local Chinese and foreigners. Guilin has China's most "Chinese" scenery. The limestone carst peaks along the Li River are especially magnificent.Guilin to Yangshuo Cruise along the 83-kilometer (51-mile)

Fri.even.-Sun, May 19-21
Mount. Taishan & Confucius Hometown Qufu
This is a weekend trip to three places, two of them are UNSECO-listed World Heritage site: Mount.Taishan and Qufu, Confucius Hometown, where there are Confucius Temple, Confucius Residence, and Confucius Family Cemetery.

Thurs./Sat.- Sun., May 25/27-28
Sichuan Pandas and Leshan Giant Buddha
Visit the Panda conservatory at Wolong Natural Reserve, taking photos with the giant Pandas; then walk along Min River to see Dujiangyan Irrigation System and old temples and palaces; drive to tour the famous Le Shan Big Buddha, world's largest Buddh

Hakka Earthen Round Houses The Hakka village is just beautiful !

May 27-28
Shaolin Temple & Luoyang Grottes
Take a weekend trip to Luoyang to visit the Longmen Grottoes, UNESCO-listed world heritage site in 2000. It is one of the 4 most famous Buddhist grottoes in China with over one hundred thousand Buddha figures in more than twenty three hundred niches

June 3-4
Ancient Xi'an Town (Terracotta Warriors)
Take weekend trip to visit the famous Terracotta Warrior Site; walk on the ancient walled City, Shaanxi Museum; Great Mosque and Muslim Street; Wild Goose Pagoda, etc.

June 3-4
Qinghai Lake & Bird Island
It is the largest salt water lake in China, and rank No.1 of the top ten best lakes in China -- large, high, salty, and stunningly blue. Yellow reep blossom will be all over the region. Over 100,000 birds migrate from the Indian Ocean feed on spawn

June 8-13

Qinghai Lake is listed as the most beautiful lake in China by China National Geography  Go to see reap blossom all over Qinghai in June

Silk Road Tour
CCC will organize a 6-day trip to trace the Silk Road Route (Xi'an and Lanzhou are not included), starting from Dunhuang through Turpan to Kashgar and Karakuri Lake and Snow Mountains.

Sat.-Tues., June 10-13
Hakka Earthen Round Buildings
Get to know Fujian province, the southeastern end of China's mainland facing Taiwan across the strait. Xiamen, beautiful seaport city with Gulangyu Island; then dirve into the villages in the mountains south and west of Fujian for the magical earthen

June 14-15
Underwater Great Wall, Pass and Castle

June 17-18
Weekend Trip: Lushan National Park

Hulun Buir Grassland

Mount. Lushan one of the favourite mountains of Mao and Li Bai (most famous Tang Poet), After 1949, it became famous as a favoured meeting place for the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Listed by UNESCO as world Heritage site in 199

June 17-18
Hulun Buir Grasslands (Inner Mongolia)
The most beautiful grassland in inner Mongolia near the border with Russia ! Located just outside the remote border town of Manzhouli, the Hulun Buir's grasslands(Inner Mongolia) are the most pristine in China. This expanse of gentle emerald hills, perfectly punctuated with small streams and rocky outcrops, is all the more at