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CCC e-Newsletter > Beijing
May 26 - June 10, 2006 Editor: Feng Cheng
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Join our Saturday tour to the Ming
Village Chuan Di Xia and have lunch in
the village head's home (more photos)

The summer season is starting and a variety of outings and tours will be happening around and out of Beijing.
CCC is offering trips the Little West Lake, Horse-back riding at Kangxi Grassland, Qinghai Lake and Birds Island, and Lushan National Park, Tibet trip, etc.

Be sure to make it to the Antique Furniture in rural Beijing, and Night Tour to the Grand View Garden.
And don't miss the two talks on Wednesday evenings: CCTV's  Aerophotography of Yangtz River and Great Wall and Political Leader Documentary Series and and "Chinese Population and One-Child Policy"

What's on

Beijing Tour
Saturday, May 27, 9am-6:30pm
Day-trip: Ming Village (Chuan Di Xia)
Chuan Dixia Village is the only village in Beijing that has been listed as a National Village Architecture Reserve. Art and architecture students often go to sketch the houses there. 70 courtyards uniquely arranged on the slope into Upper Village and Lower Village
...

Sunday, May 28, 10am-3pm
Shangyuan Established Artists Village Tour
You may already know about the Songzhuang artist village or Dashanzi's 798. But the Shangyuan Artists Community is different - located in Changping County of Beijing, the community is made up of academic artists who are relatively older and have established...


Saturday, June 3, 9am-6pm

Qinghai Salt Lake and Tibetan Taer Temple
June 3-4 (View more pictures here)


Hiking: The Little West Lake
Hiking along the Little Lake area with Great Wall, waters and hills and forest...


Saturday, June 3, 2-6pm
Tour: Antique Furniture in Rural Beijing
Wish 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 and furniture studio and gallery beside 12,000 square metres lotus pond?


Sunday, June 4, 3-6:30pm
Back-Street Beijing Walking Tour(4)
Stroll in the old cultural streets at Wusi & Wenjin Street, and others, and view the Red Mansion of old Peking University,Wenjin Street, old palaces of Beijing library, and the "Northern Cathedral of Beijing"



Beijing Events

Try your hand at Chinese Sword Play
in Ditan park (June 5)

Wed., May 31, 8pm
Screening: Chinese History (1970-1976)
This is the most important documentary series recording China's last century. It was made by China Central Television. Most comprehensive historical sources, including many rare footages are included in the film.


Monday, June 5, 4-6pm
Hands-on: Chinese Sword Play at Park
Learn Chinese swordsmanship with outstanding Chinese Martial Arts practitioner in Ditan park. All people, beginners or the advanced alike, are welcomed, just join us to stretch yourself after a long week sitting.


Wednesday, June 7, 8pm
Talk: CCTV documentary production
CCTV producer & cameraman Qi Kejun has been involved in two major theme documentaries: China's topography and geography (e.g. Yangtz River Series and Great Wall by aerophotograph) and political leaders such as Deng Xiaoping....


CCC Mahjong workshop

Saturday, June 10, 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
...

Wednesday, June 14, 8pm
Talk: Chinese Population
How did the China's population reach its present level and its One-Child policy come about? What are the real facts with regard to sex ratio at birth, the labour force, population aging, the urban and rural population distribution and their
...

Explore China

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

Hakka Earthen Round Houses
The Hakka village is just beautiful !


Qinghai Lake, Birds & Tibetans
This weekend trip will explore the largest salt water lake in China, and rank No.1 of the top ten best lakes in China; Birds Islets(100,000); grassland & snow mountains and Tibetan Monastery


June 8-13
6-Day Silk Road Trip
CCC will organize a 6-day trip to trace the Silk Road Route, starting from Dunhuang Grottoes 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

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



June 17-18
Weekend Trip: Lushan National Park
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)
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

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

June 24-25
Weekend trip to Chengde Mountain Resort


June 24-25
Hulun Buir Grasslands (Inner Mongolia)
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


July 1-2
Qinghai Lake & Birds 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


July 8-9
Xilinguole Grasslands
Xilinguole Grasslands The Xilinguole Grassland is vast and grandiose.Located in Xilinguole League in the middle of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, it is a typical prairie of temperate zone ecological system.


Hulun Buir Grassland

July 17-23
7-day trip to Tibet
The trip has been well booked, and will definitely be organized in two groups (April 29-May 4 or 5; and May 1-7, the second timing will be set according to the public holiday of China). The number of the group will be strictly restricted. Some peop


July 15-16
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.
 
     

  CCC Calendar  
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
May 26
May 27
Shaolin Temple & Luoyang Grottos (May 27-28)
Day-trip: Ming Village (Chuan Di Xia) ( 9am-6:30pm)
May 28
Shangyuan Established Artists Village Tour ( 10am-3pm)
May 29
May 30
May 31
Screening: Chinese History (1970-1976) ( 8pm)
Jun 1
Jun 2
Jun 3
Qinghai Lake, Birds & Tibetans (June 3-4)
Hiking: The Little West Lake ( 9am-6pm)
Tour: Antique Furniture in Rural Beijing ( 2-6pm)
Ancient Xi'an Town (Terracotta Warriors) (June 3-4)
Jun 4
Back-Street Beijing Walking Tour(4) ( 3-6:30pm)
Jun 5
Hands-on: Chinese Sword Play at Park ( 4-6pm)
Jun 6
Jun 7
Talk: CCTV documentary production ( 8pm)
Jun 8
6-Day Silk Road Trip (June 8-13)
Walk: Beijing Mosque & Muslim Quarters ( 10am-12pm)
Jun 9
Chinese Medicine Course ( 10am-12pm)
Walk: Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square ( 9am-12pm)
Jun 10
Hakka Earthen Round Buildings ( June 10-13)
Mahjong Workshop ( 2:30-4:30pm)
Royal Canal Tour to the Summer Palace ( 9am-1:30pm)
Hiking: Mount. Yunmengshan ( 9am-6pm)

CCC Regular Courses
Taichi Qigong Calligraphy
Painting Body massage Foot & reflexology

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