August 5-6, Fri.10pm-Sun.9pm Weekend trip to the old coastal port city Qingdao: beach, historical colonial architecture & Mont.Laoshan

Beijing Day Tours & Overnight Excursions

Sat., July 29, 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 huge sing-along gatherings in the bamboo forest... 

Sunday, July 30, 8:30am-6:30pm
Beijing Amblers: 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.

Thursday, August 3, 9:30am-6pm
Beijing Amblers: Silver Fox Cave

Saturday, August 5, 9:30am-1pm
Tour/lecture: Beijing Zoo & Olympics
Dr Carin Harrington, a British Environmental Designer and Enrichment Consultant at the Beijing zoo will give a lecture on the progression of animal welfare in Beijing zoo. The talk will look historically at the changes that have taken place in the zoo...

An overview of the Ming Village - Chuan Di Xia

Beijing Cultural talks & lectures

Wednesday, August 16, 8pm
Discussion: Beauty in the eyes of Chinese Literature
 
Thursday, August 17, 7:30pm
Evening Book Club: "War Trash" by Ha Jin

Wednesday, August 23, 8pm
Architecture Debate: Beijing Memory and Looking Forward

Hands-on activities

Meandering Mandarin: Skin Care
Wednesday, August 2, 10 am

Tuesday, August 8, 7:30pm
Talk/hands-on: Calligraphy experience  

Thursday, August 10, 7:30-9pm
Taichi talk and exercise 

Sino-French Chateau, Hebei,  is one of the best vineyards and wineries in China. Be sure to join CCC's vineyard day tour on August 5, Saturday

Explore China

August 5-6, Fri.10pm-Sun.9pm
Trip to Qingdao (beach and old buildings)
Joining the August Qingdao Beer Festival has been proven to be unwise by our CCC friends because of the extreme crowding; the festival is just like a Karaoke site and the hotel fees for all of August are tripled. Take Friday night train with CCC

August 3-6
4-day tour: Four Sisters at Sichuan
The Mt. Four Sisters Scenic Area is an unspoiled wilderness park located in western Sichuan Province, near the town of Rilong in Aba Autonomous Prefecture...

August 7-13

August 3-6: 4-day tour: Four Sisters at Sichuan

7-day Yunnan Trip (Lijiang, Dali, Shangrila, Kunming)
Join CCC's trip to Yunnan (Kunming, Dali, Lijiang, Shangrila, etc) to experience the dreamland and its diverse minority ethnic groups.

 August 12-13
Xilin Gol Inner Mongolia Grasslands
Compared to another Inner Mongolia Grassland tour to Huitengxile, which is a resort provideing concret yurt, this Xilin Gol (Xilingguole) grassland tour will be an off-the-beaten-path tour in small groups, offering authentic yurts with real Mongol ...

Fri.night-Sun.evening, August 19-20
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

CCC guests milk a cow and shear a sheep in Xilin Gol Grassland Join CCC's Inner Mongolia Grassland Tour every weekend throughout the two months

August 26-27
Weekend trip to Chengde Mountain Resort
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

August 26-27
Huitengxile Inner Mongolia Grassland Tour
it was worthwhile to visit the enchanting steppes & fantastic grassland! To find the less spoiled and touristy grassland with relatively full -up grass, and yet accessible for a two or three days excursion, CCC recommends the grassland Huitengxile (2

September 2-3
Sichuan Pandas and Leshan Giant Buddha
Visit the Panda center at Wolong Natural Reserve, taking photos with the giant Pandas or even holding a panda; visit the famous Le Shan Giant Buddha, world's largest Buddha statue in the World

September 04-10
7-day trip to Tibet
A trip to the "Roof of the World" guarantees to be an amazing experience. The majestic moonlike landscape and the stunning cultures make this one of the world’s most alluring destinations. The 7-day tour covers Lhasa, Gyantse, Shigatse and Shannan

Thurs.-Tues, Sep.7-12
Six-day 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.

Fri.-Sun., September 9-10
Datong Trip (Grottoes & Hanging Monastery)
CCC guides you 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 Northern China

Sep. 14-17
Fairyland Jiuzhaigou & Huanglong's Picturesque Parklands
This trip will cover the famous World Natural Heritage listed by UNESCO Jiuzhaigou Scenic Zone and Huanglong Natural Reserve

Fri.night-Sunday, September 16-17
Ancient Xi An (Terracotta Warriors)
Take weekend trip to visit the famous Terracotta Warrior Site; Ancient City Wall, Shaanxi Museum; Great Mosque and Muslim Street; Wild Goose Pagoda, etc.