More tour programs for your visiting families and friends

Orientation Bus Tour of Beijing will give you the opportunity to visit many of the main sights in Beijing and gain a feeling of the layout of the city in a single day!

We already have:
Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square tour (Friday Morning, twice a month)
Hutong Tour (Friday afternoon, twice a month)

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

Meandering Mandarin:

This program has run successfully during the weekday, so we will now also have it in the evening and on the weekend for working people. The first two classes will be:

Produce shopping: August 13 (Saturday,10am)
Hair Salon: August 28 (Monday,7:30pm)

What's on in two weeks

Beijing Tour
Sat., August 5, 9am-6pm
Beijing Amblers: Vineyard & Wine-tasting
Beijing Amblers is going to tour the best winery and vineyard at Huailai, 130 kilometres to the northwest of Beijing, which is the same latitude as Bordeaux and California.

Friday, August 11, 2:30-4:30pm
Hutong (Lane) & Courtyard Pedicab Tour
CCC guides you to the hutongs and courtyards near the famous Houhai Lake area, where you will see the beautiful lakes and bridges, the real life of Beijingers in the hutongs and their courtyards, visit some local homes in the neighborhood for a chat

Friday, August 11, 9:30am-12:30pm
Walk: Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square
The 3-hour guided walk will not only cover history, architecture, fengshui and religion and ritual of the Forbidden City, but also the city planning of the whole walled capital (gates, walls, etc.) and the recent development


Beijing Events

Tie-die and Batik are two new hands-on programs of CCC.Learn with CCC artist  to make these handicrafts with simple color and texture and typical minority patterns

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

Monday, August 21, 10am-12pm
Hands-on: Chinese Tie-Dye

Tuesday, August 22, 10-11:30am
Hands-on: Peking Opera Makeup
CCC will invite one veteran Peking Opera artist to teach how to do the spectacular while complicated opera makeup. For this workshop, the artist will particularly focus on how to do the make-up for jing role--enterprising warriors and wild men.

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

Explore China

A CCC friend milks a cow in Xilin Gol, Inner Mongolia Grassland

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 re

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

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

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

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 1-3
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 8-10
Datong (Yungang Grottoes) & Pingyao (Raise the red latern) Trip
CCC guides you to see two UNESCO World Heritage sites both in Shanxi Province-the second-largest of the nearly 51,000 sandstone statues of Buddha in 53 Yungang grottoes and Pinyao ancient town...

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.

September 21-26
6 Day Silk Road Trip
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.even-Sun. night, September 22 even.-24
Yellow Mountain & Ancient Anhui Villages

Minority girls in Dehang, a town near the Phoenix Town, Hunan province

You will visit two UNESCO-listed World Heritage sites:Yellow Mountains and Ancient Anhui Village Hongcun, shooting site for the Oscar-winning movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

September 30 - October 6
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 the most important cultural and natural...

September 30 - October 6
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.

October 13-18
Hunan Zhangjiajie & Phoenix Town
This trip offers two distinct sides of Hunan Province--the beautiful landscape in the nature reservation of Zhangjiajie, the clear waters of Mengdong River; and the traditional town of Fenghuang (Phoenix Town) with minorities and unique architecture...