New destinations in the fall

Sep. 14-17
Fairyland Jiuzhaigou & Huanglong's Picturesque Parklands

Sep. 23-24
Kaiping Historical Watch Tower & Hot Spring
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October 13-18
Hunan: Zhangjiajie, Phoenix Town and Dehang 

October Holiday tours

* 7-Day Tibet Tour
* 6-Day Silk Road Trip (Dunhuang and Xinjiang, including Kashgar)
* 7-Day Yunnan Tour

Upcoming events and tours

Beijing Tour
Sat.1pm-Sun. 5:30pm, August 19-20
Overnight excursion: Mount. Lingshan Summer Retreat
Lingshan is the highest peak of Beijing, and has been an ideal place to escape the sweltering summer. You can either hike or ride cable car into the mountains, where you are able to appreciate the blossom,

Sun., August 20, 9am-6pm
Beijing Amblers: Vineyard & Wine-tasting
Tour the best winery and vineyard at Huailai, 130 kilometres to the northwest of Beijing, which is the same latitude as Bordeaux and California. Situated inbetween Guanting reservoir and Yanshan mountain range, Huailai boasts the best soil and climate...

Wed., August 23, 2-4:30pm Tour: Demystify Chinese Buddhist Temples

Wed., August 23, 2-4:30pm
Tour: Demystify Chinese Buddhist Temples
You may think that all Buddhist temples in China look the same ? but do you really understand their symbolism? We invite you to spend an afternoon with CCC expert and perhaps a monk at the Fayuan Temple, who will provide the keys to unlock the signif

Thursday, August 24, 9am-7pm
An Orientation Bus Tour of Beijing
A quick look at Beijing on a CCC bus to learn the layout of Beijing and important sights in one day! The tour starts from the Beijing City Planning Exhibition Hall and goes to the Ming City Wall, Ancient observatory, and the Lama Temple. After lunch

Friday, August 25, 2:30-4:30pm
Hutong (Lane) & Courtyard Pedicab Tour
CCC guides you to the hutongs and courtyards in old Beijing Xuanwu District, where you will see authentic residents and real life of Beijingers in the hutongs and their courtyards, visit some local homes in the neighborhood for a chat

Beijing Events
Thursday, August 17, 7:30pm
Evening Book Club: "War Trash" by Ha Jin

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

Monday, August 21, 10am-12pm
Hands-on: Chinese Tie-Dye
Learn two fabric craftsmanship at Chinese Culture Club: tie-dye (zha ran) and batik (la ran), which represent typical minority Chinese folk art: simple colour and texture, and unique patterns.

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

Wednesday, August 23, 10am-11:30am
Morning Book Club: "River Town"
Join our monthly book chat on "River Town" by Peter Hessler. In 1996, 26-year-old Peter Hessler arrived in Fuling, a town in the heart of China's Sichuan...


Explore China
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

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

Holding a panda at Woolong Panda Reserve

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
6-day Silk Road Tour
CCC will organize a 6-day trip to trace the Silk Road Route, starting from Dunhuang through Turpan and Urumqi to Kashgar and Karakuri Lake and Snow Mountains.

Kaipin Historical Watchtowers

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
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

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

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 natura

September 23-24
Kaiping Relaxing Trip (watch tower & hot spring)
Kaipíng, 136km southwest of Guangzhou, 164km from the Macau border, and also reachable by sea directly from Hong Kong, is China at its most bucolic.Peasants in conical straw hats bend over their plants, and position hand-powered threshing machines o

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.

Sep.30-Oct.5
6 Day Silk Road Trip
CCC will organize a 6-day trip to trace the Silk Road Route, starting from Dunhuang through Turpan to Kashgar and Karakuri Lake and Snow Mountains.