This weekend: Overnight excursion: Zhengding & Yujia Stone Town

"Corpse-chasing", "Pot Poison", "Fairy Witch" and "Mask Dance" ! Come tonight (Wednesday) to learn all those witchcrafts of Miao People in West Hunan from Mr. Peng, a CCTV director who was born and bred in this mysterious region.

Don't miss this weekend tour to Shijiazhuang, to see Pagodas and Monasteries from Sui, Soong, Yuan to Qing Dynasty in the ancient town Zhengding and a stone village in the suburb.

Be sure to sign up for weekend trip to Pingyao (Nov.28-29) or 4-day trip to Hakka Earthen Round Buildings and Xiamen.

Go to the Fragrant Hills to see red leaves ! (Tuesday, Oct.31)


Upcoming Seminars

Tuesday, Oct.24, 1-3pm
Resolving stress in a traditional Chinese way

Oct., Wednesday, 7:30pm
Seminar: "Chinese Population"

Nov.1 Wednesday, 7:30pm
Seminar: Learn Chinese Thoughts and Zen through Mao and Maoism

Nov.2, Thursday, 13:00--14:30
Talk: China's Four Most Famous Folklores

Nov. 8 Wednesday, 7:30pm
Why Kuan Yin (a bodhisattva in buddhism) is a female?

Nov.15 Wednesday, 7:30pm
Demystify Wu Xia, China's Martial Literature

Nov. 21 Tuesday, 10:30am-12:00
Zen Buddhism & Tea Ritual

Nov. 22, Wednesday, 7;30pm
Get to know "I - Ching" (Book of Changes)

Beijing Tour
Friday, Oct.20, 9:30am-2pm
"Back-Street-Beijing" Walking Tour(3)
CCC's serial "Back-Street-Beijing" Walking Tour will take you to Shrines of Emperors of all Dynasties; Yuan-Dynasty White Dagopa (Kublai Khan's period), Writer Lu Xun's Museum and

Sat.-Sun., Oct.21-22
Overnight excursion: Zhengding & Yujia Stone Town
CCC will explore two historical towns near Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei: Zhengding and Stone City. Zhengding is a county in Hebei Province approximately 260 kilometers south of Beijing, China. It is under the administration of nearby Shijiazhuang C

Saturday, Oct.21, 9:30am-3:30pm
Beijing Amblers: Shangyuan Established Artists Village
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 esta

Wednesday, Oct.25, 9am-7pm
Great Wall Mutianyu & Ming Tombs
Take coach to Mutianyu, a famous and physically moderate section of the Great Wall for hikers. Then drive to the Ming Tombs, well preserved imperial tomb complex with over 500 years of history...

Thursday, Oct.26, 9am-4pm
Art Tour of Beijing
This is an expert-guided tour to see both classic and contemporary art in Beijing. The tour start from visiting Beijing Art Academy, where you will learn traditional masterpieces. Then the expert will lead you to Liulichang Cultural street and 798 Contemporary art Zones ...


Beijing Events

Wednesday, October 18, 10am-11:30am
Morning Book Club:"Wild Swans"

Wednesday, Oct.18, 7:30pm
The Witchcrafts of Miao People -Corpse-chasing and "Pot Poison"
Pang Jinquan, CCTV cinematographer will share with CCC participants on the Miao people’s witchcraft, a special religion and ritual in the village. Born and bred in such mysterious environment in Hunan, Pang filmed a documentary in 1980's. A few year

Thursday, Oct. 19, 2-5pm
Hands-on: Batik & Wax-dyeing
The wax-dyeing technique is thought to be over a thousand years old. The batik has reached its highest artistic expression in southeast Asia and Southwest China, particularly among minority ethnic Chinese. Batik has become a very central means of art

Sunday, Oct.22, 2 -4:30pm
Making & flying Chinese kites
Learn to making traditional Chinese kites with a famous kite master Mr. Zhang. Various types of kites will be explained and appreciated, and then you have a chance to try your hand at one special Beijing style of "sand swallow", and painting

Tuesday, Oct.24, 1-3pm
Resolving stress in a traditional Chinese way
CCC expert Wang will give an Illustrated talk on traditional Chinese medicine (body meridians & channels); Chinese healing food & exercises in different seasons.


Explore China
Oct. 21-24
Fairyland Jiuzhaigou & Huanglong
This trip will cover the famous World Natural Heritage listed by UNESCO Jiuzhaigou Scenic Zone and Huanglong Natural Reserve

Fri.-Sun., October 21-22
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 Chin

October 26-29
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

Fri.night-Sun.evening, October 28-29
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

November 02-05
Yangshuo & Longsheng Terraced Hills
The town of Yangshuo is a backpacker's paradise. Just over an hour south of Guilin, Yangshuo, with its natural scenery and laid back air, is a great escape from the gray and pollution of China's big cities

November 03-08
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 archite

November 4-5
Jingdezhen ceramics & Wuyuan old town
Wuyuan is a historical township surrounded by untouched ancient villages. We will visit Xiaoqi Village and Li Ken Village which boast breathtaking natural scenery, well-maintained ancient houses and special folk customs. On the second day we will vis

Nov.9-12
Yangtze River Cruise
The Yangtze, China's longest river, originates on the Qinghai-Tibet-Plateau and flows eastwards. The rushing waters formed the dramatic scenery of the famous Three Gorges. Enjoy the spectacular mountainous landscape of the Yangtze River and its tribu

November 14-19
6-day Guizhou Trip
Guizhou of Southwest China has long been remote, stagnant and ackward, however, unspoiled by tourism development as seen in surrounding provinces such as Guangxi, Yunnan and Sichuan. Its relative isolation has made the region one of the best kept

Fri.night-Sunday, November 11-12
Ancient Xi An (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.

Fri.-Sun, November 17-19
Southern Water Towns: Suzhou, Wuzhen, Hangzhou
Chinese ancient Water Towns in South China are well known for their ancient houses, bridges and the rivers running through them. Explore with CCC Hangzhou and Suzhou, and one peaceful ancient town Wuzhen.

November 24 even.-26
Bucolic Township Kaiping Watchtowers(Portuguese Gothic)
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

November 25-26
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

December 01-04
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