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October 25 - November 04, 2006 |
Editor:
Feng Cheng |
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Highlight of this weekend
Take a weekend train tour (October 28-29) to Pingyao--a walled town like in the film "Raise the Red Lantern; or Saturday triain Tour to Tianjin or Sunday bus tour to the CockCrow Post Town
Be sure to make it to the workshop Peking Opera Appreciation & face-painting this Sunday, Oct.29, 2-4pm
Zoom in the Red Leaves !
Bring your camera (professional or non-professional) and follow a photographer to the Fragrant Hills (red leaves and Azure Clouds Temple. Enjoy the walk and receive an instruction of expert photography. Tuesday, Oct.31
Master's discussion on Mao and Zen:
Learn Chinese Thoughts Through Mao and Maoism by famous scholar Wang Shaopan.
Wednesday, Nov.1, 7:30pm
What's on this week
Beijing Tours
Wednesday, Oct.25, 9am-7pm
Great Wall Mutianyu & Ming Tombs
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 art zones
Friday, Oct.27, 9:30am-1pm
Walk: Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square
Friday, Oct.27, 2:30-4:30pm
Hutong(alley) & Courtyard Pedicab Tour
Saturday, Oct.28/29
Day tour to Tianjin
Saturday, Oct.28, 9am-1:30pm
Royal Canal Tour to the Summer Palace
Sunday, Oct.29, 9am-6:30pm
Beijing Amblers: CockCrow Post Town
Cockcrow Post Town (Ji Ming Yi or Station of Rooster Crows) was recently listed for the second time by World Monuments Fund (WMF) in the 2006 World Monuments Watch List of world 100 most endangered sites. (It was firstly listed by WMF in 2004).
Tuesday, Oct.31, 9:30am-3pm
Beijing Amblers: Red Leaves of the Fragrant Hills
It is the best and only season to see the famous red leaves ! Walk along the path of the famous Fragrant Hills to view various species of red leaves and trees, pagodas and pavillions, have a picnic there.
Sat, Nov.4, 9am-1:30pm
Royal Canal Tour to the Summer Palace
Saturday, Nov.4, 10:30am-12:30pm
Walk: Beijing Mosque & Muslim Quarters
Seminars / Classes
Wednesday, October 25, 8pm
Lecture: 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 implicati
Sunday, Oct.29, 2-4pm
Peking Opera & face-painting
CCC will invite two veteran Peking Opera artists to teach how to do the spectacular while complicated opera makeup, introduce the singing & movements of Peking opea, including some episodes of performances, and end up with you doning on the costume
Wednesday, Nov.1, 7:30pm
Seminar: Learn Chinese Thoughts Through Mao and Maoism
Mao has long been revered not just as a hero, a revolutionist, a poet and political leader, but a great scholar on Chinese culture and Zen. Mao's wisdom, strategy and decision to change China and the world can not be separated with traditional ...
Thursday, Nov.2, 1-2:30pm
Talk: China's Four Most Famous Folklores
Monday, Nov. 6, 2-4pm
Hands-on: Tying Chinese Knot
Learn to make the auspicious knots (Chinese style macram¨¦) from a CCC folk artists, and work out your own knots (knots, butterfly or lily shoes, and other patterns of crafts), and hang them up on your neck or your handbag
Wednesday, Nov.8, 7:30pm
Why Kuan Yin (a bodhisattva in buddhism) is a female?
Sunday, Nov.12, 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
Wednesday, Nov.15, 10am-11:30am
Morning Book Club:"Mr. China"
Join our monthly book chat on "Mr. China" You are also welcome even though you may not have read a single page of the book yet. Just join our discussion! The book is available at Beijing Foreign Language Book Store in Wangfujing St.
Wednesday, Nov.15, 7:30pm
Demystify Wu Xia, China' s Martial Literature
You may stun but also be puzzled by the concept and scene in the Martial Arts films such as the¡°Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon" Many Chinese martial arts movies and novels seem a mistery and elusive to western audience.
Explore China
October 26-29
Hakka Earthen Round Buildings
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 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.8-12
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 ...
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.
November 16-19
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
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 24-26
Kaiping Relaxing Trip (watch tower & hot spring)
Kaip¨ªng, 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
November 25-26
Shaolin Temple & Luoyang Grottes
December 01-04
Hakka Earthen Round Buildings
Fri.night-Sunday,December 02-03
Ancient Xi An (Terracotta Warriors)
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