Tonight: Seminar -- Maoism and Modern Management

Bucolic Township Kaiping Watchtowers near Macau and hot spring spa in the garden  Nov.24-26

Wednesday, Nov. 1, 7:30pm
CCC is pleased to invite Mr. Wang Xiaopan, famous Taiwan scholar on Chinese Culture and Modern Management to share with us the wisdom of Mao, and how we apply Zen and traditional culture to the modern administration !

New classes !

New sessions of body massage course
(Wednesday and Friday morning 10am, Nov.8-Dec.1)

New calligraphy course
(every Wednesday morning 10am, throught November and December)

taichi class (Thursday evenings, 7:30pm)

Recommended Tours

Another tour to the Red Leaves of the Fragrant Hills & Azure Clouds Temple (Tuesday, Nov.14, 9:30am-4pm)

Take a weekend trip to explore the Bucolic Township Kaiping Watchtowers near Macao and experience the hot spring spa in the garden  (November 24-26)

Peking Man Site and Marco Polo Bridge Sunday, November 5, 9am-5pm

And sign you up the coming China tours to:
Ceramic Metropolitan Jingdezhen & Wuyuan old town; 

November 14-19
6-day Guizhou Trip

November 11-12
Ancient City Xi An (Terracotta Warriors) (only a few seats available)

November 16-19
Yangshuo & Longsheng Terraced Hills


Upcoming tours and events

Beijing Tour
Saturday, Nov.4, 10:30am-12:30pm
Walk: Beijing Mosque & Muslim Quarters

Sunday, November 5, 9am-5pm
Beijing Amblers: Peking Man Site and Marco Polo Bridge

Saturday, Nov.4, 10:30am-12:30pm Walk: Beijing Mosque & Muslim Quarters

Tuesday, Nov.7, 1-3pm
Guided tour: Lama Temple & Lamaism

Thursday, Nov.9, 9am-7pm
Great Wall Mutianyu & Ming Tombs

Friday, Nov.10, 9:30am-1pm
Walk: Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square

Friday, Nov.10, 2:30-4:30pm
Hutong (Alley) & Courtyard Houses Pedicab Tour

Saturday, Nov.11, 2-6pm
"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 ...

Sunday, Nov.12, 9am-1:30pm
Royal Canal Boat Tour to the Summer Palace

Tuesday, Nov.14, 9:30am-4pm
Red Leaves of the Fragrant Hills & Azure Clouds Temple

Tuesday, Nov.14, 12:00-14:00
Dining out: Sichuan Cuizine


Seminars / Classes

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 Chine

Monday, Nov. 6, 2-4pm
Tying Chinese Knots
Learn to make the auspicious knots (Chinese style macramé) 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

Sunday, Nov.12, 2-5pm
hands-on: Batik & Wax-dye
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

Monday, Nov.13, 1-2:30pm
Talk: China's Four Most Famous Folklores


Wednesday, Nov.15, 10am-11:30am
Daytime 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
Seminar: Demystify Wu Xia, 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.

Sunday, Nov.19, 2-4 pm
Mahjong Workshop
Come learn or practise this most popular games in China and rest of Asia. CCC boasts to let you grasp this game skills and immediately begin to play independently within one hour. If you are not a beginner

Tuesday, Nov. 21, 10:30am-12:00
Seminar: Zen Buddhism & Tea Ritual
This is an in-depth talk by CCC experts on the relation between Zen sect Buddhism and tea, and the importance of the three key elements: tools, water and tea leaves. The tea artists will explain all different tea cups and other wares, types of tea le

Thursday, Nov.22, 2-4pm
Hands-on: Peking Opera face-painting
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.


Explore China
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 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 City 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
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

November 25-26
Shaolin Temple & Luoyang Longmen 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

Fri.night-Sunday,December 02-03
Ancient City 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.

December 08-10
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

Fri.even-Sun. night,December 09 even.-10
Yellow Mountain & Ancient Anhui Villages
You will visit the following three places, the first two are UNESCO-listed sites: 1. Yellow Mountains, 2. Ancient Anhui Village Hongcun (fengshui village & shooting site for the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidd

Dec.30-Jan.2
Yunnan trip: Xishuangbanna & Lijiang
This will be 4-day trip to check out the tropical Xishuangbanna (known for various minority villages) at the south end of Yunnan.Of course, Kunming will be

New Year Trip, Dec.30-8pm-Jan.1
Harbin--Snow World
Take a luxury overnight train to Harbin (nicknamed Little Moscow) and fly back on January 1 to Beijing. Enjoy Harbin's Snow Sculpture Park and Lantern Festival !