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January 04 - January 13, 2007 |
Editor:
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Beijing Longqing Gorge Ice & Snow Festival
might be a good substitute for Harbin
for those who are afraid of the Manchurian coldness.
This year Fairy Tales will be the theme, join our evening tour to Yanqing to see the winter wonderland.
Another 5 Harbin tours will be organized by CCC from January to February. Make sure you book your trip to Harbin as early as possible, as the air and train tickets are getting more difficult to secure.
Over the next two weeks
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 Tying Chinese Knots
Wednesday, January 10, 10am-12pm
Learn to tie the auspicious Chinese knots from a CCC folk artist, 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 >>> more |
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Visit Erguotou Liquor Factory
Thursday, January 11, 10am-12:30pm
Visit the famous Beijing Er Guo Tou Liquor Factory to see the entire traditional production skills such as distilling and fermentation in the gigantic wok; the wine cellar with half-century vintage, and hundred-woman packing line. >>> more |
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Cookery Class: Chinese pancakes
Saturday, January 13, 12-2pm
Learn to make a variety of Chinese pancakes of lovely shapes and with different vegetable and meat fillings >>> more |
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Harbin--Snow World
Jan.12 evening -14
Go by air or overnight train to Harbin to catch the famous Snow Sculpture Exhibition and Ice Lantern Festival; appreciate the old Russian style architecture; drive into the Siberian Tiger Safari Park; and dine in the Ice Bar and Russian Restaurant! >>> more |
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Beijing Longqing Gorge Ice & Snow Festival
Saturday, January 13, 4-10pm
Beijing Longqing Gorge Ice & Snow Festival is a winter wonderland, huge lanterns are carved from ice and colored lights are placed within creating a glowing spectacle. Children and adults alike can also enjoy sliding down the ice slides. >>> more |
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Day-trip: Silver Fox Cave
Sunday, January 14, 9:30am-5pm
Enjoy the spectacular sights in the karst cave with the unusual formations and stone flowers. Boating trips run on a stream 106 meters below ground level, where you will see waterfalls along the way. The average temperature in the cave is 14 degrees >>> more |
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Cookery Class: Chinese pancakes
Tuesday, January 16, 12-2pm
Learn to make a variety of Chinese pancakes of lovely shapes and with different vegetable and meat fillings >>> more |
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Book Club Day Group: "Moment in Peking
Wednesday, Jan.17, 10:30am -12pm
A Moment in Peking is a historical novel originally written in English by the Chinese American author Lin Yutang. The novel covers the turbulent events in China from 1900 to 1938. He was nominated the Nobel Prize for Literature with this book in 1975 >>> more |
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Discussion: Comparison of East & West
Wednesday, January 17, 7:30-9pm
Emma White, a visiting Chinese American psychologist, will lead a discussion on comparison of the East and West, covering multiple aspects of both traditions - from social changes in China, shared values, families dynamics to psychology and behavior >>> more |
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Tour: Tap Water Museum & Underground City
Thursday, January 18, 9:30am-1pm
This is the musuem to see how Beijing's water supply system works and learn all about water flow and purification techniques; and then explore dark, damp, and genuinely eerie tunnels under the Tian'anmen Square which were built in 1960s. >>> more |
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Pingyao--Raise the red lanterns
Fri.evening-Sun, January 19 evening-21
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 >>> more |
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Harbin--Snow World
Jan.26 evening -28
Go by air or overnight train to Harbin to catch the famous Snow Sculpture Exhibition and Ice Lantern Festival; appreciate the old Russian style architecture; drive into the Siberian Tiger Safari Park; and dine in the Ice Bar and Russian Restaurant! >>> more |
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