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February 28 - March 10, 2007 |
Editor:
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Announcement
Evening courses
Evening body massage course in March
every Thursday 19:30 & Saturday 10:00
Calligraphy course (Monday 19:30)
Daytime courses
Tuesday Chinese painting course (10:00)
Friday taichi course (9:30 Chaoyang Park)
Cross cultural understanding workshops
Making Chinese friends & Children's education
March 7 and 28, Wednesday evenings, 19:30
List of Trips For the Entire Year
March 17-18
Weekend trip to Chengde
-Imperial 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.
 Buddhist Talk: Four Mindfulness, Five Powers, etc.
Thursday, March 1, 10:30-12:00
CCC Buddhist master will give a talk-in English-on the base of Buddhism practice: Four Mindfulness, Five Powers and Seven Factors of Awakening. >>> more |
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Traditional Art Tour
Friday, March 2, 10am-12:30pm
This is an expert guided tour to Beijing Art Academy to appreciate original scroll painting masterpieces of Qi Baishi, one of the most famous artists in 20th Century, and a few other artists' works. >>> more |
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Shaolin Temple & Luoyang Longmen Grottes
March 02 evening - 04
Take a weekend trip to Luoyang to visit the Longmen Grottoes, one of 3 most famous Buddhist grottoes in China and Shaolin Monastery, the birthplace of both kung fu and Zen Buddhism. >>> more |
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Walk: Beijing Mosque & Muslim Quarters
Saturday, March 3, 2:30-5pm
This CCC walk will head you to Niujie (Ox Street), a largely Muslim community in Beijing's Xuanwu District. This walk will give you a feel for the unique Muslim quarter with old Beijing hutong atmosphere. In the company of Mr. Hu, member of Beij >>> more |
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Day-Trip: CockCrow Post Town (Ji Ming Yi)
Sunday, March 4, 9am-6:30pm
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). The >>> more |
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Traditional body massage
March 8-31, 19:00 (Thurs) & 10:00(Sat)
Basic manipulation techniques on relaxing the muscle and vein, and pressing corresponding acupoints; and treatments on common diseases. The class falls into the following 8 sessions >>> more |
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Cross-Culture Discussions: Making Chinese friends
Wednesday, March 7, 7:30-9pm
Making Chinese friends seems to be more difficult for expats than making other foreign friends living in China. What are the barriers to cross from acquaintances to friendship? And what is the characteristics of the Chinese? Come learn and discuss th >>> more |
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Cookery Class: Dish Garnishes & Chinese salad
Thursday, March 8, 10am-12pm
Learn to cut rose, birds and other beautiful decorations with turnip and cucumbers; and make some Chinese salad or "cold" dishes. >>> more |
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Book Club Evening Group: "Lapse of Time" by Wang Anyi
Thursday, March 8, 7:30-9pm
Wang Anyi (Íõ°²Òä, born in Tong'an in 1954) is a Chinese writer, and currently the chairwoman of Writers' Association of Shanghai. A novella and six of her stories have been translated and collected in "Lapse of Time" >>> more |
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Tour: Tap Water Museum & Underground City
Saturday, March 10-2-5:30pm
This is the museum 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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Tianjin Historical Architecture Tour
Sunday, March 11, 8am-8:30pm
This is a unique cultural tour guided by curator from Tianjin Historical Architecture Museum, exploring the old colonial districts and areas of six European countries >>> more |
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Mahjong Workshop
Sunday, March 11, 2:30-4:30pm
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 >>> more |
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Hutong & Courtyard Houses Pedicab Tour
Wednesday, March 14, 14:00-16:00
Go to the peaceful hutongs (alleys) and courtyard houses in Beijing Xuanwu District, learn the real life of Beijingers in the neighborhood , get into their homes for a chat, check out a kindergarden with lovely kids; see an old opera houses >>> more |
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Temple of Heaven and Taichi class
Wednesday, March 14, 09:30-12:00
Tour the Temple of Heaven with CCC expert and learn the significance of workshiping and offering sacrifaces to the God of Heaven, and the architectual symbols in this dignified imperial building. Then take taichi class with a professional master >>> more |
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Great Wall Mutianyu & Ming Tombs
Thursday, March 15, 9:30am-7pm
Mutianyu is a famous section of the Great Wall, and it is not so commercialized but also a moderate section (not so physically demanding). Ming Tombs is the largest and well preserved imperial tomb complex with over 500 years >>> more |
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Tying Chinese Knots
Thursday, March 15, 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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Walk: Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square
Friday, March 16, 9:30am-1pm
The 3.5-hour guided walk will provide informative and real explanation, covering not only the history, city planning, architectural details & symbols, fengshui of Tiananmen Square and the palace, but also the the life and fate of emperors and eunuchs >>> more |
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Ancient City Xi An (Terracotta Warriors)
March 16 evening -18
Take weekend trip to visit the famous Terracotta Warrior Site; Ancient City Wall, Shaanxi Museum; Great Mosque and Muslim Street; Wild Goose Pagoda, etc. >>> more |
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Weekend trip to Chengde: Imperial Mountain Resort
March 17-18
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 >>> more |
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