Tour of the Month

Chengde, Imperial Mountain Resort Weekend tour by coach on March 17-18

Happy Women's Day!

Tomorrow is the day when Chinese women are given time off of work or gifts to celebrate the hard work that they do. More than half of CCC's guests are women, and so are most of our employees, so we'd like to wish you all a very happy Women's Day!

Easter Holiday trip
3-day Guizhou Trip (April 06-08)
--Waterfall, Anshun and Suojia People

Tomorrow: Book Club Evening Group: The Lapse of Time by Wang Anyi
Thursday, March 8, 7:30-9pm

Day-trip: Cockcrow Post Town  postponed
to Sunday, March 18.

What's on in the next two weeks

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

	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

Book Club Evening Group: "Lapse of Time" by Wang Anyi Thursday, March 8, 7:30-9pm Wang Anyi (王安忆, 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

	Traditional body massage March 8-31, 19:30 (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

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

	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

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

	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

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

	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

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

	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

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

	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

Tour: Contemporary Artists at Songzhuang Village Saturday, March 17, 2-5pm Songzhuang Village is China's largest contemporary artist community. CCC makes appointments with a handful of artists who will allow you into their farmer's homes & studios >>> more

	Day-Trip: CockCrow Post Town (Ji Ming Yi) Sunday, March 18, 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

Hands-on: Make Traditional kites Sunday, March 18, 2:30-4:30pm Learn to make 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 >>> more

	Book Club Day Group: Book Report Wednesday, March 21, 10:30am-12pm For this month, we will discuss many books. Each participant should choose their own China-related book and share information about the book with others. Choose fiction or non-fiction, historical or modern, prose or poetry - whatever interests you! >>> more

Tour: Capital Museum Thursday, March 22, 10am-1pm Capital Museum recounts the story of ancient Beijing, which has served as a capital city for more than 850 years. CCC will guide you in this modern museum to view all relics and artifacts, and learn the capital history and Beijing custom and culture. >>> more

	Datong Trip (Grottoes & Hanging Monastery) March 23 evening - 25 Join this weekend tour 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 North >>> more

Overnight Excursion: Bone Chinawares & Obscure Castle near Great Wall March 24-25 Take coach to Tangshan, famous bone chinaware city, and then stay overnight at courtyard houses in an obscure village next to the Great Wall at the Green Mountain Pass >>> more