Easter Trip to Guizhou

Three day tour to western Guizhou April 6-8

What's on this weekend

Tour: Contemporary Artists at Songzhuang Village Saturday, March 17, 2-6pm Songzhuang Village owns 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 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.  >>> 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,  >>> 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

	Hutong & Courtyard Houses Pedicab Tour Wednesday, March 28, 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 28, 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

	Debate: Chinese Children and Education Wednesday, March 28, 7:30-9pm CCC invites Chinese families and experts to join the discussion and debate on children’s education in China. Parents and children will tell their school and family stories and share their thoughts. Their talk will be interpreted into English. >>> more

Great Wall Mutianyu & Ming Tombs Thursday, March 29, 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

	Walk: Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square Friday, March 30, 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

Pingyao--Raise the red lanterns March 30 evening - April 1 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

Trip: Western hills and Azure Clouds Temple Saturday, March 31, 9:30am-4pm Generally considered the most magnificent of all the temples in the Western hills, the Temple of Azure Clouds (Bi Yun Si) was built during the Yuan Dynasty and became a favorite retreat for emperors and their concubines. Early in the 20th Century, th >>> more