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May 11 - May 19, 2007 |
Editor:
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Over the next two weeks
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 Shangyuan Established Artists Village Tour
Saturday, May 12, 09:30-15:00
Shangyuan is non-tourist artists community in a peaceful village. These academic artists are relatively older and have established their fame in China and abroad. CCC makes appointments with some famous painters and sculptors and visit their homes. >>> more |
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Tour: Tap Water Museum & Underground City
Sunday, May 13, 14:00-17:30
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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Great Wall Mutianyu & Ming Tombs
Tuesday, May 15, 09:30-18:30
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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Book Club Day Group: "Mao's Last Dancer"
Wednesday, May 16, 10:30-12:00
This month's book chat will be on "Mao's Last Dancer" by Li Cunxin. At age eleven, Li was chosen by Madame Mao's cultural delegates to be taken from his rural home and brought to Beijing, where he would study ballet. In 1979, he arrived in Texas... >>> more |
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Hutong & Courtyard Houses Pedicab Tour
Wednesday, May 16, 14:00-16:20
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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Walk: Temple of Heaven and Taichi class
Wednesday, May 16, 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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Back-street-Beijing Walking Tour (7): Tucheng
Thursday, May 17, 09:30-13:00
Take a walk along Yuan Dynasty Beijing's wall ruins parks and learn the Beijing's capital planning and evolution, then check out a relic named Jimen Yanshu and the Big Bell Temple, which houses the world' s biggest and oldest bell. >>> more |
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Tying Chinese Knots: necklace
Thursday, May 17, 10:00-12:00
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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Southern Water Towns: Suzhou, Wuzhen, Hangzhou
May 17 evening - 20
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. >>> more |
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Tour: Lama Temple & Lamaism
Friday, May 18, 14:00-16:30
This is a guided tour to the famous Lama Temple in Beijing. CCC expert (English narration) will explain all the architectural details of the temple and share the knowledge of Lamaism (Tibetan sect of Buddhism). >>> more |
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Shaolin Temple & Luoyang Longmen Grottes
May 19-20
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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Royal Canal Boat Tour to the Summer Palace
Saturday, May 19, 09:00-13:30
Cruise along the imperial canal in a motorized canopy boat past the Beijing Zoo, the Beijing Aquarium and the Purple Bamboo Garden; appreciate the great views en route, and stroll in the garden to meet taichi practitioners beside lotus ponds and amat >>> more |
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Tour: Antique Furniture in Rural Beijing
Saturday, May 19, 14:00-18:00
Wish to see thousands of pieces of finely refurbished antique Chinese furniture, from opium beds to scholar' s writing tables, in a 5,000 square metres warehouse and furniture studio and gallery beside 12,000 square metres lotus pond? >>> more |
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Day-Trip: CockCrow Post Town (Ji Ming Yi)
Sunday, May 20, 09:00-18:00
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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Royal Canal Boat Tour to the Summer Palace
Tuesday, May 22, 09:00-13:30
Cruise along the imperial canal in a motorized canopy boat past the Beijing Zoo, the Beijing Aquarium and the Purple Bamboo Garden; appreciate the great views en route, and stroll in the garden to meet taichi practitioners beside lotus ponds and amat >>> more |
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Hutong & Courtyard Houses Pedicab Tour
Wednesday, May 23, 14:00-16:20
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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Back-Street Beijing Walking Tour(4)-Xisi
Thursday, May 24, 09:30-13:30
Stroll in the old cultural streets at Wusi & Wenjin Street, and others, and view the Red Mansion of old Peking University,Wenjin Street, old palaces of Beijing library, and the "Northern Cathedral of Beijing" >>> more |
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Sichuan Wolong Pandas and Leshan Giant Buddha
May 25-27
Visit the Panda center at Wolong Natural Reserve, taking photos with the giant Pandas or even holding a panda; visit the famous Le Shan Giant Buddha, world's largest Buddha statue in the World >>> more |
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Walk: Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square
Friday, May 25, 09:30-13:00
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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Moonlight songs & music at Lotus Pond
Friday, May 25, 19:00-22:00
Join us for an evening of music and romance hosted on the boats by world-famous musicians, who will serenade us playing traditional Chinese instruments and thrill to the vocal talents of accomplished folk singers. >>> more |
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Hike: Great Wall Simatai and Jinshanling
Saturday, May 26, 08:30-18:30
Simatai section of Great Wall in Miyun County, Beijing, remains one of the best options for those who want more of a challenge from the Great Wall, harrowing, steep and unrestored. It connects to another section, Jin Shan Ling, in Hebei. >>> more |
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Overnight Excursion: Bone Chinawares & Obscure Castle near Great Wall
Sat.-Sun, May 26-27
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 |
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