Fashion Feng Shui Lecture - Thursday, June 7, 7:30pm Ms. Geraldine Wijsbeek, a visiting Image Consultant from the Netherlands, will give a lecture at CCC on dressing technique inspired by Feng Shui, the ancient Chinese art of placement: knowing your elemental body colour and wearing the right color...

New excursion of the month: Day trip to Tianjin's Huangyaguan Great Wall

Some excursions and trip of the month
Day trip to Huangyaguan Great Wall in Tianjin
June 23
Qinghai Lake, Birds & Tibetans
June 15-9pm-17

Lectures and Book Club
Lecture and expert guided tour: Courtyard Architecture and Symbols
Lecture: Getting to Know I - Ching (Book of Changes)
Book Club: "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down"

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Over the next two weeks

Royal Canal Boat Tour to the Summer Palace Saturday, June 2, 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

	Day-trip: Peking Man Site and Marco Polo Bridge Sunday, June 3, 09:30-17:00 Beijing Amblers bring you to the UNESCO-listed site of the caves where the first group of Beijing people lived, and the museum of Peking Man Site. Then drive to the Marco Polo Bridge and witness the marvelous carvings of lions on the bridge >>> more

Great Wall Mutianyu & Ming Tombs Tuesday, June 5, 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

	Royal Canal Boat Tour to the Summer Palace Wednesday, June 6, 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

Hutong & Courtyard Houses Pedicab Tour Wednesday, June 6, 14:30-16:40 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

	Back-Street-Beijing Walking Tour(3)-Fuchengmennei Thursday, June 7, 09:30-13:30 CCC's serial "Back-Street-Beijing" Walking Tour will take you to Shrines of Emperors of all Dynasties; Yuan-Dynasty White Dagopa (Kublai Khan's period), Writer Lu Xun's Museum >>> more

Lecture: Fashion Fengshui Thursday, June 7, 19:30-21:00 CCC invites Ms. Geraldine Wijsbeek, an Image Consultant from the Netherlands, to give a presentation on how to applies Fengshui philosophy and principles to personal appearance, as clothing is considered your body's most intimate environment >>> more

	Pingyao--Raise the red lanterns June 8 evening-10 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

Tour: Contemporary Artists at Songzhuang Village Saturday, June 9, 14:00-18:00 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

	Mahjong Workshop Saturday, June 9, 10:30-12:30 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

Back-street-Beijing Walking Tour (11): Tongzhou Sunday, June 10,14:00-17:30 Get an overview of Tongzhou District east of Beijing ! Drive along the canal to the tallest and oldest pagoda in the city proper. Then check out the mosque and Tongzhou Museum and a church school with old western architecture. >>> more

	Ancient City Xi An (Terracotta Warriors) June 11 evening-13 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

Tying Chinese Knots: bracelet Wednesday, June 13, 10:00-12:00 Learn to make the auspicious knots from CCC folk artists Ms Wang, 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

	Talk: Peering into the Mystery of I-Ching Wednesday, June 13, 13:30-15:00 Peering into the Mystery of I-Ching, the ancient Book of Changes is known by almost all, yet understood by few. Researcher and teacher Ma Ning will provide an introduction of I Ching for a lay audience starting right from the "six Ws'. >>> more

Beijing Walk: Peking University Campus and Museum Thursday, June 14, 10:00-13:30 Very few ex-pats are aware that the campus of Peking University is as beautiful as an imperial garden. Take a stroll through its grounds, where you can see traditional houses, lakes, pagodas and the famous Arthur M.Sackler Museum of Art. >>> more

	Hutong & Courtyard Houses Pedicab Tour Friday, June 15, 10:00-12:20 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

Walk: Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square Friday, June 15, 14:00-17:30 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

	Qinghai Lake, Birds & Tibetans June 15-9pm-17 This weekend trip will explore the largest salt water lake in China, and rank No.1 of the top ten best lakes in China; Birds Islets(100,000); grassland & snow mountains and Tibetan Monastery >>> more

Royal Canal Boat Tour to the Summer Palace Saturday, June 16, 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

	Huangyaguan Pass and Great Wall at Tianjin Saturday, June 16, 08:30-18:00 Go by coach to the Huangyaguan Great Wall, 28 kilometers north of Ji Xian County, Tianjin. Originally built in 557 A D, the Huangyanguan was repaired for the first time in Ming Dynasty with bricks and for the second time in 1985. In 1986 it was liste >>> more