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June 11 - June 23, 2007 |
Editor:
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CCC visits a local school in a garrison village |
One of Datong grottos with Buddha statues |
Other tours of the month:
1. Weekend bus tour to Chengde - Imperial Mountain Resort in Summer
The size of Chengde Summer resort is as big as the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace combined. The palaces and lakes & Pavillions are surrounded by a 6-mile long wall and covers 590 hectares. It also absorbs the style, arts and culture of many other cultural groups, especially the Tibetans.
2. Day tour: Great Wall Huangyaguan in Tianjin
Lecture & Book Club:
Lecture: I-Ching (Book of Changes)
Wednesday, June 13, 13:30-15:00
Book Club: "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down"
Wed, June 20, 10:30-12:00
Classes & Course
Evening painting class:
Mondays, 19:30-21:30, July 9-August 27
Morning Calligraphy Class:
10:00-11:30, July 10-August 28
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Over the Next Two Weeks
 Calligraphy Course
Monday, May 14-July 2, 19:30-21:00
Conducted in English, the class teaches everything, from meaning and evolution of the characters, culture to related history and music. You don't have to be able to write Chinese already, just have to be enthusiastic and be willing to hold a brush >>> more |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Tour: Tap Water Museum & Underground City
Sunday, June 17, 14:00-18:00
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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Hutong & Courtyard Houses Pedicab Tour
Tuesday, June 19, 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 |
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Book Club Day Group: "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down"
Wed, June 20, 10:30-12:00
by Anne Fadiman. "In the 1960s, the CIA recruited a primitive but fiercely independent people in Laos -- the mountain farmer/nomads known as the Hmong -- to fight the Communist forces, and all but promised to take care of them if they and the US lost >>> more |
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Royal Canal Boat Tour to the Summer Palace
Wednesday, June 20, 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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Weekend trip to Chengde: Imperial Mountain Resort
June 23-24
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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Hike: Great Wall Simatai and Jinshanling
Saturday, June 23, 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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Courtyard Exterior Architectural Symbols
Sunday, June 24, 14:30-18:00
CCC guest professor Zhao will give a 30 minutes illustrated presentation of the characteristics & categories of courtyard before guiding CCC members to check typical courtyards in three different hutong areas of Beijing--the gates, and roofs, decorat >>> more |
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Great Wall Mutianyu & Ming Tombs
Tuesday, June 26, 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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