Check out Tianjin's Mountain Panshan and famous Tang Dynasty Temple Du Le Si  (Solitary Joy)

Dear CCC friends,

We are pleased to announce that our newly built cultural classrooms and taichi & Qigong exercise rooms will be open next week, and with a clean restroom ! So we are going to organize more classes and workshops both at different schedule (weekend, daytime and evening, etc). Please check some of the various classes below:

Ink & Water Painting Class Mondays, Aug.27-Nov.05, 19:30-21:30  Wednesdays, Oct.17-Dec.5, 10:00-12:00 Saturdays, Nov.3-Dec.1, 10:00-12:00

	Calligraphy Classes Tuesdays Mornings, Sep.4-Oct.30, 10:00-11:30 Tuesday Evenings: Nov.12-Dec.17, 19:30-21:00

Qigong Class (Daoyin style) Every Tuesdays & Sundays, Oct.9-30, 19:30/10:00 Qigong is an ancient art of healing and self-healing which originated in China as early as four thousand years ago. Qigong is an integral part of traditional Chinese medicine.

	Reflexology / Foot Massage Course THURSDAYS, Nov. 1-22, 15:00-17:00   Learn Traditional Chinese Tuina foot massage and reflexology manipulations, Chinese medicine (TCM) theory and channel & acupuncture points

Body massage Course Thursday, Oct.18-Dec.6, 10:00-12:00 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

	Five Animal Frolics Course Tuesday, Nov.6-Dec.4, 10:00-11:30 A 1,800 Year Old Chinese Exercise System for Fitness, Good Health and Longevity still practiced today. These gentle, fun and playful exercises relax muscles, stretch tendons, open joints, stimulate the spine, exercise internal organs, detoxify, gather and cultivate Qi. >>> more
What's on

	Day-trip: Vineyard & Wine-tasting in Hebei Saturday, Oct.13, 09:00-16:30 Tour the best winery and vineyard at Huailai, 130 kilometres to the northwest of Beijing, which is the same latitude as Bordeaux and California. Situated inbetween Guanting reservoir and Yanshan mountain range, Huailai boasts the best soil and climat >>> more

	Hands-on: making tiger-head Shoes Sunday, October 14, 14:00-17:00 Tiger shoes are commonly found on babies' feet in the countryside of China even today. The shoes are entirely made of cloth and their toe-caps are made into tiger's head. Learn how to make the traditional tiger shoes... >>> more

Great Wall Mutianyu & Ming Tombs Sunday, October 14, 09:00-18:00 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

	Day-trip: Dule Temple and Mount.Pan Shan of Tianjin Sunday, Oct.14, 08:30-18:00 If you are thinking of a one-day excursion out of Beijing, it is a good idea to try Tianjin suburb's two famous attractions, Dule (du le, or Solitary Joy) Temple in Jixian county and Panshan Mountain 12 kilometres northwest of Jixian. >>> more

Try hand-pulled noodles and making dumplings Tuesday, Oct.16, 13:00-15:00 Try pulling dough into Beijing style thin longevity noodles in a minute! And then make dumpling (jiaozi) with two different fillings and flavours. CCC invites professional cook to instruct you for these two marvelous culinary skills. >>> more

	Book Club: "The Geography of Thought" Wednesday, October 17, 10:30-12:00 Nisbett, a psychologist and Distinguished University Professor at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, believes that Asians and Westerners "have maintained very different systems of thought for thousands of years." >>> more

Royal Canal Boat Tour to the Summer Palace Wednesday, Oct.17, 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

	Lecture: History and Evolution of the Great Wall Wednesday, Oct.17, 19:30-21:30 Mr. Li Jianping, reaearcher of Beijing Academy of Social Science, will share with us the history of the Great Wall from Qin to Ming Dynasty and during the Sino-Japanese war period (1940's). >>> more

Great Wall Mutianyu & Ming Tombs Thurday, October 18, 09:00-18:00 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: Corns and Butterflies Thursday, Oct.18, 09:30-12:00 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

Sichuan Wolong Pandas and Leshan Giant Buddha October 19-21 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

	Xuanwu Hutong & Courtyard Houses Pedicab Tour Friday, Oct.19, 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

Weekend trip: Chengde Imperial Mountain Resort Oct.20-21 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: Eunuch Tombs and Temples Saturday, Oct.20, 09:00-14:00 Tucked away in the mountains in the west suburb, the Eunuch tombs and temple complex remain authentic and peaceful. >>> more

Cricket (insect) culture & fighting Saturday, Oct.20, 15:00-17:00 Go to a local pet market and take home a cricket songster to keep you company this fall! The Chinese love crickets! Come hear a talk all about crickets (qu qu & guo guo) and their extravagant containers - villas, and cricket apartments. >>> more

	Mahjong Workshop Sunday, October 21, 14:30-16:30 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

Day-Trip: CockCrow Post Town (Ji Ming Yi) Sunday, Oct.21, 09:00-17:00 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

	Ancient City Xi An (Terracotta Warriors) Oct 21 eve.-23 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

Beijing Walk: Ox Street Mosque & Muslim Quarters Tuesday, Oct.23, 13:30-16:30 This CCC walk will head you to Niujie (Ox Street), a largely Muslim community in Beijing's Xuanwu District. This walk will give you a feel for the unique Muslim quarter with old Beijing hutong atmosphere. In the company of Mr. Hu, member of Beij >>> more

	Talk & Screening: Ballet in China Wednesday, Oct.24, 19:30-21:30 Wang Ning will present photos he took on China's ballet troupes all over China for many years, from their daily life, practise to rehearsals and performances. Some masterpieces of China's ballet drama episodes will be screening >>> more

Guilin, Yangshuo & Dragon Backbone Rice Terraces Oct.25-28 The town of Yangshuo is a backpacker's paradise. Just over an hour south of Guilin, Yangshuo, with its natural scenery and laid back air, is a great escape from the gray and pollution of China's big cities >>> more

	Hands-on: Tea Ceremony Thursday, Oct.25, 10:00-12:00 Come learn to perform Chinese tea ceremony with CCC experts. Every two participants will be provided with one set of tools for tea performance. The knowledge of tea, tea selection, steeping and savoring will be explained. >>> more

Xuanwu Hutong & Courtyard Houses Pedicab Tour Friday, Oct.26, 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

	Walk: Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square Friday, Oct.26, 09:00-12:30 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

Pingyao--Raise the red lanterns Oct.26 eve.-28 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

	Royal Canal Boat Tour to the Summer Palace Saturday, Oct.27, 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: Western Qing Tombs Saturday, Oct.27, 08:30-19:00 Wesern Qing Tombs is still little visited despite offering considerably more to visitors than tombs of the Ming. The site is rural, more densely forested than the Eastern one, overlapped by orchards and agriculture, and with chickens, goats... >>> more

	Great Wall Mutianyu & Ming Tombs Sunday, October 28, 09:00-18:00 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

Back-Street Beijing Walking Tour(4)-Xisi Sunday, Oct.28, 14:30-18:00 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

	Royal Canal Boat Tour to the Summer Palace Wednesday, Oct.31, 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

7 Days Yunnan: Dali, Lijiang & Shangri-La Nov.1-7 Dreamland Yunnan is famed for its beautiful landscapes and colourful and diverse ethnic cultures. Enjoy the famous ancient town Dali and Lijiang, UNESCO's World Heritage Site, its surronding Jade Dragon Snow Mountains, then tour Tibetan inhabited Sha >>> more