Western Qing Tombs

This Saturday: Nov.27 08:30-19:00 Day Tour to Western Qing Tombs in Hebei

New Lectures
Chinese History Lectures (4 sessions)
10:00-12:00, Fridays, Nov.16-Dec.7
Lecture: China' s "One Child" Policy
Wednesday, Nov.14, 19:30-21:00
Trees & Plants of South China
Wednesday, Nov.7, 19:30

New Courses
Tradtional Tuina Massage
Evening and Weekend course
Thursdays 19:30 & Saturdays 10:00, Nov.8-Dec.1
and afternoon course
Monday & Wednesday, 13:00-15:00, Nov.12-Dec.5
Five Frolic Exercises
Tuesday, Nov.6-Dec.4, 10:00-11:30
Chinese Folk & Minority Dance Class
Sundays, Nov.4-Dec.9, 10:00-11:30




What's on over the next two weeks

	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

	Great Wall Mutianyu & Ming Tombs Thurday, Nov.1, 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

Hands-on: Tea Ceremony Thursday, Nov.1, 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

	Reflexology /Foot Massage Course Thursdays, Nov.1-22, 15:00-17:00 4-session Foot Massage & Reflexology course is instructed by licensed traditional Chinese massage therapist. English narration. Each class is small group with adequate practice. >>> more

Datong Trip (Grottoes & Hanging Monastery) Nov.2 eve.-4 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, which ruled North >>> more

	Day-trip: Ming Village (Chuan Di Xia) Saturday, Nov.3, 08:30-18:30 Chuan Dixia Village is the only village in Beijing that has been listed as a National Village Architecture Reserve. Art and architecture students often go to sketch the houses there. >>> more

Tianjin Historical Architecture Tour Sunday, Nov.4, 07:30-18:00 This is a unique cultural tour guided by curator from Tianjin Historical Architecture Museum, exploring the old colonial districts and areas of six European countries >>> more

	Back-Street-Beijing Walking Tour (2)-Xinjiekou Sunday, Nov.4, 14:00-17:30 The walk gives an good opportunity to quickly learn the variety of local life and two famous artistic figures, a restaurant with most famous traditional Beijing snacks... >>> more

Chinese Folk & Minority Dance Class Sundays, Nov.4-Dec.9, 10:00-11:30 Ms. Ding, veteran dancer and teacher of China National Songs & Dance Troupe will teach the class. With the rhythm of Tibetan music and songs, dance in Tibetan style. Tibetan culture, religion and custom will be learned as well during the class. >>> more

	Ink & Water Painting Class Sundays, Nov.4-Dec.9, 10:00-12:00 Chinese ink & water painting is a thousand-year tradition, and the xieyi style (free-hand) is one of the most unique style of Chinese painting. The CCCC painting course is specially designed for expatriates. >>> more

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

	Ink & Water Painting Class Tuesdays, Nov.6-Dec.11, 10:00-12:00 Chinese ink & water painting is a thousand-year tradition, and the xieyi style (free-hand) is one of the most unique style of Chinese painting. The CCCC painting course is specially designed for expatriates. >>> more

Tour: Chinese Ethnic Costumes Museum Wednesday, Nov.7, 09:30-12:00 Check with the expert about antique costumes from 55 minority ethnics all over China, including traditional clothing, such as Dong people's silver head dresses, Mongolian boots, court and wedding costumes, and rural wears; and a variety of accessorie >>> more

Lecture: Trees & Plants of South Wednesday, Nov.7, 19:30-21:00 >>> more

Yangtze River Cruise & Dazu Rock Carving Nov.08-12 The Yangtze, China's longest river, originates on the Qinghai-Tibet-Plateau and flows eastwards. The rushing waters formed the dramatic scenery of the famous Three Gorges. Enjoy the spectacular mountainous landscape of the Yangtze River and its tribu >>> more

	Body massage Course Thursday 19:30 & Saturday 10:00, Nov.8-Dec.1 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

Walk: Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square Friday, Nov.9, 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

	Xuanwu Hutong & Courtyard Houses Pedicab Tour Friday, Nov.9, 14:00-16:10 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

Workshop: Chinese papercut Friday, Nov.9, 10-12:00 Take up scissors and learn to cut traditional folk patterns and decorations from CCC's folk artist, then use them to ornament your home ! >>> more

	Shaolin Temple & Luoyang Longmen Grottos Nov.9 eve.-11 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

Mahjong Workshop Saturday, November 10, 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

	Royal Canal Boat Tour to the Summer Palace Saturday, Nov.10, 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

Tour: Underground City & Urban Planning Museum Saturday, Nov.10, 14:30-17:30 Visit one of the best museums in Beijing - Urban City Planning Exhibition Hall to learn Beijing's past, present and future; and then head to Beijing Underground City near Qianmen, where these tunnels are dark, damp, and genuinely eerie >>> more

	Great Wall Mutianyu & Ming Tombs Sunday, Nov.11, 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

Tour: Antique Furniture in Rural Beijing Sunday, Nov.11, 14:00-17:00 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

	Calligraphy Class Every Monday, Nov.12-Dec.17, 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

Body massage Course Monday & Wednesday 19:30, Nov.12-Dec.5 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

	Visit: Beijing Enamel Art Factory Tuesday, Nov.13, 09:30-12:00 Come to see workshops of cloisonné or Jingtai Lan (the "blue of Jingtai"). It is so named because the blue was the dominant color adopted for enameling, and cloisonné became prevalent during the reign of Jingtai (1450--1456) in the Ming dynasty. >>> more

Lecture: China' s "One Child" Policy Wednesday, Nov.14,19:30-21:00 The lecture will cover the historical background to government policy and its impact on the society. Particular stress will be placed on the latest policy direction, the implementation of the policy, the demographic consequences ... >>> more

	Tying Chinese Knots: bracelet Wednesday, Nov.9, 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

6 Days Southeast Guizhou & Dragon Backbone Rice Terrace Nov.15-20 Guizhou of Southwest China has long been remote, stagnant and ackward, however, unspoiled by tourism development. Its stunning landscapes and terraced rice fields, as well as its colorful ethnic minority cultures have made Guizhou a paradise. >>> more

	Great Wall Mutianyu & Ming Tombs Thursday, Nov.15, 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

Chinese History Lectures Fridays, Nov.16-Dec.7, 10:00-12:00 These lectures will provide a basic understanding and appreciation of the development of the institutions, religion, science and technology, arts, philosophy, literature, geography, and values up until 1949. >>> more

	Ancient City Xi An (Terracotta Warriors) Nov.16 eve.- 18 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

Overnight excursion: Zhengding & Yujia Stone Village Saturday & Sunday, Nov.17-18 CCC will explore two historical towns near Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei: Zhengding and Stone City. Zhengding is a county in Hebei Province approximately 260 kilometers south of Beijing, China. It is under the administration of nearby Shijiazhuang C >>> more

Tour: Eunuch Tombs and Temples Saturday, Nov.17, 13:30-18:30 Tucked away in the mountains in the west suburb, the Eunuch tombs and temple complex remain authentic and peaceful. >>> more

Try hand-pulled noodles and making dumplings Saturday, Nov.17, 10:30-12:30 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

	Shangyuan Established Artists Village Tour Sunday, November 18, 09:30-16:30 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

Book Club: "China Shakes the World" Wednesday, Nov.21, 10:30-12:00 >>> more

Making Lotus Lanterns Wednesday, Nov.21, 09:30-12:30 Hear interesting lantern stories from Mr. Zhang, 73, nicknamed Lantern Zhang, who acquired the craftsmanship from an eunuch master in the Forbidden City. >>> more

Visit Erguotou Liquor Factory Thursday, Nov.22, 09:30-12:00 Visit the famous Beijing Er Guo Tou Liquor Factory to see the entire traditional production skills such as distilling and fermentation in the gigantic wok; the wine cellar with half-century vintage, and hundred-woman packing line. >>> more

	Southern Water Towns: Suzhou, Wuzhen, Hangzhou Nov.23-25 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

Walk: Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square Friday, Nov.23, 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

	Xuanwu Hutong & Courtyard Houses Pedicab Tour Friday, Nov.23, 14:00-16:10 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

Tour: Writer Lu Xun's Museum Saturday, Nov.24, 14:00-17:00 Go to visit Lu Xun's Museum and Former Residence with CCC, and learn the legendary story of this Father of Modern Chinese Literature. Mr. Huang, researcher of Lu Xun, will guide us through the tour. >>> more