| |
|
October 10 - October 18, 2008
|
| |
|
|
| |
 |
 Talk: Miao People's current living Environment and Custom
Friday, Oct 10,10:00-12:00
Fang Lili, researcher from China Arts Research Institute, will share with us Miao people's life, custom and living environment in the course of China's modernity. Fang has been pursuing Art Anthropology for many years and published many books. >>> more |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cookery Class: Chinese pie
Friday, Oct 10,10:30-12:30
Learn to make a variety of Chinese stuffed pizza of lovely shapes and with different vegetable and meat fillings >>> more |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
Cricket (insect) culture & fighting
Saturday, October 11, 14:00-16:00
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 12, 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 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
Tianjin Historical Architecture Tour
Sunday, Oct.12, 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 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foot Reflexology Course
Mondays & Wednesdays, Oct 13-22, 19:30-21:30
4-session foot reflexology course will be instructed by licensed traditional Chinese physician therapist. English narration. Each class is small group with adequate practical exercises. >>> more |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
Biking, Boating and Dumplings Tour
Monday, Oct.13,15:30-20:00
Ride bike leisurely in the alleyways and along the bank of the beautiful houhai lake area, visit courtyard houses and families, Drum Tower... make and share meal with one family and in the evening take little wooden boat ride on the lake >>> more |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Calligraphy Class (2)
Monday, Oct 13, 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 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
Back-Street-Beijing Walk: Xinjiekou & Huguosi
Tuesday, Oct.14, 09:00-13:00
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 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tuina Massage Course
Tuesdays & Thursdays, Oct 14-Nov 6, 13:30-15:30
The 8-session traditional tuina massage course introduce basic Chinese medicine theory, manipulation techniques on relaxing the muscle and vein, and pressing corresponding acupoints; and treatments on common diseases. >>> more |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
Hands-on: Chinese papercutting
Tuesday, Oct 14, 19:00-21:00
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 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Royal Canal Boat Tour to the Summer Palace
Wednesday, Oct.15,09:00-15:30
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 join the passionate amateurs of the community singing >>> more |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
Beijing by Foot Lecture
Wednesday, Oct.15, 19:30
Beijing resident and translator Eric Abrahamsen will talk about his recent book "Beijing by Foot", which provides forty walks encompassing BeijingĄ¯s rich History and modern glory. Walks include iconic areas and less known areas. >>> more |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Great Wall Mutianyu & Ming Tombs
Thursday, Oct.16,09:00-18:30
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 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
Hands-on: Painting on Chinese Paper Fan
Thursday, Oct 16, 10:00-11:30
Chinese fans are all hand-made of bamboo, each side decorating with calligraphy of ancient Chinese verses or famous Chinese paintings on paper or silk fabric. Learn to create your own art on paper fan, and then sign your name and stample a seal. >>> more |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Zen Talk & Meditation
Thursday, Oct 16, 19:30-21:30
Join us each week for an insight into the teachings and practices of Zen Buddhism. We'll be guided on our journey of self-discovery by a Buddhist layman and learn about Zen through its music, its stories, its art, its rituals & martial arts. >>> more |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
Sichuan's Fairyland Jiuzhaigou & Huanglong
Oct.16-20
Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area and Huanglong Parklands are two famous World Natural Heritage sites. Jiuzhaigou offers spectacular landscapes with alpine features: crystal clear and serene lakes, snow-capped mountains, countless waterfalls and lush forests. >>> more |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tying Chinese Knots: bracelets
Friday, Oct 17,09:30-12:30
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 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
Xuanwu Hutong & Courtyard Houses Pedicab Tour
Friday, Oct.17,14:00-16:30
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.17, 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 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
Illustrated Talk: Corridors and Bridges in Zhejiang
Friday, Oct 17, 10:00-12:00
>>> more |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Datong Trip (Grottoes & Hanging Monastery)
Oct.17 eve.-19
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 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
Cookery: hand-pulled noodles and dumplings
Saturday, Oct 18, 16:00-18:30
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 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Royal Canal Boat Tour to the Summer Palace
Saturday, Oct.18, 09:00-15:30
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 join the passionate amateurs of the community singing >>> more |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
Back-Street-Beijing Walk: Chongwenmen & Legation Quarter
Saturday, Oct.18, 10:00-13:30
Explore historical sites, hutongs and architecture around Chongwenmen, Beijing Railway Station and Legation quarter area. You will old alleys and residents, churches and banks, Ming Dynasty Wall ruins, and old European Embassy buildings. >>> more |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hands-on: Patchwork Pictures (Buduihua)
Sunday, Oct 19,14:00-17:00
Traditional patchwork picture(Buduihua), is made of rags with different colors cut, pasted, and embroidered with exquisite patterns. It is most popular in northern of Shaanxi, China. Come and stitch multi-colored fabrics into a nice Chinese picture. >>> more |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
Tour: Lama Temple & Lamaism
Sunday, Oct.19, 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 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Underground City & Urban Planning Museum
Sunday, Oct.19, 14:00-17:00
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 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
Hands-on: Chinese Tie-Dye
Tuesday, Oct 21, 19:00-21:00
Learn two fabric craftsmanship at China Culture Center: tie-dye (zha ran) and batik (la ran), which represent typical minority Chinese folk art: simple colour and texture, and unique patterns. >>> more |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Peking University Campus Walking Tour
Tuesday, Oct.21, 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 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Book Club: Wolf Totem
Wednesday, Oct.22, 10:30-12:00
Wolf Totem was a phenomenon in China, breaking all sales records there and earning the distinction of being the second most read book. There has been much international excitement too-to date, rights have been sold in thirteen countries. >>> more |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
CCC e-Newsletter > Beijing 
