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Ancient Monastery on top of Wudang Mountain |
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Resolution Two: Stay in a Shanxi's Laoniuwan Village by Yellow River
(May 28-30)
Retreat in a northwest Shanxi's village on top of Yellow River Valley and by the Great Wall
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The village you will stay the night is on top the mountain with with Yellow River
valley on one side and the Great Wall on the other side. | Resolution Three: Retreat to a castle village by Qingshanguan Pass
(June 6-7)
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Retreat to a Great Wall Castle Village inside Qingshanguan Pass
in Hebei and stay overnight in authentic village houses, and also
visit the bone chinaware factory in Tangshan City.
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Resolution Four: Fly to Inner Mongolia grassland & Qinghai Tibetan Regions
(throughout the summer)
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Inner Mongolia Grassland (Huitengxile and Hulunbair) and
Qinghai's Yushu Tibetan Horse Festival. Check our June, July
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Resolution Five: Do Excursions to some cool places around Beijing:
 Sleeping on the Great Wall Jinshanling
Saturday - Sunday, May 9-10
The hike between Jinshanling and Simatai Great Wall gives you a truly authentic wall experience and breathtaking views in relative isolation. Sleeping overnight on the Wall (camping or in the watchtower is the coolest experience ever ! >>> more |
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Chengde Imperial Mountain Resort
May 9-10
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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Backstreet Beijing Walk - Xisi
Sunday, May 10, 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 |
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Hiking: Cool Waterfall Valley
Tuesday, May 12, 09:00-17:30
Drive to Miyun County, Beijing to see peach and apricot blossom, red leaves, waterfall, valley and part of Miyun Reservoir. >>> more |
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Beijing Walk: Urban Planning Hall & Ming Wall
Wednesday, May 13, 09:30-13:00
Beijing City Planning Exhibition Hall, which is designed to showcase Beijing's past, present and future, might be the most modern and advanced museum in Beijing. >>> more |
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Zen Weekend Retreat in Temple
May 15 eve. - 17
Experience the calm and peace of life as practiced by Zen Buddhism in the seclusion of our temple courtyard retreat on Red Conch Mountain in the outskirts of Beijing. Our Zen master will show you how to dissolve stress from your life >>> more |
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Hiking from Walled Village to the Scale Dragon Mountain
Saturday, May 16, 08:30-17:30
On this strenuous hike, we will start at a fortress like village, following the trail through chestnut orchards to a gigantic pine tree, then we will begin with a more strenuous hike passing the ridgeline before having lunch in a village. >>> more |
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Western Qing Tombs
Sunday, May 17, 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 |
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Backstreet Beijing Walk - Xisi
Thursday, May 21, 09:30-13:30
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 |
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Tianjin Historical Architecture Tour
Saturday, May 23, 08:15-19:40
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 |
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Backstreet Beijing Walk: Tongzhou
Sunday, May 24, 14:00-18:00
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 |
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Backstreet Beijing Walk: Tongzhou
Tuesday, May 26, 09:30-13:30
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 |
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Ningxia's pyramid & Inner Mongolia Sand Dunes
May 28-30
Ningxia's famous sites include Xixia Dynasty Tombs and the earth Ming Great Wall. Then the journey will cross the border into Inner Mongolia desert dunes. Climbing aboard a military truck or jeep and drive up and over the shifting sand dunes. >>> more |
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Day-trip: Peking Man Site and Marco Polo Bridge
Sunday, May 31, 09:30-17:30
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 |
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Great Wall's Village Retreat & Tangshan's Bone Chinawares
June 6-7
Take coach to Tangshan, famous bone chinaware city, and then stay overnight in the clean and authentic village houses in an obscure village next to the Great Wall at the Green Mountain Pass >>> more |
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