This Sunday Tours

	Backstreet Beijing Walk - Zhushikou & Xiannongtan Sunday, June 21, 10:30-13:30 Explore a protestant church and neighborhood and hutong south of Zhushikou till to the ancient imperial altar dedicated to the first farmer of China. Once shared the same size of the Temple of Heave with royal level of architecture. >>> more

Hiking: Silver Mountain & Pagoda Forest Sunday, June 21, 09:30-16:00 The Silver Mountain will be really silver-looking with the recent fall of heavy snow onto Beijing ! Join our hiking group to see the snow-clad mountain and stupas. This hilly forest area is made up of black granite and is often topped >>> more

 Some New Day Excursions

Simulated War Game in an Army Base & War Tunnel Saturday, July 4, 09:00-17:00 We first visit Jiaozhuanghu Underground Tunnel Labyrinth, which was digged up by local farmers to fight against Japanese invaders. Then we will head to a beautiful mountain area to put on army fatigue and hold a real size machine gun for military mis >>> more

Day-trip: Vineyard & Wine-tasting in Hebei Sunday, Aug.2, 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

	Tour: Lama Temple & Lamaism Tuesday, June 23, 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

Backstreet Beijing Walk - Xuanwumen North Sunday, July 5, 14:00-17:00 Repeat: Tuesday, July 14, 09:00-12:00 CCC guides you to north Xuanwumen area, meandering along New Culture Street and passing by Writer Lu Xun School; Prince Kele's Mansion; Cathedral of Saviour. Then vanish ourselves in the winding hutongs to find more fascinating people and spots. >>> more

Backstreet Beijing Walk - Xisi Sunday, July 19, 14:00-17:30 Repeat: Tuesday, July 28, 09:00-12:30 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

Upcoming Out-of-Town Journeys

Wutai Shan - The First Among the Four Great Mountains June 27-28 Wutai Shan is one of the Four Sacred Mountains in Chinese Buddhism and is a great place for summer restreat. Nuns, monks, and lamas from different orders and from all over China, Japan, Nepal, and Thailand come to Wutai Shan in the summer. >>> more

	Huitengxile Inner Mongolia Grassland Tour June 27-28 / July 4-5 / July 18-19 / August 1-2 it was worthwhile to visit the enchanting steppes & fantastic grassland! To find the less touristy grassland with relatively full -up grass, and yet accessible for a two or three days excursion, CCC recommends the grassland Huitengxile >>> more

Ancient City Xi An (Terracotta Warriors) July 3 eve.-5 Take 2 days trip to visit the famous Terracotta Warrior Site; Ancient City Wall, Shaanxi Museum; Great Mosque and Muslim Street; Wild Goose Pagoda, etc. >>> more

Sichuan's Chendu Panda, Mount Emei & Leshan Buddha July 3 eve.-5 Savor the famous Sichuan food in Chengdu and visit two UNESCO-listed World Heritage Sites - Mount Leshan with the largest Buddha statue carved into a mountain in the world; and Mount Emei, one of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China >>> more

	Datong Trip (Grottoes & Hanging Monastery) July 10 eve.-12 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

The most Sacred Taoist Mountain Wudang July 11 eve.-13 Wudang Shan (Mountain) is number one in the hierarchy of sacred Daoist mountains. Monasteries & Buildings on the summit were made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994, and has long been known as a centre for Chinese martial arts. >>> more

	Yunnan's Lugu Lake & Mosuo People July 15-19 Stroll through the small streets of a UNESCO listed world heritage site, the old town of Lijiang and experience the matriarchal society of the Mosuo people, and the beautiful Lugu Lake. >>> more

Hulun Buir Grasslands (Inner Mongolia) July 17-19 Located outside the remote border town (with Russia) of Manzhouli, Inner Mogolia, the Hulun Buir Grasslands are the most pristine and lushest in China. Hulun Lake, within the Hulunbuir Grasslands, is the largest lake in Inner Mongolia. >>> more

Explore Qinghai - Sacred Land & Stunning Landscape July 24-29 We head to southeast Qinghai's historical city of Tongren; Wutun, a 1,000 year old village where the Tibetans have a rich history recorders through murals, tangka and statues; and spectacular Kanbala Forest & Valley; Nanzong Buddhist Nunnery. >>> more

	Wenzhou City & Mount Yandang Shan Geopark July 24 eve.-26 The Mount Yandang is a natural park based on its geological landform of Cretaceous volcanic rhyolite - an example of the formation and evolvement mode of reviviscent caldera on the Asian Plates in late Mesozoic. Wenzhou was a prosperous foreign treat >>> more

Ancient City Xi An (Terracotta Warriors) July 24 eve.-26 Take 2 days trip to visit the famous Terracotta Warrior Site; Ancient City Wall, Shaanxi Museum; Great Mosque and Muslim Street; Wild Goose Pagoda, etc. >>> more