Hi, CCC friends,

Chinese New Year is around the corner! 

A special tour & lecture are arranged before the Spring Festival: this Wednesday's Glazed Tile Village in the south of Beijing, where you see beautiful village by the mountains and kilns producing the golden glazed roof tiles;

And the next Wednesday a a lecture on the ancient book I Ching (Book of Changes), a system of divination, cosmology and philosophy that subsequently became intrinsic to Chinese culture. It is one of the main sources for fengshui, fortune-telling and Chinese philosophy and values.

During the Chinese Spring Festival, CCC will organize a tour to a village in south of Beijing to experience the traditional village celebration : fire crackers, stilts dances; drums and donkeys; and have lunch in farmers' homes.

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Light Hiking around Glazed Roof Tile Village
Wednesday, Feb.3, 09:00-17:00

The so called "Glazed Roof Tile" Village used to have many imperial kilns in the entire village, providing golden tiles for the Forbidden City and royal buildings. Now the tradition is kept. Family kilns are still available and in use. >>> more

Talk: Peering into the Mystery of I-Ching
Wednesday, Feb.10, 10:00-12:00

The ancient Book of Changes is known by almost all, yet understood by few. Researcher Ma Ning will provide a basic introduction to the I Ching for a lay audience, with a talk a PPT show that will be conducted in Chinese with English interpretation. >>> more

Celebrate Chinese New Year in a Village
Tuesday, Feb.16, 09:00-16:00

CCC will organized an exclusive event to celebrate the Spring Festival in a village of the suburb Beijing. We will be welcomed with firecrackers and gaily bedecked, lively folk dancers, performers and crowds of hospitable, curious farmers. We will >>> more

Other tours & classes in two weeks

Day-trip: The Taoist Temple & Hills and Silver Fox Cave
Saturday, Feb.6, 09:00-18:30

Visit a remote taoist temple and meet the taoist priests in the suburb of Beijing, then head to the Silver Fox Cave, enjoy the spectacular sights in the karst cave with the unusual formations and stone flowers, and boating along the river. >>> more

Beijing Longqing Gorge Ice Sculpture & Lantern Tour
Saturday, Feb.6, 16:00-22:00

Beijing Longqing Gorge is best known for its outdoor gallery of ice sculptures carved into animals and figures of all shapes and sizes, When illuminated at night they create wonderful visuals. Performances and toboggan add to its fun. >>> more

Beijing Longqing Gorge Ice Sculpture & Lantern Tour
Sunday, Feb.7, 16:00-22:00

Beijing Longqing Gorge is best known for its outdoor gallery of ice sculptures carved into animals and figures of all shapes and sizes, When illuminated at night they create wonderful visuals. Performances and toboggan add to its fun. >>> more

Light Hiking Tanzhe Monastery & Yangpoyuan Village
Tuesday, Feb.9, 08:30-18:00

Tucked away in the mountains in the west suburb, Tenzhe Monasteries and Pagoda Forest remain authentic and peaceful. They are one of the oldest temples in Beijing with lots of old pines and stone scarvings. The village nearby is old & nice. >>> more

Beijing Temple Fair Tour
Sunday, Feb.14, 09:00-16:00

If you've never visited temple fairs of Beijing, then you must experience this style carnival with the locals and feel the bustle and lively New Year atmosphere of Beijing >>> more

Beijing Temple Fair Tour
Monday, Feb.15, 09:00-16:00

If you've never visited temple fairs of Beijing, then you must experience this style carnival with the locals and feel the bustle and lively New Year atmosphere of Beijing >>> more

Celebrate Chinese New Year in a Village
Tuesday, Feb.16, 09:00-16:00

CCC will organized an exclusive event to celebrate the Spring Festival in a village of the suburb Beijing. We will be welcomed with firecrackers and gaily bedecked, lively folk dancers, performers and crowds of hospitable, curious farmers. We will >>> more

 Lectures & Studio Classes

Talk: Nine Principles of Forbidden City
Thursday, Feb.25, 10:00-12:00

The Forbidden City is the best example of Chinese Imperail architecture. Professor Zhao will unveil nine principles reflected in the construction of the emperors' palaces, from Chinese values, symbols, fengshui practice,to culture. >>> more

Live Zen Practice & Meditation
Thursday, Feb.4, 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

Mahjong Workshop
Saturday, Feb.6,14:00-16:00

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

Cookery: hand-pulled noodles and dumplings
Saturday, Feb.6,16:00-18:00

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

Chinese Cloth Tiger Toy
Tuesday, Feb.9, 14:00-17:00

Hand made tiger toy is sewed in detailes with a big tiger's head, paws, and tail. In china, the tiger is the numen for child. It is symbol of power and goodness. >>> more

Hands-on: Chinese papercutting
Wednesday, Feb.10, 10:00-12:00

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

One Time Overview Instruction of Yangsheng (health)
Thursday, Feb.11, 10:00-12:00

Come and join this one time overview (2 hours) instruction, and learn all about Yangsheng, traditional Chinese diet, medicine and breathing, mind/body knowledge and self-cultivation. The master will guide you on these mind/body exercises >>> more

Out-of-Beijing Tours

Harbin - Ice Lantern Festival & Snow Sculpture Expo
Feb 6-7

Go by air or overnight train to Harbin to catch the famous Snow Sculpture Exhibition and Ice Lantern Festival; appreciate the old Russian style architecture; drive into the Siberian Tiger Park; and dine in the Ice Bar and Russian Restaurant! >>> more

Harbin - Ice Lantern Festival & Snow Sculpture Expo
Feb 15-16

Go by air or overnight train to Harbin to catch the famous Snow Sculpture Exhibition and Ice Lantern Festival; appreciate the old Russian style architecture; drive into the Siberian Tiger Park; and dine in the Ice Bar and Russian Restaurant! >>> more

Yunnan's Yuanyang (Hani Rice Terrace) & Tropical Xishuangbanna
Feb 15-20

Yuanyang, southeast of Yunnan, is renowned for its rice terraces crafted out by bare hands by the Hani people since one thousand years ago and even today, the world largest nature wonder. Luoping is famous for its blossoming of rapeseed flowers. >>> more

Subtropical Hakka Round Buildings & City Xiamen
February 15-17

Get to know Fujian province, the southeastern end of China's mainland facing Taiwan across the strait. Xiamen, beautiful seaport city with Gulangyu Island; then dirve into the villages in the mountains south and west of Fujian for the magical earthen >>> more

Sichuan's Fairyland Jiuzhaigou & Leshan Buddha
Feb 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

Tibetan Festival Tour From Qinghai To Gansu
Feb.25-Mar.02

Catch up the Tibetan New Year festival and the annual "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony in the Tibetan towns of Tongren in Qinghai and Xiahe in Gansu. You will be enchanted by the atmosphere & pilgrims and Tibetan monks in their saffron robes. >>> more

Pingyao - Raise the red lanterns
Feb 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

Nanjing's Plum Blossom Festival Tour
Feb.27-28

Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 306 km (189 miles) NW of Shanghai. First the nation's capital in the early years of the Ming dynasty (A.D. 1368-1644), then the capital of the Republic of China from 1911 to 1937, and now capital of Jiangsu Province >>> more