Backstreet Beijing Walk - Legation Quarter
Wednesday, Feb.24, 10:00-13:00

Explore historical sites, hutongs and architecture around Dongdan, Taijichang and Zhengyi Lu, and then visit the Legation quarter area. You will old alleys and residents, churches and banks, and old European Embassy buildings. >>> more

Talk: Peering into the Mystery of I-Ching
Wednesday, Feb.24, 19:30-21:30

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

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

Light Hiking Around Red Cliff Village & White Rock Wall
Sunday, Feb.28, 09:00-17:00

This is a moderate hike around a Red Cliff Village and Great Wall constructed by white stones. It is a beautiful village near Beijing's border to Hebei, more authentic and less known than rural areas in near suburbs of Beijing. >>> more

Light Hiking around Glazed Roof Tile Village
Saturday, March 6, 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

Hiking the Silver Mountain & Pagoda Forest
Sunday, March 7, 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

Hike: Great Wall Simatai and Jinshanling
Saturday, March.13, 08:30-18:30

Simatai section of Great Wall in Miyun County, Beijing, remains one of the best options for those who want more of a challenge from the Great Wall, harrowing, steep and unrestored. It connects to another section, Jin Shan Ling, in Hebei. >>> more

Songzhuang Contemporary Artists Village Tour
Sunday, March.14, 09:00-16:00

Songzhuang Village is China's largest contemporary artist community. It is different with 798 Art Zone crowded with galleries. CCC makes appointments with a handful of artists who will allow you into their farmer's homes or rental studios. >>> more

Talk: Peering into the Mystery of I-Ching
Wednesday, Feb.24, 19:30-21:30

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

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, Mar.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

Foot Reflexology Course
Mondays & Wednesdays, Mar.1-10, 14:00-16:00

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

Taichi (taijiquan) Course
Tuesday, Mar.2-23, 19:30-21:00

Taichi, a moving form of yoga and meditation combined, is ancient Chinese meditative exercise for the body, aiming to foster a calm and tranquil mind. CCC's Chen Style Taichi master speaks English and has experience in teaching Westerners. >>> more

Chinese Bird-flower Painting Beginner's Course
Tuesday, Mar.2-23, 19:00-21:00

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

Chinese Bird-flower Painting Beginner's Course
Tuesday, Mar.2-23, 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

Calligraphy Beginner's Course
Tuesday, Mar.2-23, 10:00-11:30

Conducted in English, the class teaches everything, from meaning and evolution of the characters, stroke techniques to related culture. You don't have to be able to write Chinese already, just have to be enthusiastic and be willing to hold a brush. >>> more

Ba Zi Destiny Analysis Course
Monday & Wednesday, March 3-29, 14:00-16:30

"Bazi Destiny also know as The Four Pillars - is a technical study on the individual’s destiny, personal characteristics, surrounding circumstances and possible life path. BaZi really is an extremely practical study. The course is in English. >>> more

Chinese Cloth Tiger Pillows
Wednesday, Mar.3, 14:00-17:00

In China, the tiger is a symbol of power and goodness associated with children. Hand made tiger pillows are thus a popular gift for parents to express love and wishes to their children, but we think they make great presents for all ages. >>> more

Chinese Painting Intermediate Level Course
Thursday, Mar.4-25, 10:00-12:00

This intermediate level course will go into the detailed brush stroke techniques, instruct you to complete a complex work of Bird-Flower Type, and learn related Chinese art history, theory and artistic values. >>> more

Chinese Landscape Painting Beginner's Course
Friday, Mar.5-26, 10:00-12:00

Meet different styles of CCC guest artists, pick up the brush and try on rice paper the traditional Chinese Ink & Water Painting! >>> more

Mahjong Workshop
Sunday, Mar.7, 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

Feng Shui
Monday & Wednesday, Mar.8-Mar.24, 19:30-21:30

What is Feng Shui? This is a simple question that can be difficult to answer. Feng Shui is an ancient art and science developed over 3,000 years ago in China. It is a complex body of knowledge that reveals how to balance the energies of any given spa >>> more

Tuina Massage Course
Mondays & Wednesdays, Mar.8-31, 19:30-21:30

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: Kungfu Tea Ceremony
Sunday, March 14, 14:00-16:00

Come learn to perform Chinese Kungfu 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

Hands-on: Chinese Applique (Buduihua)
Tuesday, March 16, 14:00-15:00

Traditional Chinese Applique(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

Cookery: Floral Bread
Saturday, Mar.20, 10:00-12:00

Learn to make steamed breads with colorful flour decorations, which is very popular in yellow plateau area of Shaanxi. The decorations vary from animals, flowers to traditional symbols of Shaanxi, and the breads are more made during the Spring Festiv >>> more

Datong Trip (Grottoes & Hanging Monastery)
March 12 eve.-14

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

Shaolin Temple & Luoyang Longmen Grottos
March 19 eve.-21

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

Chengde Imperial Mountain Resort
March 20-21

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

7 Days Yunnan: Dali, Lijiang & Shangri-La
March 23-29

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

Pingyao--Raise the red lanterns
March 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

Yangtze & Grand Canal Cities: Nanjing, Yangzhou and Wuxi
March 26-28

Explore with CCC the historical and cultural cities at the junction of the Yangtze and the Grand Canal - Yangzhou, Wuxi and Yixing, where so many notable artists, musicians and scholars were born; then Nanjing, once capital of six Dynasties. >>> more

Pastoral Kaiping and Picturesque Yangshuo & Guilin
April 2-6

Kaiping, 164km from the Macau border, is China at its most bucolic. Its old European style watchtowers are very unique residences. While Guilin & Yangshuo has China's most "Chinese" scenery, the limestone carst peaks are especially magnificent. >>> more

Southern Water Towns: Suzhou, Wuzhen, Hangzhou
April 2 eve.-5

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

Yellow Mountain & Ancient Anhui Villages
April 3 eve.-5

Explore two UNESCO-listed sites with CCC: Yellow Mountains, the loveliest mountain of China', and Hongcun, an ancient Anhui Village with unique architecture and decoration (shooting site for the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) >>> more

The Long March's Terminus Yan'an & Yellow Earth
April 3-5

Yan'an is famed as the terminus of the long march and the de facto capital of the Chinese Communists.The appeal of this part is its very austerity -- the cave dwellings, the dry terraced hills, and the yellow loess that covers it all. >>> more

Hunan Zhangjiajie & Wulingyuan and Phoenix Town (Feng Huang)
April 3-7

This trip offers two distinct sides of Hunan Province--the beautiful landscape in the nature reservation of Zhangjiajie, the clear waters of Mengdong River; and the traditional town of Phoenix Town with minorities and Huoluping Miao village >>> more

Ancient City Xi An (Terracotta Army)
April 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 Panda Natural Reserve & Leshan Buddha
April 3-5

Visit the Panda center at Ya'an Natural Reserve, taking photos with the giant Pandas or even holding a panda; visit the famous Le Shan Giant Buddha, world's largest Buddha statue in the World >>> more

Maijishan Grottoes & Famen Temple
April 3-5

Maijishan Grottoes in Gansu remains 194 caves, 7200 sculpture, 1000 square M fresco which are excavated on the cliff. Famen Temple, northwest of Xian, in keeps China's only Buddha Sarira, or the finger bone relic of Buddhism founder Sakyamuni. >>> more