Dear CCC friends,

It is getting cooler now in the evening, It might be a good idea to think about attending some lectures for more insights of China and Chinese culture.  Here below are some scheduled lectures and courses. We hope you find some of them interest you, and make sure sign you up on them.

Best wishes,
CCC team.

Talk: China's Social Security, Househould Registration & Personal Data Files
Wednesday, August 18, 19:30-21:00

Come hear this talk on three fundamental constraints every Chinese people live under either at work or in their everyday life. They still restrict one' s housing, job application, welfare and children' s schooling. >>> more

Talk: Understanding Buddha & Spiritual Healing
Thursday, Aug.26, 10:00-12:00

If you want to enrich your knowledge of Buddhism you must first understand its origin. Who was the Buddha? What was his early life like and why did it change his way of thinking? Join us for the insight into the Buddha by a Buddhist layman >>> more

Talk: The Aesthetics of the Beijing Hutongs, seen with Photographic Eyes
Wednesday, September 1, 19:30-21:30

The lecture is to make people aware of the historical and cultural values, and to visualize, with the photo presentation, the amazement for the hutong life style and take people on a virtual tour trough the hutongs, seen with the photographic eyes. >>> more

Lecture: All about Laozi and Philosophical Tao
Friday, Sep.10, 10:00-12:00

Come hear a talk on the core meaning of Tao and other key concepts from the Taoism masterpiece "Dao De Jing" by the philosopher-sage Lao Zi. The lecture will be conducted in English. >>> more

Talk: Chinese Tea Culture
Wednesday, September 15, 19:30-21:00

The speaker will explain all different tea cups and other wares, types of tea leaves and various quality of water involved in steeping tea. Then they will also present tea art and show how ancient Chinese intellectuals appreciated and displayed tea. >>> more

Talk: Understanding Chinese Cuisine
Wednesday, September 16, 10:00-12:00

Foods plays a central part in Chinese culture. This lecture reveals a tantalizing wide range of foods and flavors in China, philosophy, history, local culture and geography’s impact on food, usages of materials and condiments and cooking varieties >>> more

 Regular Courses and Hands-on Classes

Feng Shui Lectures
Mondays & Wednesdays, September 1-20, 13:00-15:00

Fengshui Master Lin from Taiwan will give this Fengshui course to CCC friends, from the basic theories of Feng Shui, fengshui your Front Door and Living-room, bedroom and bathroom, to kitchen. He analizes students' own examples and home plan. >>> more

Chinese Medicine Lectures
Monday & Wednesday, September 6-29, 13:00-14:30

This 8 session course covers the basic philosophy and cosmology underlying Chinese medicine, the varying schools of thought in history, the acupuncture channels and their relationship to illness, the four diagnostic methods, Chinese herbalism. >>> more

Calligraphy Intermediate Class
Tuesday, Aug.17, 10:00-11:30

For the students who have attend 2-3 sessions (8-12 lessons), are recommended to join the intermediate class for further study and enjoy deeper about art of calligraphy. >>> more

Mahjong Workshop
Saturday, Aug.21, 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
Sunday, August 22, 18:30-20:30

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

Calligraphy Intermediate Class
Tuesday, Aug.24, 10:00-11:30

For the students who have attend 2-3 sessions (8-12 lessons), are recommended to join the intermediate class for further study and enjoy deeper about art of calligraphy. >>> more

Tying Bracelet Knots
Saturday, August 28, 14:00-16:30

Learn to make the auspicious knots from CCC folk artists Ms Wang, and work out your own knots (knots, necklace, bracelet, butterfly or lily shoes, and other patterns of crafts), and hang them up on your neck or your handbag. >>> more

Bazi Destiny Analysis Course (Beginner)
Monday & Wednesday, Sep.1-Sep.29, 10:00-12:00

"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

Out-of-Beijing Tours
 

Experience Real Life in Xilin Gol Inner Mongolia Grassland
August 27-29

Unlike most Inner Mongolian grassland resort tours, which features concret yurts, crowded tourists and noisy entertainment, this Xilin gol grassland tour will visit Mongol families and stay in their authentic yurts and experience their life. >>> more

The most Sacred Taoist Mountain Wudang
August 27 eve.-29

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

Inner Mongolian Grasslands, Erguna Wetland & Russian Village
Sep 3-5

The Inner Mogolian Hulun Buir Grasslands are the most pristine and lushest in China. The Russian town features Russian descendants, Russian style wooden houses and filled windows and golden-silver birch forest. >>> more

Wutai Shan - The First Among the Four Great Mountains
September 4-5

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

Gansu's Xiahe and Labrang & Langmu Monasteries
Sep.9-12

Explore the monasteries and Tibetan monks and landscapes in South Gansu >>> more

Sichuan Panda Natural Reserve & Leshan Buddha
Sep 10-12

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

Ancient City Xi An (Terracotta Army)
Sep 10 eve.-12

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

North Xinjiang's Kanas Lake & Hemu Village
Sep 15-19

See the mysterious Kanas lake deep in the forests and mountains of Altay, near the border of Kirgistan, Mongolia and Sibiria. Then explore Hemu Village, voted 3rd most beautiful village in China and discover the Tuwa minority living at the lake. >>> more

Inner Mongolian Grasslands, Erguna River & Russian Village
Sep.17-19

The Inner Mogolian Hulun Buir Grasslands are the most pristine and lushest in China. The Russian town features Russian descendants, Russian style wooden houses and filled windows and golden-silver birch forest. >>> more

Yellow Mountain & Ancient Anhui Villages
Sep 17 eve.-19

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

4-Day Guilin, Yangshuo & Longsheng Rice Terraces
Sep.23-26

The town of Yangshuo is a backpacker's paradise. Just over an hour south of Guilin, Yangshuo, with its natural scenery and laid back air, is a great escape from the gray and pollution of China's big cities >>> more

Datong (Grottoes) & Pingyao (Fortress Town)
Sep 24-26

CCC guides you to see two UNESCO World Heritage sites both in Shanxi Province-the second-largest of the nearly 51,000 sandstone statues of Buddha in 53 Yungang grottoes and Pinyao ancient town... >>> more

7 Days Yunnan: Dali, Lijiang & Shangri-La
Sep 30-Oct 6

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

7 Days Tibet (Lhasa, Tsetang, Shigatse)
Sep 30-Oct 6

A trip to the "Roof of the World" guarantees to be an amazing experience. The majestic moonlike landscape and the stunning cultures make this one of the world' s most alluring destinations. The 7-day tour covers Lhasa, Gyantse, Shigatse and Shannan >>> more

The Silk Road (from Dunhuang to Turpan, Kashgar & Kazakh)
Sep 30-Oct 5

The Silk Road Route starts from Dunhuang's Mogao Grottos in Gansu, fly to Xinjiang to explore Turpan Basin for its grape and melon harvest; then fly to Kashgar, the heart of Chinese Islam and drive to Karakuri Lake and Snow Mountains. >>> more

 

Southwest China's Ethnic Groups and Landscape in Guizhou & Hunan
Oct.1-7

This trip explores the remoute Guizhou of Southwest China for its stunning landscapes and terraced rice fields, and its colorful ethnic minority cultures; and west Hunan with its beautiful national park, Phoenix Town, and Miao minority village. >>> more

The Silk Road (from Urumqi to Kashgar & Tajikistan Highland)
October 1-6

The Silk Road Route starts from Dunhuang's Mogao Grottos in Gansu, fly to Xinjiang to explore Turpan Basin for its grape and melon harvest; then fly to Kashgar, the heart of Chinese Islam and drive to Karakuri Lake and Snow Mountains. >>> more

7 Days Tibet (Lhasa, Tsetang, Shigatse)
Oct.1-7, 2010

A trip to the "Roof of the World" guarantees to be an amazing experience. The majestic moonlike landscape and the stunning cultures make this one of the world' s most alluring destinations. The 7-day tour covers Lhasa, Gyantse, Shigatse and Shannan >>> more

Explore Qinghai - Sacred Land & Stunning Landscape
Oct 1-5

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

Ancient City Xi An (Terracotta Army)
Oct 2 eve.-4

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

Ningxia's pyramid & Inner Mongolia Sand Dunes
Oct 2-4

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