China's Ethnic Minorities: Yi men and socio-cultural change in Liangshan, Sichuan
Tuesday, July 19, 19:30-21:00

This talk introduces the Yi (Nuosu) of Liangshan in Sichuan Province, their culture and issues of contemporary social and cultural change from the vantage point of Yi (Nuosu) men. The talk also includes the presentation of visual and audio materials from Yi (Nuosu) folklore, traditional music, and religion. Olivia Skender-Kraef is currently a PhD candidate with the Institute of Sinology at the Free University of Berlin. Olivia studied sinology, political science, North-American studies and C >>> more

Talk: The Zen Path & Three Ways of Meditation
Wednesday, July 20, 19:30-21:30

Our Buddhist layman will teach three ways of Zen meditation, from its origins in India to localized Chinese Chan, and the Tibetan way. You will also experience Zen for yourself, through guided meditations, to achieve a more balanced mind and life. >>> more

Talk: Revolutionary Model Opera
Wednesday, July 27, 19:30-21:00

Revolutionary model opera were planned and engineered during the Cultural Revolution by Jiang Qing, the wife of Chairman Mao Zedong. CCC invites opera expert to tell us how people took up the creation of revolutionary art, its influence and how people in China look at it today. >>> more

Documentary Screening and Meet with the Director: Story Line of the Village Elementary
Friday, July 22, 19:30-21:30

The 105 minutes documentary "Story Line of the Village Elementary" is about a primary school in a village of Wenchuan,Sichuan, half-an-year after the earthquake. The film is in Chinese with English subtitle. The director Huang Mei will be on hand for questions after the screening. >>> more

Peking Opera Workshop
Saturday, July 30, 19:00-21:00

CCC will invite professional actors of Peking Opera to introduce you to the history, complexity and subtleties of this famous art form. Selected parts from Peking Operas will be performed to explain movements and gestures and voice adaption. >>> more

Talk: Understanding Chinese Cuisine
Wednesday, August 3, 19:30-21:00

Food 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,etc. >>> more

Feng Shui Demo Class - Xuan Kong Flying Star
Wednesday, Aug.3rd, 10:00-12:00

Alvin Ang, Singapore practitioner and trainer, gives Xuan Kong Flying Star Feng Shui course on how to plot, read and interpret a chart of any house in any period; how to activate Wealth and people luck; and practical audit. >>> more

Chinese Medicine Class
Tuesday & Thursday, Aug.9-Sep.1, 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

Bazi Destiny Analysis Demo Class
Wednesday, Aug.10th, 10:00-12:00

This is a Bazi Destiny demo class and will be in English. "Bazi Destiny also know as The Four Pillars, is the study is on the individual’s destiny, personal characteristics, surrounding circumstances and possible life path. >>> more

Live Zen Meditation Morning Class
Thursday, July 14, 10:30-12:00

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

Inner Mongolian Grasslands, Erguna Wetland & Russian Village
July 22-24

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

Sichuan Panda Natural Reserve & Leshan Buddha
July 29-31

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

Two-day Tour to Datong (Grottoes & Hanging Monastery)
July 30-31

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

Ancient City Xi'an (Terracotta Army)
Aug 5 eve.-7

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

4-Day Guilin, Yangshuo & Longsheng Rice Terraces
Aug 11-14

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

Experience Real Life in Xilin Gol Inner Mongolia Grassland
Aug 13-14

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

Yangtze River Cruise & Dazu Rock Carving
Aug 18-21

The Yangtze, China's longest river, originates on the Qinghai-Tibet-Plateau and flows eastwards. The rushing waters formed the dramatic scenery of the famous Three Gorges. Enjoy the spectacular mountainous landscape of the Yangtze River and its tribu >>> more

The Silk Road (from Dunhuang to Turpan, Kashgar & Kazakh)
Aug 18-23

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

Inner Mongolian Grasslands, Erguna Wetland & Russian Village
Aug 19-21

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

Pingyao Town - Raise the Red Lanterns
August 19 eve.-21

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

The most Sacred Taoist Mountain Wudang
Aug 26-28

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

Ningxia's pyramid & Inner Mongolia Sand Dunes
Aug 26-28

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