Talk: Discovering Mooncakes & Making Cakes
Saturday, September 3, 14:00-16:00
Wednesday, September 7, 19:30-21:30

This presentation is a fun introduction to the history and cultural meaning behind mooncakes in modern Beijing. You'll also have a chance to sample some of the tastiest mooncakes available. >>> more

Cricket Fighting and Chirping Culture
Sunday, Sep.04, 14:00-16:00

Go to a local pet market and take home a cricket songster to keep you company this fall! The Chinese love crickets! Come hear a talk all about crickets (qu qu & guo guo) and their extravagant containers - villas, and cricket apartments. >>> more

Dining Out: Shanghai Cuisine
Sunday, Sep.11, 11:30-13:00

Are you looking for a true taste of the city? Come and join us for lunch/dinner at the local's favorite dining spots and learn with our CCC expert how to order from the menu, the ingredients making up each dish, and the stories behind chef's signature dishes. >>> more

 Feng Shui Course - Xuan Kong Flying Star
Monday & Wednesday, Sep.05-Sep.28,10:00-12:00

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

 Talk: China's Household Register, Social Security & Personal Data Files
Tuesday, September 13, 10:30-12:00

Come hear an expert's talk on China's 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

Fishermen's life On an Island Near Dalian
Sep.9-11

This tour offers visitors the rare opportunity to experience the life and landscape of the remote fishing villages on an island in Northern China. You'll also get to visit Dalian, China's famous coastal city. >>> more

 Weekend Bus Tour to Qinhuangdao Beach, End of Great Wall, Safari Park and Wine Yard (family tour!)
September 10-11

Visit Shanhaiguan and the eastern end of the Great Wall great wall by the ocean, relax in Beidaihe, famous summer seaside resort, enjoy a private area of beach and swimming by the hotel; visit an vineyard and a safari park of Qinhuangdao City. >>> more

Ningxia's Muslims, Goat-skin Rafting & Inner Mongolia Desert
Oct 2-4

This journey will explore the large Muslim community along Yellow River, do goat-skin rafting, and then cross the border from Ningxia into Inner Mongolia desert dunes. Climbing aboard a jeep and drive up and over the shifting sand dunes. >>> more

In-depth Xinjiang Tour: Kashgar, Kucha and Takalamakan Desert
Oct.2-7

Visit the famous Kashgar and Kucha, two largest Uigur and muslim community cities of Xinjiang and experience the Taklamakan, China's largest desert; and visit the Grotto of Thousand Buddhas, the earliest major Buddhist cave complex in China. >>> more

 New! Sichuan Cooking, Jiayang Steam Train & Panda Natural Reserve, Giant Buddha
Oct. 4-6

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

Explore Guangzhou, Foshan and Pastoral Kaiping
Oct 7-9

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

Sleeping on the Great Wall Jinshanling
Sat.3pm - Sun.4pm, Sep.3-4

The hike between Jinshanling and Gubeikou Great Wall gives you a truly authentic wall experience and breathtaking views in relative isolation. Sleeping overnight on the Wall (camping or in the watchtower is the coolest experience ever ! >>> more

Backstreet Beijing Walk - Xuanwumen North
Wednesday, Sep.7, 10:00-13:00

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

Hiking the White River Canyon and Crossing the Water
Saturday, Sep.10, 08:30-17:30

This hike provides great views of the canyon and its cliff and rock formations, river, grass and trees, and reeds and will get your feet wet by crossing the river quite a few times. We start the hike from up the moutain down to the long and level canyon in between the tall cliffs and go through the winding path beside the river. >>> more

Light Hiking Tanzhe Monastery & Yangpoyuan Village
Sunday, Sep.11, 08:30-17:00

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

Eunuch Tombs, Mural and Temple Tour
Sunday, Sep.11, 09:30-15:30

CCC takes you to explore two obscure and fascinating sites in the west suburb Beijing, the Eunuch temple with well-preserved 565 year-old mural by Ming court artists and largest eunuch graveyard with memorial and museum - obscure and pristine >>> more

Sleeping on the Great Wall Jinshanling
Sat.3pm - Sun.4pm, Sep.17-18

The hike between Jinshanling and Gubeikou Great Wall gives you a truly authentic wall experience and breathtaking views in relative isolation. Sleeping overnight on the Wall (camping or in the watchtower is the coolest experience ever ! >>> more

Daytrip: Colonial Architecture Exploration of Tianjin
Sunday, Sep.18,08:30-19:00

This is an expert guided tour exploring the old colonial districts and areas where the western and classic Chinese villas still exist. The beautiful renovated Haihe river, the traditional lanes, neighborhood and market will also be visited. >>> more

Visit: Beijing Cloisonne (Enamel Art) Factory
Tuesday, Sep.20, 09:30-12:30

Come to see workshops of cloisonné or Jingtai Lan (the "blue of Jingtai"). It is so named because the blue was the dominant color adopted for enameling, and cloisonné became prevalent during the reign of Jingtai (1450--1456) in the Ming dynasty. >>> more