Chinese Clinic and Herbal Medicine Tour
Saturday, Nov.12, 10:00-13:00

CCC expert will guide you in a professionally-managed herbal medicine museum with a rich collection of traditional Chinese medicinal relics and medicinal substances, learn their functions, and pulse-feeling consultations, then visit a traditional Chinese clinic and pharmacy. >>> more

Chinese Tea Tour to Maliandao Market
Saturday, Nov.19, 10:00 -15:30

Come with CCC tea expert to Maliandao, the largest tea market in northern China. You are going to tour some shops and taste some green teas, and try oolong and pu’er in the afternoon after a lunch in a nice restaurant nearby. Tea and tea sets knowledge and all related information will be narrated, followed by discussions. >>> more

Zen Retreat & Immersion Practice in Suburb of Beijing
Nov.11-13,7pm

Experience the calm and peace of life as practiced by Zen Buddhism in the seclusion of our courtyard retreat near the Ming Tombs in the outskirts of Beijing. Our Zen master will show you how to dissolve stress from your life >>> more

Eunuch Tombs, Mural and Temple Tour
Sunday, Nov.13, 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

Songzhuang Contemporary Artists Village Tour
Sunday, Nov.20, 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

Xingyiquan Demonstration Class (free!)
Wednesday, Nov.2, 10:00-11:30

Come and learn Xingyiquan, one of the three major "internal" Chinese martial arts, occupied with spiritual, mental or qi-related aspects, as opposed to an "external" (wài) approach focused on physiological aspects. >>> more

Xingyiquan (Internal Martial Arts) Class
Wednesday, Nov.9-Dec.14,10:00-11:30

Come and learn Xingyiquan, one of the three major "internal" Chinese martial arts, occupied with spiritual, mental or qi-related aspects, as opposed to an "external" (wài) approach focused on physiological aspects. >>> more

History of Chinese Architecture Lecture Series: Tombs
Monday, October 31, 19:30-21:30

A six part lecture series covering the History of Chinese Architecture through an understanding of the major architectural typologies of traditional Chinese buildings and urban planning principles of ancient Chinese cities. >>> more

Contemporary Chinese History 3：The Ascent of the Communist Party and the Early Days of the PRC
Tuesday, November 1, 19:30-21:30

Contemporary Chinese History deals with China's transformation since 1840 and emphasis is placed upon political development and social changes but also the civilization and cultural aspects in six sessions. The lectures will be in English. >>> more

Talk: China's Household Register, Social Security & Personal Data Files
Wednesday, Nov.2, 19:30-21:00

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

History of Chinese Architecture Lecture Series: Traditional Urban Planning
Monday, November 7, 19:30-21:30

A six part lecture series covering the History of Chinese Architecture through an understanding of the major architectural typologies of traditional Chinese buildings and urban planning principles of ancient Chinese cities. >>> more

Contemporary Chinese History 4: From the Great Leap Forward to the Cultural Revolution
Tuesday, November 08, 19:30-21:30

Contemporary Chinese History deals with China's transformation since 1840 and emphasis is placed upon political development and social changes but also the civilization and cultural aspects in six sessions. The lectures will be in English. >>> more

Talk: Chinese foot-binding
Tuesday, November 8, 10:30-12:00

Nicknamed Gold Lilies, bound feet is symbolic erotic fantasy for men. Foot-binding resulted in lifelong disabilities for most of its victims. The talk explores the history, detailed process of binding feet, and the custom and appeal. >>> more

Chinese Shadow Puppetry Talk
Wednesday, Nov.9, 10:30-12:00

The traditional shadow puppetry in China has steadily been losing the battle with television and video games. CCC presentation will profile four artists and companies currently practicing shadow puppetry. Their situations illustrate the current state of shadow puppetry in China. >>> more

Talk: Beijing on the Move
Wednesday, Nov.9, 19:30-21:00

“Beijing on the Move” is the story of how development caught up with the old Qing capital and how the city gradually broke down the walls of its confinement. How bicycles, cars, tramways and rickshaws found their way into the streets, replacing the caravans of Bactrian camels, wooden carts and sedan chairs and forever changing the layout of the imperial capital of the Ming and Qing dynasties. >>> more

Peking Opera Workshop
Sunday,Nov.13, 14:00-16:00

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

Feng Shui Overview
Monday, November 14, 10:30-12:00

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

History of Chinese Architecture Lecture Series: Palace
Monday, Nov.14, 19:30-21:30

A six part lecture series covering the History of Chinese Architecture through an understanding of the major architectural typologies of traditional Chinese buildings and urban planning principles of ancient Chinese cities. >>> more

Contemporary Chinese History 5: Economic Reform 1978-1992
Tuesday, November 15, 19:30-21:30

Contemporary Chinese History deals with China's transformation since 1840 and emphasis is placed upon political development and social changes but also the civilization and cultural aspects in six sessions. The lectures will be in English. >>> more

Talk: The Truth about Eunuchs
Wednesday, Nov.16, 19:30-21:00

The Truth about Eunuchs is an attempt to clear the air about many misconceptions that exists about Chinese eunuchs. Conducted in English, the talk will explain what a eunuch was (probably not what most people think), the effects of castration, what the emperors used them for and why, and where they came from. Researcher Tang from China History Archives will be on hand to answer questions. >>> more

Feng Shui Course - Xuan Kong Flying Star
Wednesday & Monday, Nov 16- Dec 12,10:00-12:00

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

History of Chinese Architecture Lecture Series: Architecture of Ritual and Worship
Monday, November 21, 19:30-21:30

A six part lecture series covering the History of Chinese Architecture through an understanding of the major architectural typologies of traditional Chinese buildings and urban planning principles of ancient Chinese cities. >>> more

Contemporary Chinese History 6: China Rises, 1993-2011
Tuesday, November 22, 19:30-21:30

Contemporary Chinese History deals with China's transformation since 1840 and emphasis is placed upon political development and social changes but also the civilization and cultural aspects in six sessions. The lectures will be in English. >>> more

Subtropical Hakka Round Buildings & City Xiamen
Nov 18-20

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

High-speed Train to Pingyao - Raise the Red Lanterns
Nov 25 eve.-27

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

Ancient City Xi'an (Terracotta Army)
Dec 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

Two-day Tour to Datong (Grottoes & Hanging Monastery)
Dec 10-11

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

Subtropical Hakka Round Buildings & City Xiamen
Dec 16-18

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

Yunnan's Yuanyang (Hani Rice Terrace) & Tropical Xishuangbanna
Dec 25-31

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

Harbin - Ice Lantern Festival & Snow Sculpture Expo
Dec 31 eve.-Jan 2

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. >>> more

Harbin - Ice Lantern Festival & Snow Sculpture Expo
Jan 6 eve.-8

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. >>> more

Yunnan's Yuanyang (Hani Rice Terrace) & Tropical Xishuangbanna
Jan 23-29

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

Myanmar - An Age-old Asian land Stuck In Time
Jan 23-28

As Southeast Asia modernizes rapidly，Myanmar remains the last country in the region preserved in amber. Men still wear sarong-like lungis rather than pants, and traditional rituals like the novice ceremony still hold up traffic. >>> more