Wrapping Zongzi at Duanwu Festival
Sunday, June 17, 14:30-16:00

Join CCC's hands-on class to celebrate Duanwu (or Dragon Boat Festival)! You will learn the history and symbols, and also wrap your own zongzi, pyramid-shaped rice wrapped in reed or bamboo leaves. The ingredients include beans, lotus seeds, chestnut >>> more

Guqin Music & Poetic Songs
Saturday, June 9, 19:30-21:00

During this special event you will have the opporuntity to experience in very close distance Prof Han's guqin music and listen to a few of his adorable young students perform and sing. Guqin is known for its beautiful and uplifting style of playing. >>> more

Lecture: Chinese Population
Monday, June 11, 19:30-21:30

How did the China's population reach its present level and its One-Child policy come about? What are the real facts with regard to sex ratio at birth, the labour force, population aging, the urban and rural population distribution and their implicati >>> more

Zen & Tea Talk: "The Sound of One Hand"
Friday, June 15, 10:00-11:30

This is a series of master-guided talk & relaxing discussion on Zen Buddhism and its relation to everyday life of us. The talk will be and conducted in English in a comfortable and cultural ambience, with tea tasting. >>> more

Talk: China's Household Register, Social Security & Personal Data Files
Wednesday, June 20, 19:30-21:30

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

Chinese music and instruments Workshop
Friday, June 22, 19:30-21:30

CCC has invited some Erhu, Quzheng, Pipa musicians to perform different selections of traditional Chinese music. They will introduce you to the melodies and instruments with stories illustrating their meaning to Chinese culture. >>> more

Talk: Chinese foot-binding
Saturday, June 23, 19:00-20:30

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

Talk: Beijing Women in the 20th century.

Wednesday, June 27,19:00-21:00

"Three weddings and a divorce" is the story of three women living in Beijing. Through their lives, marriages, and one divorce, the transformation of the women's role in the capital of China is explored. Based on research and interviews, and told through a selection of historical photographs. >>> more

Zen & Tea Talk: "Day By Day Is a Good Day"
Friday, June 29, 10:00-11:30

This is a series of master-guided talk & relaxing discussion on Zen Buddhism and its relation to everyday life of us. The talk will be and conducted in English in a comfortable and cultural ambience, with tea tasting. >>> more

Talk: Principles of Forbidden City
Tuesday,July.03,19:30-21:00

The Forbidden City is the best example of Chinese Imperail architecture. Professor Zhao will unveil seven principles reflected in the construction of the emperors' palaces, from Chinese values, symbols, fengshui practice,to culture. >>> more

4 Session Chinese Medicine Course
Tuesday&Thursday, July 05-17, 19:30-21:00

1. Chinese Medicine Lecture: Fundamental Concepts of Chinese Medicine 2. Chinese Medicine Lecture: Diagnosing Patterns of Disharmony 3. Chinese Medicine Lecture: Acupuncture Channels and Acupressure 4. Chinese Medicine Lecture: Herbal Medicine and Nutrition >>> more

Ba Zi Destiny Analysis Course
Tuesday to Friday, July 17-20, 10:00-15:00

"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

Chengde Imperial Mountain Resort
June 9-10

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

Backstreet Beijing Walk - Zhushikou & Xiannongtan
Saturday, June 9, 14:30-18:00

Explore a protestant church and neighborhood and hutong south of Zhushikou till to the ancient imperial altar dedicated to the first farmer of China. Once shared the same size of the Temple of Heave with royal level of architecture. >>> more

Peking University Campus Walk
Sunday, June 10, 14:30-17:00

Very few ex-pats are aware that the campus of Peking University is as beautiful as an imperial garden. Take a stroll through its grounds, where you can see traditional houses, lakes, pagodas and the famous Arthur M.Sackler Museum of Art. >>> more

Day Tour: Rural Beijing Village By the Wall
Sunday, June 17, 09:30-16:00

This is a nice walk in rural Beijing to see an "authentic" village of China in the mountains near the Great Wall. The little village is located in a walled fortress, where villagers still cut wood and branches in the mountain to build up fire. >>> more

Caochangdi Artist Village Tour
Sunday, June 17, 09:30-12:30

Unlike the public and commercial 798 Art District in Beijing, Caochangdi artist village is different and more private. The community is made up of prestigious freelance artists whose artworks have been sold to galleries in China and abroad. CCC arranges this tour through its connections, making appointments with some famous artists (including painters, sculptors, photographers and artists dedicated to the genre of performance) and visit their homes to learn their lives and artistic aspirations. >>> more

Tsinghua University Campus Walk
Saturday, June 23, 14:30-17:00

Tsinghua University is known throughout China for having one of the most beautiful campuses. It is located on the former site of Qing Dynasty royal gardens and retains Chinese-style landscaping as well as traditional buildings, but many of its buildings are also in the Western-style, reflecting the American influence in its history. Come and take a walk in the campus and learn the history of Tsinghua and of China for the last century, as well as China's educational and examinational System. >>> more

Day-trip: Peking Man Site and Marco Polo Bridge
Sunday, June 24, 09:00-17:30

Beijing Amblers bring you to the UNESCO-listed site of the caves where the first group of Beijing people lived, and the museum of Peking Man Site. Then drive to the Marco Polo Bridge and witness the marvelous carvings of lions on the bridge >>> more

Zen Retreat & Immersion Practice in Suburb of Beijing
June 29 eve.- July 1st

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

Hiking Huanghuacheng Great Wall & Village Visit
Saturday, June 30, 08:30-17:00

Enjoy a rugged but moderate hike on the Great Wall and then a leisurely hike down a mountain overlooking the scenic Little West Lake. The Wall is submerged under water in the Lake damage from aerial bombings that happened in World War II. >>> more

Backstreet Beijing Walk: Red Building & Northern Cathedral
Saturday, July 07, 14:00-17:30

Stroll in the old cultural streets at Wusi & Wenjin Street, and others, and view the Red Mansion of old Peking University,Wenjin Street, old palaces of Beijing library, and the "Northern Cathedral of Beijing" >>> more