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CCC e-Newsletter > Shanghai
May 09 - May 20, 2006 Editor: Feng Cheng
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  Shanghai Tour

Tomorrow:

Wed, May 10, 1-4pm
Chinese Ink & Ink Stick Factory Visit
Come to visit the old brand-name shop Zhou Huchen Writing Brush and Ink-stick Store and then Shanghai Ink-stick Factory, where the making and decorating ink-sticks will be demonstrated, and ink-stick tradition and culture will be elaborated. The part


May 13, 9:30am-May 14, 4pm
Weekend tour to Yanguan and Haining
Explore Yanguan & Haining, two important historical & cultural towns in Zhejiang province. Watch the famous Qiantang River's tide water, watch folk performance and shadow puppet show; check out China Geisha Museum; old sea god temple and many other s

 

The grassland sheep are stopped by our passing car

Look at the pictures CCC taken last weekend at
Qinghai Lake & Grassland (Although it was raining,
you can still see the beautiful grassland, salt lake,
snow mountains, and birds islet, and the real life
of the major minority:Tibetans.(View them here)

May 20-21
Weekend Tour: Xixi Wetland and Tea Village
Join CCC' s weekend tour by coach to Xixi of Hangzhou, famous national reserve of wetland in China, and then check out a tea plantation village.


Monday, May 22, 2-4pm
Shanghai Walk: Duo Lun Cultural Street
Stroll along Duolun Street, visit old houses and antique shops and old name stores.



Explore China
May 13-14
Datong Trip (Grottoes & Hanging Monastery)
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


May 19-21
3-day Trip to Guilin and Yangshuo

Guilin and Yangshuo tour
(May 19-21)

Guilin is one of top ten destinations for both local Chinese and foreigners. Guilin has China's most "Chinese" scenery. The limestone carst peaks along the Li River are especially magnificent.Guilin to Yangshuo Cruise along the 83-kilometer (51-mile)

 
Fri.even.-Sun, May 19-21
Mount. Taishan & Confucius Hometown Qufu
This is a weekend trip to three places, two of them are UNSECO-listed World Heritage site: Mount.Taishan and Qufu, Confucius Hometown, where there are Confucius Temple, Confucius Residence, and Confucius Family Cemetery.


Thurs./Sat.- Sun., May 25/27-28
Sichuan Pandas and Leshan Giant Buddha
Visit the Panda conservatory at Wolong Natural Reserve, taking photos with the giant Pandas; then walk along Min River to see Dujiangyan Irrigation System and old temples and palaces; drive to tour the famous Le Shan Big Buddha, world's largest Buddh


May 27-28

Sichuan Panda Natural Reserve
Tour (May 25/27-28)

Shaolin Temple & Luoyang Grottes
Take a weekend trip to Luoyang to visit the Longmen Grottoes, UNESCO-listed world heritage site in 2000. It is one of the 4 most famous Buddhist grottoes in China with over one hundred thousand Buddha figures in more than twenty three hundred niches


June 3-4
Ancient Xi'an Town (Terracotta Warriors)
Take weekend trip to visit the famous Terracotta Warrior Site; walk on the ancient walled City, Shaanxi Museum; Great Mosque and Muslim Street; Wild Goose Pagoda, etc.


June 3-4
Qinghai Lake, Birds & Tibetans
This weekend trip will explore the largest salt water lake in China, and rank No.1 of the top ten best lakes in China; Birds Islets(100,000); grassland & snow mountains and Tibetan Monastery


Hulun Buir Grassland
June 8-13
6-Day Silk Road Trip
CCC will organize a 6-day trip to trace the Silk Road Route, starting from Dunhuang Grottoes through Turpan to Kashgar and Karakuri Lake and Snow Mountains.

Karakuri Lake and Mount Muztagata
part of the Silk Road tour (June 8-13)
 









Sat.-Tues., June 10-13
Hakka Earthen Round Buildings
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


June 17-18
Weekend Trip: Lushan National Park
Mount. Lushan one of the favourite mountains of Mao and Li Bai (most famous Tang Poet), After 1949, it became famous as a favoured meeting place for the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Listed by UNESCO as world Heritage site in 199

Hakka Earthen Round Houses
The Hakka village is just beautiful !


June 17-18
Hulun Buir Grasslands (Inner Mongolia)
Located just outside the remote border town of Manzhouli, the Hulun Buir's grasslands(Inner Mongolia) are the most pristine in China. This expanse of gentle emerald hills, perfectly punctuated with small streams and rocky outcrops, is all the more at


June 24-25
Weekend trip to Chengde Mountain Resort


June 24-25
Hulun Buir Grasslands (Inner Mongolia)
Located just outside the remote border town of Manzhouli, the Hulun Buir's grasslands(Inner Mongolia) are the most pristine in China. This expanse of gentle emerald hills, perfectly punctuated with small streams and rocky outcrops, is all the more at
 
     

  CCC Calendar  
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
May 9
May 10
Chinese Ink & Ink Stick Factory Visit ( 1-4pm)
May 11
May 12
Datong (Grottoes & Hanging Monastery) ( May 12/5pm-14/7pm)
May 13
Weekend tour to Yanguan and Haining ( 4pm)
May 14
May 15
May 16
May 17
Dining Out: Xinjing Uigur Food ( 12:30pm)
May 18
May 19
3-day trip to Guilin & Yangshuo (May 19-21)
May 20
Mount.Taishan & Confucius Hometown (May 19-21)
Weekend Tour: Xixi Wetland and Tea Village (May 20-21)

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