Dear CCC Friends,

We have just passed the seasonal marker of October 23, called shuangjiang or “the descent of frost” as noted by the Chinese solar-based agricultural calendar.  This date marks the first appearance of frost on the local crops, the hibernation of insects and the blossoming of the famed Chinese chrysanthemum. As we transition from the autumn to winter seasons in Shanghai, we too at CCC find ourselves in good transition.  We are constantly working to improve our existing cultural programs and tours while also introducing new and exciting cultural programs that are always educational, relevant, and innovative.

Upcoming tours departing from Shanghai

Ancient City Xi An (Terracotta Warriors) Nov.7 eve.-9 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

	Shaolin Temple & Luoyang Longmen Grottos Nov.7 eve.-9 Take a weekend trip to Luoyang to visit the Longmen Grottoes, one of 3 most famous Buddhist grottoes in China and Shaolin Monastery, the birthplace of both kung fu and Zen Buddhism. >>> more

Highlights of Guizhou Landscapes & Ethnic Culture Nov.11-16 This six day tour will cover the highlights of western Guizhou (waterfall, Karst landscape) and southwestern Guizhou villages in the mountains and valleys; stunning landscapes and terraced rice fields and its colorful ethnic minority cultures. >>> more

	Pastoral Township Kaiping & Gothic Watchtowers Nov.14 eve.-16 Kaiping, 136km southwest of Guangzhou, 164km from the Macau border, and also reachable by sea directly from Hong Kong, is China at its most bucolic.Peasants in conical straw hats bend over their plants, and position hand-powered threshing machines >>> more

Hakka Earthen Round Buildings Nov.21-23 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

	Datong Trip (Grottoes & Hanging Monastery) Nov.21 eve-23 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

Pingyao--Raise the red lanterns Dec 5 eve.-7 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

	6 Days Yunnan: Xishuangbanna & Lijiang Dec.25-30 The 6-day Yunnan tour will explore the subtropical Xishuangbanna (known for various ethnic minority peoples and villages) in the south of Yunnan and Lijiang Ancient Town in the north, and its surrounding Jade Snow Mountain & Tiger Leaping Gorge >>> more

Ancient City Xi An (Terracotta Warriors) Dec 25 eve.-27 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

	Hakka Earthen Round Buildings Dec.26-29 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), Jianshui & Luoping Dec.26-29 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