Famous Mountains & Waters in Summer


CCC e-Newsletter > Shanghai

April 26 - June 14, 2009

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                <td colspan="2" valign="top"> <P><STRONG><FONT color=#993300

size=4>Cool Mountains and Waters - </FONT></STRONG><FONT color=#993300 size=3>CCC's

Mountain Retreats in Summer</FONT></P>
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<P align=center><FONT size=2>Wuyi Mountains & River and Rock Tea <BR>(Fujian) June 19 eve.-

21, 2009<FONT size=3> </FONT><BR></FONT><A

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<P align=center><FONT size=2>Summer Retreat to <BR>Mount Emei Shan (Sichuan)<BR>July 3

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<P align=center><FONT size=2>Wenzhou City & Mount Yandang <BR>Geopark (Zhejiang)<BR>

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<P align=center><FONT size=2>The most Sacred Taoist Mountain Wudang <BR>May 27 eve.-30,

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<P align=center><FONT size=2>Mount Lushan National Park (Jiangxi)<BR>June 12 eve.-14,

2009</FONT> <A href="http://http://www.chinaculturecenter.org/tours/eventreg.php?

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<P align=center><FONT size=2>Wutai Shan - The First Among the <BR></FONT><FONT

size=2>Four Great Mountains ( Shanxi)<BR>June 27-28, 2009</FONT> </P></TD></TR>
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<P align=center><FONT size=2>Lugu Lake & Mosuo People (Yunnan) <BR>July 15-19,

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<P align=center><FONT size=2>Mount Sanqing & Jingdezhen Porcelaine (Jiangxi)<BR>August 14-

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class=title>Day-trip: Peking Man Site and Marco Polo Bridge <BR></SPAN><SPAN

class=date>Sunday, May 31, 09:30-17:30</SPAN> <BR><BR>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

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class=title>Hands-on: Chinese papercutting <BR></SPAN><SPAN class=date>Wednesday, June 3,

10:00-12:00</SPAN> <BR><BR>Take up scissors and learn to cut traditional folk patterns and

decorations from CCC's folk artist, then use them to ornament your home ! <FONT

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class=title>Visit: Beijing Enamel Art Factory <BR></SPAN><SPAN class=date>Wednesday, June 3,

09:30-12:30</SPAN> <BR><BR>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 cloisonn

é became prevalent during the reign of Jingtai (1450--1456) in the Ming dynasty. <FONT

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class=title>Royal Canal Boat Tour to the Summer Palace <BR></SPAN><SPAN

class=date>Wednesday, June 3, 09:00-15:30</SPAN> <BR><BR>Cruise along the imperial canal in a

motorized canopy boat past the Beijing Zoo, the Beijing Aquarium and the Purple Bamboo Garden;

appreciate the great views en route, and stroll in the garden to join the passionate amateurs of the

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class=title>Zen Meditation Workshop <BR></SPAN><SPAN class=date>Thursday, June 4, 19:30-

21:30</SPAN> <BR><BR>Join us each week for an insight into the teachings and practices of Zen

Buddhism. We'll be guided on our journey of self-discovery by a Buddhist layman and learn about Zen

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class=title>Meandering Mandarin-Antique Market <BR></SPAN><SPAN class=date>Thursday, June 4,

09:30-12:30</SPAN> <BR><BR>The Meandering Mandarin course is an eight-week language

program with most common ten, real-life situations that people always encounter in their daily life and

pairs this excursion trip with a formal two-hour language lesson. <FONT color=#990000>>>> <A

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class=title>Meandering Mandarin - Flower Market <BR></SPAN><SPAN class=date>Saturday, June 6,

13:30-17:00</SPAN> <BR><BR>The Meandering Mandarin course is an eight-week language

program with most common ten, real-life situations that people always encounter in their daily life and

pairs this excursion trip with a formal two-hour language lesson. <FONT color=#990000>>>> <A

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class=title>Great Wall's Village Retreat & Tangshan's Bone Chinawares <BR></SPAN><SPAN

class=date>June 6-7</SPAN> <BR><BR>Take coach to Tangshan, famous bone chinaware city, and

then stay overnight at courtyard houses in an obscure village next to the Great Wall at the Green

Mountain Pass <FONT color=#990000>>>> <A

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class=title>Screening: "They Chose China" <BR></SPAN><SPAN class=date>Saturday, June 6,

20:00-21:00</SPAN> <BR><BR>January 1954: The Korean War is over. Captured UN soldiers held in

POW camps are free to return home, but 21 American soldiers stay in China. Oscar-nominated director

Shuibo Wang reveals the story of these forgotten American dissidents who chose to l <FONT

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class=title>Hands-on: Chinese Tie-Dye <BR></SPAN><SPAN class=date>Saturday, June 6, 14:00-

16:00</SPAN> <BR><BR>Learn two fabric craftsmanship at China Culture Center: tie-dye (zha ran)

and batik (la ran), which represent typical minority Chinese folk art: simple colour and texture, and

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class=date>Sunday, June 7, 08:30-17:30</SPAN> <BR><BR>On this strenuous hike, we will start at

a fortress like village, following the trail through chestnut orchards to a gigantic pine tree, then we will

begin with a more strenuous hike passing the ridgeline before having lunch in a village. <FONT

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class=title>Backstreet Beijing Walk - Xinjiekou & Huguosi <BR></SPAN><SPAN class=date>Sunday,

June 7, 14:00-17:30</SPAN> <BR><BR>This walk provides an good opportunity to learn the hutong

and local life of Xinjiekou area, including coal workshops, a bonsai museum, a museum for a famous

artist and famous opera master's courtyard, and walk around West Lake bank. <FONT

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class=title>Foot Reflexology Course <BR></SPAN><SPAN class=date>Mondays, June 8-29, 19:30-

21:30</SPAN> <BR><BR>4-session foot reflexology course will be instructed by licensed traditional

Chinese physician therapist. English narration. Each class is small group with adequate practical

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class=title>Hiking: The Cool Waterfall Valley <BR></SPAN><SPAN class=date>Tuesday, June 9,

09:00-17:30</SPAN> <BR><BR>Drive to Miyun County, Beijing to see peach and apricot blossom,

red leaves, waterfall, valley and part of Miyun Reservoir. <FONT color=#990000>>>> <A

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9,15:30-20:00</SPAN> <BR><BR>Ride bike leisurely in the alleyways and along the bank of the

beautiful houhai lake area, visit courtyard houses and families, Drum Tower... make and share meal

with one family and in the evening take little wooden boat ride on the lake <FONT

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class=title>Cookery: hand-pulled noodles and dumplings <BR></SPAN><SPAN

class=date>Wednesday, June 10, 11:00-13:00</SPAN> <BR><BR>Try pulling dough into Beijing

style thin longevity noodles in a minute! And then make dumpling (jiaozi) with two different fillings and

flavours. CCC invites professional cook to instruct you for these two marvelous culinary skills. <FONT

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class=title>Meandering Mandarin: Eating Out <BR></SPAN><SPAN class=date>Thursday, June 11,

09:30-12:30</SPAN> <BR><BR>The Meandering Mandarin course is an eight-week language

program with most common ten, real-life situations that people always encounter in their daily life and

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June.11, 09:00-13:00</SPAN> <BR><BR>This walk provides an good opportunity to learn the

hutong and local life of Xinjiekou area, including coal workshops, a bonsai museum, a museum for a

famous artist and famous opera master's courtyard, and walk around West Lake bank. <FONT

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class=title>Sleeping on the Great Wall Jinshanling <BR></SPAN><SPAN class=date>Saturday -

Sunday, June 13-14</SPAN> <BR><BR>The hike between Jinshanling and Simatai 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 ! <FONT

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class=title>Qigong Classes <BR></SPAN><SPAN class=date>Sundays, June 14-July 5, 18:30-

20:00</SPAN> <BR><BR>Qigong is an ancient art of healing and self-healing which originated in

China as early as four thousand years ago. The sets of exercises bring about a balanced energy flow,

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18:00</SPAN> <BR><BR>Hiking along the Little Lake area with Great Wall, waters and hills and

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class=title>Book Club: "China’s Best Contemporary Writers" <BR></SPAN><SPAN

class=date>Tuesday, June 16, 10:30-12:00</SPAN> <BR><BR>Join our monthly book chat and this

time we will discuss the book: "The Time is Not Yet Ripe ---- Contemporary China’s Best Writers and

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class=date>Tuesday, June 16, 10:00-13:30</SPAN> <BR><BR>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.

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class=title>Zen Weekend Retreat in Temple <BR></SPAN><SPAN class=date>June 19 eve. -

21</SPAN> <BR><BR>Experience the calm and peace of life as practiced by Zen Buddhism in the

seclusion of our temple courtyard retreat on Red Conch Mountain in the outskirts of Beijing. Our Zen

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