Dear CCC friends in Shanghai, 

Hope you all have had wonderful holidays!

This year, Harbin's Ice lantern Park is 2 times bigger than previous years and with more hi-tech lights and impressive ice buildings!  Make sure you visit the Russian style city  between January and mid February.

And check out our other tours around China from February to April.
 

Harbin - Ice Lantern Festival & Snow Sculpture Expo
Jan 16-17 / Jan 30-31 / Feb 6-7 Feb 15-16

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 and Russian Restaurant! >>> more

Yunnan's Yuanyang (Hani Rice Terrace) & Tropical Xishuangbanna
Feb 15-20

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

Subtropical Hakka Round Buildings & City Xiamen
February 15-17

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

Sichuan's Fairyland Jiuzhaigou & Leshan Buddha
Feb 16-20

Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area and Huanglong Parklands are two famous World Natural Heritage sites. Jiuzhaigou offers spectacular landscapes with alpine features: crystal clear and serene lakes, snow-capped mountains, countless waterfalls and lush forests. >>> more

Tibetan Festival Tour From Qinghai To Gansu
Feb.25-Mar.02

Catch up the Tibetan New Year festival and the annual "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony in the Tibetan towns of Tongren in Qinghai and Xiahe in Gansu. You will be enchanted by the atmosphere & pilgrims and Tibetan monks in their saffron robes. >>> more

Pingyao - Raise the red lanterns
Feb 26 eve.-28

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

The Long March's Terminus Yan'an & Yellow Earth
Feb.26-28

Yan'an is famed as the terminus of the long march and the de facto capital of the Chinese Communists.The appeal of this part is its very austerity -- the cave dwellings, the dry terraced hills, and the yellow loess that covers it all. >>> more

Nanjing's Plum Blossom Festival Tour
Feb.27-28

Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 306 km (189 miles) NW of Shanghai. First the nation's capital in the early years of the Ming dynasty (A.D. 1368-1644), then the capital of the Republic of China from 1911 to 1937, and now capital of Jiangsu Province >>> more

Subtropical Hakka Round Buildings & City Xiamen
March 5-7

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)
March 12 eve.-14

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

Ancient City Xi An (Terracotta Army)
March 12 eve.-14

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

15-day China Tour
March 16-29
From the back alleys of old Beijing to the breathtaking scenic wonders of Guilin and Yangshuo, the ancient treasures of Xi'an to the vibrant city streets of Shanghai, this small group tour offers quite some constrasts and surprises.
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Shaolin Temple & Luoyang Longmen Grottos
March 19 eve.-21

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

Chengde Imperial Mountain Resort
March 20-21

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

7 Days Yunnan: Dali, Lijiang & Shangri-La
March 23-29

Dreamland Yunnan is famed for its beautiful landscapes and colourful and diverse ethnic cultures. Enjoy the famous ancient town Dali and Lijiang, UNESCO's World Heritage Site, its surronding Jade Dragon Snow Mountains, then tour Tibetan inhabited Sha >>> more

Pingyao--Raise the red lanterns
March 26 eve.-28

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

Yangtze & Grand Canal Cities: Nanjing, Yangzhou and Wuxi
March 26-28

Explore with CCC the historical and cultural cities at the junction of the Yangtze and the Grand Canal - Yangzhou, Wuxi and Yixing, where so many notable artists, musicians and scholars were born; then Nanjing, once capital of six Dynasties. >>> more

Southern Water Towns: Suzhou, Wuzhen, Hangzhou
April 2 eve.-5

Chinese ancient Water Towns in South China are well known for their ancient houses, bridges and the rivers running through them. Explore with CCC Hangzhou and Suzhou, and one peaceful ancient town Wuzhen. >>> more

Yellow Mountain & Ancient Anhui Villages
April 3 eve.-5

Explore two UNESCO-listed sites with CCC: Yellow Mountains, the loveliest mountain of China', and Hongcun, an ancient Anhui Village with unique architecture and decoration (shooting site for the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) >>> more

Hunan Zhangjiajie & Wulingyuan and Phoenix Town (Feng Huang)
April 3-7

This trip offers two distinct sides of Hunan Province--the beautiful landscape in the nature reservation of Zhangjiajie, the clear waters of Mengdong River; and the traditional town of Phoenix Town with minorities and Huoluping Miao village >>> more

Sichuan Panda Natural Reserve & Leshan Buddha
April 3-5

Visit the Panda center at Ya'an Natural Reserve, taking photos with the giant Pandas or even holding a panda; visit the famous Le Shan Giant Buddha, world's largest Buddha statue in the World >>> more

Ancient City Xi An (Terracotta Army)
April 3 eve.-5

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

Yangtze River Cruise & Dazu Rock Carving
April 8-11

The Yangtze, China's longest river, originates on the Qinghai-Tibet-Plateau and flows eastwards. The rushing waters formed the dramatic scenery of the famous Three Gorges. Enjoy the spectacular mountainous landscape of the Yangtze River and its tribu >>> more

Guilin, Yangshuo & Dragon Backbone Rice Terraces
April 9-12

The town of Yangshuo is a backpacker's paradise. Just over an hour south of Guilin, Yangshuo, with its natural scenery and laid back air, is a great escape from the gray and pollution of China's big cities >>> more