Chinese Culture Club by Jeeem
While staying at my hotel in Beijing, I happened to pick up a local magazine entitiled "Beijing Monthly" which had many interesting articles in it, as well as maps and recommendations of places to go and see. One one of the pages was an advertisement about the Chinese Culture Club in Beijing, which organized various activities for expats living in Beijing or visiting.
The website can be located at:
www.chinesecultureclub.orgWhile vacationing in Beijing, I turned to Chinese Culture Club to organize a couple of interesting activities for me.
I called their local number and spoke to a very pleasant woman with a great command of the English language, who invited me to attend one of their calligraphy classes and also pointed me to another "free" tour on a Saturday, of some other old section of Beijing, which turned out to be very interesting.
At the calligraphy class I not only learned that I am terrible at calligraphy, but I also learned a bit of the history behind some of the Chinese characters!
I also met some interesting people from Russia, France, Italy and Romania who were going to school in Beijing.
CCC is definitely worth checking out while you are in Beijing!