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(China Daily)
Updated: 2011-05-24 07:57

Events

Final showdown

Luga's Villa will show the Champions League Final in London with FC Barcelona vs Manchester United live on the big screen and also offer a hot dog and beer special. There will be two big screens, outside and on the second floor.

When: May 29, game starts at 2:45 am (Beijing time)

Address: Luga's Villa 2/F, 7 Sanlitun Houjie (10m from northwest corner of 3.3 Shopping Center), Chaoyang district

朝阳区三里屯后街7号2层(离3.3购物中心西北角10米)

Take a hike

This long route combines sections from three different hikes into a good long day out in the countryside. Hikers start in a small village, follow an unrestored section of the Great Wall up and along a ridge, hike down a trail that will pass a walled village, and then move up a forested valley before finishing on a path that gives people a closer look at Moss Mountain.

When: Saturday, May 28, 8 am-5:30 pm, at Beijing Hikers

Contact: info@beijinghikers.com, 6432-2786

Cost: 320 yuan

Qigong at The Hutong

Every Sunday from 9 to 10 The Hutong holds Qigong. Qigong means both "breathing exercise" and "energy control". In this class there are no strict rules, no strict master, nor any attendance requirements. The aim of the class is to give people flexibility and the opportunity to experience and practice Qigong on their own terms, in an effort to make the practice more accessible to those who are interested.

Cost: 60 yuan

Contact: thehutong@gmail.com

Address: Jiudaowan Zhongxiang Hutong, southeast of Beixinqiao subway, Dongcheng district.

东城区九道弯中巷胡同1号

Horse riding

One-day tour every Sunday starts at 9 am. Tourists go to the mountain village by high speed and air-conditioned bus and taxi, visit local farmer's courtyard house, fruit trees, swallows and their love nests. You will taste a typical local farmer's lunch (fish barbecue and wild vegetables), then people start horse riding and climbing the mountain to the Wild Great Wall. You can do climbing and hiking along the wild unrestored Great Wall for a longer time, to feel and experience the wild beauty which is totally different from the rebuilt walls.

If time is enough, you can visit a beautiful park, where you can do bungee jumping, zip line, motor yacht and cable car to the top of Great Wall.

Tourists return to downtown around 7 pm.

Cost: 400 yuan per person (7-9 people 350 yuan/pp, 10-14 people 300 yuan /pp), including transport, lunch, horse riding, Great Wall climbing and guide service.

Contact: voipxu@yahoo.com.cn, indicating your name, gender, age, nationality and Chinese Mobile number for reservation.

Music training for children

Hosted by Chinese Culture Promotion Society and the Middle School Attached to China Conservatory, a music training project named "Children's music season" was launched in Beijing.

It offers children with musical gift a chance to join overseas trips and meet their counterparts in some foreign musical schools.

The teaching provision and training directly supports independent response by children.

Contact: 6553-5637

China Daily

(China Daily 05/24/2011)