Events

17th China Int’l Clothing and Accessories Fai

This year’s China International Clothing and Accessories Fair showcases 80 international and local brands. Aside from fashion shows, product displays and trend xhibits, the fair also features the Copenhagen Fur Center, a producer of high-class fur.

Where: New China International Exhibition Center, Tianzhu Airport Industrial Zone, Shunyi District

When: March 26, 9:30 am – 5: 3 pm

Tel: 8522 9579

Cost: 10 yuan

 

Qingming Festival

Learn about the Qingming Festival or Tomb-sweeping Day, in which the Chinese people commemorate loved ones who passed away.

When: March 27, 7-8:30 pm

Where: 2009 B North Tower SOHO Shangdu, 8 Dongdaqiao Lu, Chaoyang District

Tel: 5869 6922

Cost: Free

 

Wukejia & Gaobo Chinese folk music performance

Wukejia and Gaobo, two Chinese folk musicians, perform with a guitar and a hand drum. Most of their music originate from the country’s northwest, but they also love to sing old Chinese pop songs which are hardly heard anymore. When: March 27, 7:30-10 pm

Where: CNEX Saloon Cafe, 2/F Building 1, Jing Yuan, 3 Guangqu Dong Lu, Chaoyang District

Tel: 6407 3571

Cost: 20 yuan

 

Puppet Show: Candy House

The hungry Hansel and Gretel ate all the cheese in the jar without asking their mother for permission. As punishment, they were sent to the forest to collect mushrooms. They forgot about their errand and ended up playing games until dusk. In the darkness, the two could not find their way home. They became worried and scared. Then all of a sudden, a strong wind blew them in front of a house made of candy

Where: China Puppet Theater, A1 Anhua Xi Li, Yonghegong (opposite Sogo Department Store), Chaoyang District

When: March 27-28, 7:30-9 pm

Tel: 6417 7845

Cost: call for different packages

(By Wei Ying)