Chinese Culture 2022

Today, Thursday 3/24, we explored the Philadelphia Art Museum, ate Dim Sum for lunch, and shopped at a local Chinese market.  In the museum we explored numerous exhibits of Chinese culture including porcelain pottery, replicas of villages, common art, and weapons and armor. The exhibits made the places feel as if we were actually...

Our fourth day of Chinese Culture IL started with a taiji session. At 9:20, we went into the Blue Gym and learned about the uses of taiji, which helps blood flow, increases energy, and helps build muscle strength. After that, we practiced taiji and found that it requires consistency, balance, and flexibility. At around...

By day three, starting our day with a faux tea ceremony has become tradition. Today, we tasted black tea with a hefty amount of creamer. (The consensus was that yesterday’s jasmine tea was too bitter.) While sipping our tea, we watched the movie The Good Earth, a film based on the 1931 novel of...

This morning, Chinese Culture tried jasmine tea in a mock tea ceremony. Then, our group ventured into Chinatown in Philadelphia, PA, to learn more about traditional Chinese music. We met with professors of traditional Chinese musical theory and performance. They had instruments resembling those original Chinese instruments that are 5000 years old and explained...

We began our introduction to Chinese Culture with a very fascinating and interactive traditional Chinese calligraphy lesson from an outside presenter. Our teacher, Raymond Zhu (Zhu Laoshi), was quite well-versed in the art of calligraphy and Chinese fan painting, and he brought in a family heirloom to show: a centuries-old book of handwritten Chinese...