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Culture Courses |
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Knot Craft |
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| Knot Craft is one of China's most ancient folk crafts. By using colorful silk threads, beautiful plaited ornaments can be made in a variety of auspicious patterns. Nowadays, knots are widely used as ornaments for clothing as well as for home decoration. They are even used in modern graphic designs. After this class, you will proudly be able to make your own Knot Craft to decorate your house or send as presents to your friends. Isn't that fantastic? |
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| Chinese Character |
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| This course helps students understand, appreciate and remember Chinese characters, one of humanity's greatest and most enduring cultural achievements. Until recent centuries, China had one of the highest literacy rates in the world and more than half of the world's literature was written in Chinese characters. Due to the central role of calligraphy in Chinese art and the vitality of Chinese civilization, Chinese characters have held a similarly prominent position in the world's art. |
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| Kung Fu |
Kung Fu has great popularity among foreigners. This course will help you appreciate the Kung Fu culture through your own experience, rather than just the movies.
Wushu (Kungfu) is also called a national skill, a Chinese traditional sport. It consists of many single actions fitted to a routine - kick, strike, tumble, hold, fall, all put together in a framework of simple rules. It is familiar to the mass of Chinese people, a precious and varied cultural artifact. |
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| Seal Engraving |
| Seal cutting is the engraving of one or a few Chinese characters onto stone seals. The seal was a symbol of power in ancient times. Today, they are not only a popular art form but also a useful tool to use instead of a signature. During this course, you will enjoy the pleasure of struggling to engrave your own special characters on the stone seal. |
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| Taichi |
| Taichi is considered as one of the great styles of Chinese martial arts. 'Taichi' implies two opposite yet complementary forces (Yin and Yang) as being the foundation of creation. It is based on the principle of softness overcoming hardness. Taichi is a good way to keep healthy. So, why not try this ancient oriental way to get fit, and put hard working gym exercises aside for a while? |
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| Chinese Cuisine |
| Are you ready to serve your own Chinese Cuisine to your friends? Here you are! The Chinese Cuisine course will help you learn the art of Chinese cooking. The process of making one Chinese snack and one Chinese dish will be presented in each lesson, such as, spring roll, wonton, rice dumpling and steamed dumpling; Mapo Tofu (Spicy beancurd with shredded pork meat), Tangcu Paigu (Sweet and sour pork rib), Yuxiang Rousi (Pork strips in spicy sweet and sour sauce), Qiezhi Guiyu (Mandarin fish in tomato sauce) and Hongshao Shizitou (Braised pork dumpling), etc. |
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