Immersed in Culture - Tuesday, 6/26

The Chinese take great pride in their traditions and their cultural, and they carefully nurture learning of the traditional Arts.

Our school friends here in the Sister City have put together some cultural demonstrations and some special lessons in their Arts so that we can learn more about their cultural traditions and experience them ourselves.

We have had a Chinese Calligraphy lesson, a paper-cutting lesson, a seal carving lesson, and a lesson on a special regional kind of Chinese Opera.

The girls have attempted it all, with greater and lesser success.  They had to overcome some self-consciousness, and they had to struggle to achieve what didn't come easily for all of them, so in many cases, they learned more than just the Cultural Art that they were practicing; they also had to practice patience, perseverance, and good grace; through travel, we often can learn as much about ourselves as we do about the people and place that we are visiting.

Our Taizhou hosts have been so gracious in sharing the beauty of their city and of their Arts with us, and it has been a privilege to participate.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Below are some pictures from our Culture lessons of the last few days:



A Caligraphy Lesson:

A Chinese Paper-Cutting Lesson:

A Chinese Opera Lesson: