Chinese Character, The Balance of Life
This session is part of the 2024 Mental Wealth Festival hosted by City Lit and partners.
- Course Code: EVMWFLC100
- Dates: 11/10/24 - 11/10/24
- Time: 14:00 - 15:30
- Taught: Fri, Daytime
- Duration: 1 session
- Location: Keeley Street
- Tutor: Xiaolan Bi
Course Code: EVMWFLC100
Duration: 1 session
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What is the course about?
Get to know some Chinese characters focusing on the earliest form of character ‘oracle bone script’. We will invite you to spend some time concentrating on drawing Chinese characters.
Using the 5 elements, we willl discuss the balance of life in Chinese ideology.
What will we cover?
We will be showing you some images connected to nature, e.g. the sun, the moon, the river, the tree, the horse, the fish, the house, etc
We will introduce the connection Chinese people have with the 5 elements: metal, wood, water, fire and earth.
What will I achieve?
By the end of this course you should be able to...
- talk about the ideology behing chinese characters.
- understand the root and the connection of Chinese ideology with the 5 elements.
- use writing basic Chinese characters to relax and connect with your surrounding.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
This worshop is for anyone who is interested and willing to have a got!
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
You will be asked to actively participate.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
Based on tutor own material.
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
The languages department offers a variety of Chinese courses.
Go the website or contact us at languages@citylit.ac.uk
This workshop is part of the 2024 Mental Wealth Festival hosted by City Lit and partners. The Mental Wealth Festival is a week of free online events and experiences which celebrate and promote activities, projects, ideas and tools which restore, support and enhance positive mental health. The Festival aims to highlight the way mental health issues impact on so many aspects of daily life, and how the arts, politics, culture, faith and the media can support our ‘mental wealth’. We bring together professionals and key stakeholders to discuss mental health issues, providing a forum for informative, challenging and inspiring discussions and workshops exploring mental health issues. For more information visit our Mental Wealth Festival Don’t forget to follow us on social media and we’d love to see your Mental Wealth Festival photos so please tag us using #MentalWealth2020.
