On Monday morning, only 17 students arrived at the Yucai School. While they all agreed they missed the East China students, they also thought that it was nice to have a smaller group so that everyone could really get to know everyone else. After a morning of tai-chi and regular classes, students had their third calligraphy class. This time, they learned to paint pictographs (called "oracle bones" in Chinese), that is, characters that have evolved from pictures. After a brief introduction, students got to work painting pictographs of the 12 zodiac signs!
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Afterwards we had a lecture/discussion on China and Chinese culture. We started off by watching this ten-minute video to help students understand China.
Afterwards, Shen Laoshi led a discussion about Chinese culture and customs. We discussed the concept of face (mianzi) and what it meant to "lose face." We also talked about the importance of interpersonal relationships and connections (guanxi) in China. Students spoke up to share their own experiences with life in China.
Afterwards, students were free to head home or off to whatever activities they had planned for the afternoon. Earlier, I had offered to take a couple of students to a bakery and bubble tea shop about 20 minutes from the Yucai School at the end of the day. However, I ended up taking eleven students! Many of them bought pastries and they all enjoyed the milk tea with boba (zhenzhu naicha).
Lily was especially excited as she'd been looking all over Beijing for good bubble tea. She ordered two bubble teas and drank them both in the store!
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