Chinese Cultural Classes for Adult and Children Spring 2007
Jan. 26 to Mar. 3 (each Friday evening 6:30-8:00pm)
Sponsored by: Golden Tea Pot
Location: 2520 Vine St. West Des Moines, Iowa 50265
Cost:
- $60/all 6 class (members of the Chinese Association of Iowa)
- $70/all 6 class (non-members of the Chinese Association of Iowa)
- $15/ individual class
- $10 discount/each for two or more students from the same household
[CAI's membership is open to everyone who is interested in the Chinese culture and support community services; the membership form is available at Golden Tea Pot or www.iowachinese.org]
Registration:
Send $25 to reserve the seat (it will be the applied to the total cost) to:
Golden Tea Pot
2520 Vine St. West Des Moines, Iowa 50265
Payable to Golden Tea Pot
Contact: 515-327-1818, 515-988-0901, iowachinese@yahoo.com, www.iowachinese.org
Adult Class Schedule
6:30-8:00pm Friday Jan. 26, 2007
Traveling and daily conversational Chinese, tourism and travel assistance (phone, gifts, visa, tips)
6:30-8:00pm Friday Feb. 02, 2007
Natural environment (water shortage, food and drug pollution, energy,…), ethnic groups, and regionalisms, government and politics, and social structures (such as religions of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, Christian) - Part I
6:30-8:00pm Friday Feb. 09, 2007
Natural environment, ethnic groups, and regionalisms, government and politics, and social structures (such as religions of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, Christian) - Part II
6:30-8:00pm Friday Feb. 16, 2007
Chinese holidays
Traditional:
- Chinese New Year Eve
- Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
- Lantern Festival
- Qing Ming Jie (Tomb Sweeping Day) / Ching Ming Festival
- Dragon Boat Festival (Dragon Festival)
- The Night of Sevens / Qi Xi
- Spirit Festival (Ghost Festival)
- Mid-Autumn Festival (Moon Festival)
- Double Ninth Festival / Chong Yang Festival
- Winter Solstice Festival
- Laba Festival
New after 1911 and 1949:
- International Women’s Day (March 8)
- International Labors’s Day (May 1)
- International Children’s Day (June 1)
- The Communist Party of China Day (July 1)
- The People’s Liberation Army Day (August 1)
- Teachers’ Day (Sept 10)
- National Day for the People’s Republic of China (Oct 1)
- Double Ten National Day for the Republic of China (Oct 10)
6:30-8:00pm Friday Feb. 23, 2007
China’s Economic Reforms and Growth - This session will explore steps the Chinese Government has taken to reform its economy and to sustain rapid economic growth. Topics covered will be agricultural reforms, privatization of State run enterprises, decision making processes in Chinese business, and a discussion of what Iowa can do to increase its business with China.
6:30-8:00pm Friday Mar. 02, 2007
Learn how to cook Chinese cuisine
Children Class (schedule will be sent out soon): Learning Chinese language, Chinese classic, folk and fairy stories, folk music, song, and dancing, abacus, paper folding, traditional children games, Chinese checkers/chess, Chinese dominoes, Chinese jump rope and Chinese chopstick games.
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