Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Calligraphy: Bridging Chinese Language and Culture

Professor Zhou Bin, an esteemed calligrapher and widely published scholar of Chinese Calligraphy from East China Normal University gave an interactive lecture on how to incorporate teaching calligraphy into Chinese classrooms at China Institute on March 4, 2011.

In his lecuture, Professor Zhou Bin shared his extensive knowledge of Chinese characters and their cultural meanings, the effects of practicing calligraphy on the healthy psychological development of adolescents, and many pedagogical techniques in teaching calligraphy. At the end of the lecture, he demonstrated his expertise by writing an artful character "龍" (龍, the dragon, is known as an auspicous animal in Chinese culture) as a gift for China Institute.

More pictures and videos of the evenrt will be posted soon!

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