Every summer vacation, you take your children and fly for more than ten hours back to China. We went to the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, ate roast duck, and walked around the Bund. What does the child remember? Maybe I just remember \"too many people\" and \"too hot\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But what you really want to give them is not these.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You want them to know where our ancestors came from, why our words look like this, and what the \"rules\" that our grandparents talk about mean. You want them to be able to talk about their roots in the classroom in Boston, and to talk about \"Chinese culture\" in front of their classmates in Sydney, not just Kung Fu and Spring Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When many overseas parents hear about \"Chinese Studies Research\", their first reaction is: Want to sign up for the class again?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The real study of Chinese studies is to let childrenFeel the culture with your body<\/strong>, instead of reading about culture in textbooks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u8fd9\u53eb Experiential cultural inheritance<\/strong>. It is not the infusion of knowledge, but the opening of perception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last summer, a mother who settled in Vancouver took her 12-year-old son to a seven-day study camp in Zhongnan Mountain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This child was born in Canada and can only communicate briefly in Chinese. Before coming, he said to his mother: \u201cI don\u2019t get why we have to go to some mountain. There\u2019s nothing there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seven days later, he said this at the closing ceremony:<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I used to think being Chinese was just about how I look. Now I know it’s something I can feel. When I did tai chi at sunrise on the mountain, I felt connected to something much bigger than me.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The mother later sent a message saying: \"The tuition for seven years of Chinese school is not as good as these seven days. He finally got the idea.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are many products on the market under the banner of \"Chinese Studies Research\". How to tell? Three standards:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our generation of overseas Chinese have a common pain:<\/p>\n\n\n\n I am afraid that my children will forget their roots.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Send to Chinese school every week, make dumplings during the Chinese New Year, and try to talk about \"why we need to worship ancestors today\" during Qingming Festival - you have done everything you can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But the most difficult thing about cultural inheritance is not \u201cwhat to teach\u201d;Let children become interested on their own<\/strong>. You tell him \"calligraphy with brush is very important\" a hundred times, why not let him feel the pride he felt when he wrote the first word \"Yong\" on his own. You have to explain \"Why Chinese people respect God and their ancestors\" a hundred times. Why don't you let him say the words \"I feel very peaceful\" after doing a set of Tai Chi on the mountain top in the early morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u7814\u5b66\u4e0d\u662f\u8865\u4e60\uff0c\u662f plant a seed<\/strong>. That seed may not sprout tomorrow, but ten years from now, when he sits in a college anthropology class, or feels lost in a foreign land\u2014that seed will tell him: where you come from, where your roots are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are a few selected routes for reference based on different age groups and interests:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yunjiandao has been deeply involved in traditional folk culture for many years. We do not say \"let children win at the starting line\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n What we are talking about is:Let your children know where they come from, and then they will know where they are going.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are planning to take your children back to China for an in-depth cultural study, or want to find a sustainable way to learn traditional culture overseas - welcome to contact us. We don\u2019t sell courses, but we know the inheritors who are really doing this and can give you sincere advice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\ud83d\udcd6 A true story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\ud83c\udfaf What should good research look like?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\ud83c\udf0f Research is the antidote to the cultural anxiety of overseas Chinese<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\ud83d\uddfa\ufe0f Recommended study routes for overseas Chinese families<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\u7814\u5b66\u4e3b\u9898<\/th> \u9002\u5408\u5e74\u9f84<\/th> \u6838\u5fc3\u4f53\u9a8c<\/th> Recommended destinations<\/th><\/tr><\/thead> \ud83c\udfdb\ufe0f Classic Chinese Studies<\/td> 8-15 years old<\/td> Apprenticeship ceremony, classic reading, introduction to calligraphy<\/td> Qufu \u00b7 Confucius Temple and Confucius Mansion<\/td><\/tr> \ud83c\udfd4\ufe0f Taoist culture<\/td> Over 12 years old<\/td> Tai Chi, meditation, landscape philosophy<\/td> Zhongnan Mountain \u00b7 Louguantai<\/td><\/tr> \ud83c\udf75 Tea Ceremony and Incense Ceremony<\/td> Over 10 years old<\/td> Tea picking and tea making, introduction to incense, tea party etiquette<\/td> Wuyi Mountain \u00b7 Hangzhou Longjing<\/td><\/tr> \u2692\ufe0fTraditional craftsmanship<\/td> 6-14 years old<\/td> Ceramics, papermaking, woodworking, tie-dyeing<\/td> Jingdezhen \u00b7 Dali, Yunnan<\/td><\/tr> \ud83d\udcdc Chinese Medicine Enlightenment<\/td> Over 10 years old<\/td> Understanding herbal medicine, introduction to meridians, solar terms and health care<\/td> Bozhou Nanyang Medical Shrine<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n \ud83d\ude4b FAQ<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Q: If my child doesn\u2019t speak Chinese well, can he participate?<\/summary>\n
Q: What is the appropriate age?<\/summary>\n
Q: How much does it cost?<\/summary>\n
Q: How to choose a reliable research institution?<\/summary>\n
\ud83d\udcac Our recommendations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n