To enhance the classroom immersion experience, we have available to you a number of hands on, personally instructed cultural workshops!

Available Workshops:

• A Brush with Harmony - Chinese Ink Painting   
• A Taste of the Delights of the Orient - Sichuan Opera
• Chinese   Martial Arts - Shaolin Kung-fu
• Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Tea Ceremony
• Traditional Chinese Dumpling Making From Scratch
• An Introduction to Real-Deal Sichuan Cuisine    

We will connect your classroom to experience Chinese culture in real time for an amazing immersion and interactive experience.  

• Pre-recorded high definition introduction video
• Livestream via a webcam 
• Observing our master showing you how to do specific tasks
• Multiple interactive conversations between students and master
• Lesson plan for the teacher to go over cultural concepts and vocabulary before and after the session.

This is normally a 60 minute session but can be customized to the length of your class.

Chinese painting is one of the oldest artistic  traditions of China. Painting in the traditional  style, which is quite different from western  conceptions of art involves a similar style to  Calligraphy. This is done with a traditional  brush dipped into ink, and without western  oils. For your lesson we will be using a  traditional canvas, but often artists use silk and  paper. Chinese painting has historically represented  nature and people's relationship with the  natural world. The geography of China is  diverse -- including mountains, deserts and  forests -- and artists have depicted these scenes  in painting. Animals -- such as horses, fish,  birds and tigers -- are also frequent subjects in  Chinese painting.

Sichuan Opera originated at the end of  the Ming and the beginning of the Qing  Dynasty. With immigrants flooding  into Sichuan, different dramas were  brought in to blend with the local  dialect, customs, folk music and  dances. Gradually, brisk humorous  Sichuan Opera, reflecting Sichuan  culture, came into being. Theater director Chen has been  engaged in Sichuan Opera for 30 years.  Until 6 years ago, the "senior brothers  and sisters" who were studying  Sichuan Opera together were reunited.  In an abandoned restaurant on the  North Gate Bridge in Chengdu, he  began his reorganization of his opera  career. Later, due to urban planning  and construction, the theater had  changed scenes many times, but the  sound of Sichuan opera was never  interrupted. Due to the shortage of  staff, every teacher here has a variety  of talents: execution, scene, art,  costumes, makeup, outreach, drama,  including logistics, etc.

Chinese Kungfu are several hundred fighting  styles that have developed over the centuries  in China. These fighting styles are often  classified according to common traits,  identified as "families" of martial arts.

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has long been regarded as a treasure of Chinese  traditional science and civilization. Combining healthy lifestyle cultivation, disease  prevention and fitness enhancement with the concept of harmonious coexistence of  human and nature, TCM is not only a complete theoretical system but also a culture  developed through the practice and exploration of Chinese people since ancient  times.

Tea plays an important role in some countries. It is commonly consumed at social  events, and many cultures have created intricate formal ceremonies for these  events. Afternoon tea is a British custom with widespread appeal. Tea  ceremonies, with their roots in the Chinese tea culture, differ among East Asian  countries, such as the Japanese or Korean versions. Tea may differ widely in  preparation, such as in Tibet. where the beverage is commonly brewed with salt  and butter. Tea may be drunk in small private gatherings (tea parties)or in public  (tea houses designed for social interaction).

With a history of more than 1,800 years, dumpling is a classic lucky food for  Chinese people. Wrapping and then eating dumplings together is a Chinese  family tradition designed to bring happiness and prosperity to the family, as  dumplings look like ingots (元宝), the currency used in old times. Students  will learn from our chef Zhang Ayi how to make dumplings from scratch.

Sichuan cuisine is one of the eight Chinese cuisines popular in Sichuan and  Chongqing area, even globally and it has the largest market share in China. Sichuan  cuisine dishes are featured with hot, numbing, spicy and fish-flavor taste, colorful  appearance, abundant using of seasonings especially pepper and prickly ashes and  various cooking methods. Sichuan hot pot, Ma Po Tofu, Kung Pao Chicken, and  Sliced Pork in Hot Chili Oil are the famous and representative Sichuan cuisine  dishes. 

The weather might be the reason of the popularity of hot peppers. In fact, hot peppers and Sichuan peppercorns are considered as the hearts of Sichuan cuisine.  There are lots of mountains in Sichuan province. And the unique terrain creates high  water content in air. People in this area needs to eat hot peppers and peppercorns for  dehumidify. During the period when hot peppers are not introduced, ginger and  other spices played the similar role.

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