On September 29, 2024, the USC U.S.-China Institute hosted a workshop at the Huntington’s Chinese garden, offering K-12 educators hands-on insights into using the garden as a teaching tool. With expert presentations, a guided tour, and new resources, the event explored how Chinese gardens' rich history and cultural significance can be integrated into classrooms. Interested in learning more? Click below for details on the workshop and upcoming programs for educators.
Short Course - Windows to a Culture: The Fascinating Chinese Proverbs III
China Institute presents a third series of fascinating lectures by Ben Wang on a specially selected collection of Chinese proverbs.
When:
November 13, 2012 12:00am to December 11, 2012 12:00am
Where
Rich and colorful, the Chinese language blends music and painting: a language nonpareil in its unique visceral quality. Chinese proverbs, mostly four-character phrases, concise but deep in their meanings, take a special place in Chinese culture, illustrating moral and emotional expressions. The philosophical and often incisive messages the proverbs carry are alternately somber, didactic, amusing, hilarious, or ironic. Used properly in writings or speeches, they can achieve what cannot be achieved by other ways of articulating the same thoughts. This five-session course, held in English, will cover some of the most poignant and evocative among the thousands of Chinese proverbs. Previous knowledge of Chinese is not required.
Ben Wang is Senior Lecturer in Humanities and Chinese Language at China Institute and an award-winning translator.
Tuesdays, November 13, 20, 27, and December 4 and 11 ~ 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Cost:
$135 member / $158 non-member (full course) $30 member / $35 non-member (per session)
Event Website URL:
Phone Number:
212-744-8181
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