Chinese Cultural Courses
Paper Cutting: £15 per two hour session
Tues 29 June, 6pm-8pm
Tue 06 July, 4pm-6pm
Paper cutting is a Chinese handicraft practiced over the centuries and still in use today. Used to decorate windows and doors, paper cutting is widely practiced especially to commemorate festivals and celebrate events such as weddings.
Join us from 6pm-8pm for a 2 hour introduction to this Chinese folk craft and learn the skill and satisfaction inherent in making figures, flowers and other symbols using simply paper, templates and scissors.
Practiced by adults in China this course is aimed at adults and accompanied children aged from ten upwards. Join us for an evening or afternoon class (or both) as suits your availability and your interest level.
£15 per two-hour class inclusive of all materials. Accompanied students under 16 will receive a 50% discount. To register please download, complete and return the PDF registration form here.
Free Friday Film Programme Jan-March 2010
Every Friday afternoon during term time at 2pm, Chinese films will be shown in the Language and Humanities Centre, basement of David Hume Tower, George Square, Edinburgh. No prior booking is necessary and admission is free.
January - March 2010
Friday 15 January Morning Sun (Documentary) (Geremie Barmé 2003)
Friday 22 January A Summer at Grandpa's (Hou Xiaoxian, 1984)
Friday 29 January Taipei Story (Edward Yang, 1985)
Friday 5 February Eat, Drink, Man, Woman (Ang Lee, 1994)
Friday 12 February Vive L'Amour (Tsai Ming-Liang, 1994)
Friday 19 February One Night in Mongkok (Yee Tung-Shing, 2004)
Friday 26 February Beijing Bastards (Zhang Yuan, 1993)
Friday 5 March Shanghai Dreams (Wang Xiaoshuai, 2005)
Friday 12 March The World (Jia Zhangke, 2004)
Friday 19 March Blind Shaft (Li Yang, 2003)
Friday 26 March Little Moth (Tao Peng, 2007)