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Day 8: Chinese Community Center, Calligraphy, and Noodle House

John Mazziotti
Mr. Zhou
The Chinese History, People, and Culture J-Term
January 16th, 2020
Day 8

     On the 8th day of the Chinese J-Term, we continued our research for our "China Rule or Fail" presentations. These points of view from 2 separate sides of our class fabricate an argument whether China is to "Rule or Fail" in the near/far future.





Jorge, Elliott, and Cidette working on their presentation.






      After our short morning work session, we boarded our transport to the Chinese Community Center to witness performances done by various members and groups of the center.



This performance is directed by Master Frank(He is on the right), he is the Tai Chi teacher at the Chinese Community Center.




These 2 gentlemen are depicting a sword fight.
These are 2 Chinese Vocalists
This is the Community Center's dance group dancing to traditional music.
     After the performances finished,  we had our eyes on lunch, a traditional northwestern Chinese noodle house seemed perfect for our last lunch outing of the J-Term.




Here is Gabe, Elliott, Oliver, Jorge, and Callista all enjoying their noodle dishes.
     After some delicious authentic Chinese cuisine, we went back to the Chinese Community Center to learn Chinese character calligraphy from a teacher who teaches the art of traditional Chinese characters.
This is the front entrance of the Chinese Community Center
This is Hans Chen, he showed us the traditional style of Chinese character writing.
      Overall, it was a great last outing day. I of course personally enjoyed the Noodle house, but I also found the Caligraphy class very fun, and the performances were an eye-opener into the Chinese culture.


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