The CnC members made a visit to Children's NPM Digital Playground Exhibition held by National Palace Museum Taiwan, studying the display format and technique on different antiquities.

The CnC members, together with the team members of Chivalry Creative Tainan, visited a bamboo craft workshop held by the bamboo craft artist, Ms Lu Ching-chih. Combining her experiences and passion towards bamboo craft with creative notions, Ms Lu Ching-chih made the traditional bamboo craft become more recognized in overseas.

Thereafter, the CnC members went for a visit at Bamboo Craft Museum Natou in order to learn how the bamboo craft connects to our everyday lives. 

The CnC members and the team members of Chivalry Creative Tainan visited a traditional face painting worshop - “Ji Ho Tang” in Jiali district, Tainan for attending a demonstration session of “pat-ka-tsiòng” face painting.  The head of Education (CnC) Ma Kin-chung was invited to participate in it.  Through experiencing the sophisticated skills of the painter, Mr. Ma perceived a feeling of solemnity during the process of being painted.  As each face painting style did have its own meanings, the team tried to explore further developments based on different face paintings.

 “Yizhen” (Parade Fomation) is a Taiwanese folk performance art demanding on performers’ skills and techniques. It is often being held during the ceremony of worship or thanksgiving. The professor of National Taitung University – Chinese Folk Arts and Sports, Mr. Wu Teng-ta, has trained up a lot of “Yizhen” teams for overseas performances and fully understood the “Yizhen” culture in Taiwan.  Through his in-depth explanations, the CnC members got further understanding on this Taiwanese traditional folk custom.

To understand the development of cultural and creative property and the aspect of culture promotion in Taiwan, Chiu Kwong-chiu, the director of CnC, together with the other CnC members, visited the team in Chivalry Creative Tainan. In meanwhile, not only did they share their experiences in promoting art and culture each other but also explored the possibility of collaborations in the future. The Chivalry Creative Tainan has conducted various guided tours on different formats or themes and expected, with cultural and creative spirits, to explore different living facets in the city.

Mr. Wan Hao-yi led the CnC members to the first Confucian temple in Taiwan, called Tainan Confucius Temple, providing an in-depth explanation about the historical stories of the temple.

At the invitation of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (School of Design), the head of education (CnC) Ma Kin-Chung shared his delight in promoting Chinese culture via design to the students. By the personal experience being fond of Chinese culture, Mr. Ma encouraged the students to approach and study their research subjects from different perspectives in hopes of deepening the experience. Based on various achievements the CnC and education team accomplished, Mr. Ma demonstrated different attempts in design catering to different target audience. As the students will go for a study tour to Xi'an, through this opportunity, they raised certain issues they may encounter during the trip; at the same time, they felt interested in knowing more about the historical and cultural background of the works from the CnC.

After a series of study tours and experience workshops in Beijing, Guangzhou and Taiwan, in September 2014, the team flied to another city – Singapore, to reach out the local children, parents and education institutions and explore opportunities and potential development over there.

Although the Chinese accounted for about three quarters of the population in Singapore, most household members there hardly communicate in Chinese at home. The promotion of Chinese language and culture is getting more and more emphasized by local government, schools and media.

During the tour, the team visited museums including Peranakan Museum, National Museum of Singapore and Singapore Art Museum, learning not simply the local history, customs and culture of Singapore, but also looking for new perspectives on thematic concept development and exhibition display format.

Besides the loyal audience - students and adult visitors, the museums also aim to educate another new target group – young parents and their children.  Meanwhile, to stimulate young children’s curious and imaginative mind, and encourage them to explore more in daily lives, the National Museum of Singapore especially founded a children zone called PLAY in the museum.

The programme director (Foundation) Wong Mei-yee, together with the head of education (CnC) Ma Kin-Chung and the project manager of China Institute Michael Buening, visited the White Plains Middle School for exchanging views and experiences on culture promotion. The teachers there suggested that today learning Chinese is a trend in the US and their school does offer the related courses to the students.  Once the members of Global Ambassadors in school realized the English-language edition of our publication will be released, they particularly invited Michael Buening for an interview to talk about it.

Please visit the following address for more interview details:-

http://www.wphsambassadors.org/react-news/summer-media-workshop-episodes/the-forbidden-city/

The programme director (RHFF) Wong Mei-yee, and the head of education (CnC) Ma Kin-Chung made a visit to an exhibition at the Royal Ontario Museum called "The Forbidden City: Inside the Court of China's Emperors exhibition", presented by the ROM and Beijing’s Palace Museum, and sponsored by The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation, to get to know more about what the role the museum is playing in term of education and how it connects to schools and local communities.

The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation and the Design and Cultural Studies Workshop have been collaborating with China Institute, a nonprofit educational and cultural institution in New York City, to gear up the publication and education development of We All Live in The Forbidden City Education Programme in North America. Along with the English-language edition of the books, “A Palace Inspired by the World of Small Animals” and “In the Forbidden City”, launched, a series of promotion and education activities have been held at the same time. We look forward to connecting the local children in North America to the traditional Chinese culture and let them find out their interests with us.