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1 2016 Luojia International Summer Program June 19th - July 16th Date 9:00-12:00 14:00-17:00 Evening Jun. 19th Airport Pick-up Jun.20th Opening ceremony& Guided campus tour 1 Jun.21st Jun.22nd Jun.23rd Jun.24th Jun.25th Jun.26th Course 2 Course 4 Course 6 Course 8 Course (group activity):han Street Jun.27th Chinese language Course 12 (test) Jun.28th Lecture 1: The Belt and Road & Chinese Economy Guided city internship: Yellow Crane Tower & Gude Buddhist Temple Lecture 2: The Belt and Road & Chinese Economy Guided city internship: Cruise tour on Yangtze River Jun. 29th Chinese Calligraphy Preparation for seminar Jun. 30th Preparation for seminar The Belt and Road & Chinese Economy -seminar Guided city internship (to be confirmed):wuhan Han Show Theatre (Performance Appreciation) Jul.1st Taichi practice Guided internship of a local enterprise Jul. 2nd Chinese painting Lecture 3:Jingchu Culture(to be confirmed) Jul.3rd Jul.4th Guided city internship:garden Exposition Jul.5th Lecture 4: Chinese Tradition and Culture Guided city internship: Hubei Provincial Museum,

2 (to be confirmed) Hubuxiang, Tanhualin Lecture 5: Preparation for seminar Jul.6th Environmental Protection (to be confirmed) Jul.7th Preparation for seminar Taichi Practice seminar Paper-cutting course Jul.8th Jul.9th Fly to Lanzhou Jul.10th Lecture 6: The Introduction of Lanzhou University& Guided campus tour field study internship: Chinese Traditional handmade crafts Local snacks Jul.11th Jul.12th Jul.13th Jul.14th Jul.15th Jul.16th Lecture 7: Introduction to Han- Tang Culture and Silk Road (to be confirmed) Lecture 8: Dunhuang and Buddhist Culture (to be confirmed) City internship: Gansu Provincial Museum City internship: Yellow River Custom Line Field study internship: Dunhuang & Jiayuguan (Silk Road) Departure from Dunhuang to Beijing, Shanghai,Xi an, etc. Background Information City Exploration----- Wuhan Gude Buddhist Temple

3 A historical Buddhist temple built in Hankou in It has buildings famous for combination of Asian and European religious architecture styles. Yellow Crane Tower A nation-wide famous tower built in Wuchang. The tower was first built in 223 A.D during the Three Kingdoms period, serving as a gathering place for celebrities and poets (including famous poets Cui Hao and Li Bai in Tang Dynasty).

4 Cruise tour on Yangtze River Close observation of Yangtze river, the longest river in Asia, and its beautiful scenery. Hubei Provincial Museum The center for collecting, studying, preserving and displaying historical and cultural relics in Hubei, especially famous for its collection of ancient relics from the tomb of marquis Yi of Zeng.

5 Wuhan Han Show Theatre A place to appreciate Jing-Chu culture, a traditional culture in Wuhan city. Tanhualin Located at the northeast corner of Wuhan and lying between Huayuan Hill and Pangxiejia Hill, the block is filled with hoary walls, ancient steles, antiques stores and old consulates.

6 Hubuxiang The best-known food street in Wuhan. First built in Ming Dynasty, it is a place famous for traditional Chinese architecture and good taste snacks. Garden Exposition Located in Hankou,Garden Exposition is a big and good-looking park with many beautiful trees, flowers and great lakes. It vividly shows the traditional Wuhan style and features.

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