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Traditional Masks | Beijing Opera Art’s College

When ChinaVine team member, Jordan Lynton, began researching the Peking Opera the summer after her freshmen year at the University of Central Florida, she never imagined that two years later she would be in Beijing sitting in on a martial arts class at the Beijing Opera […]

Mr. Her Makes a Noodle Lunch for the Fieldwork Team

On July 13th, 2011 the entire field school team made their first visit to Mr. Her’s studio. Mr. Her showed the team around his studio, which is currently under construction. He discussed with us several of his finished paintings. The paintings were lined up under a covered walkway with an open wall to a courtyard. […] […]

Through a Different Lens

Sam Gehrke documenting noodle making with Mr. He

ChinaVine emphasizes the importance of educating English-speaking children, youth, and adults about the material and intangible culture of China. Of equal importance are the first hand experiences associated with the researchers, such as Sam Gehrke, who gather ChinaVine’s impactful material.

For Gehrke, currently a senior […]

Tai Chi Presentation

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/32434468[/vimeo] During a recent ChinaVine presentation by UO faculty Doug Blandy and Scott Huette, Huette discussed working among China’s Tai Chi masters at the White Cloud Taoist Temple and the Temple of Heaven park. He highlighted specifically on his experience interviewing Tai Chi Master Li, and pushing hands with one of his students, a provincial […]

Mini-Media Management: A New Approach in Field Work Documentation

OWLE

During this past summer’s Beijing-based field school, the ChinaVine team traveled more freely and unencumbered than ever before. A glimpse in Professor John Fenn’s backpack reveals the secret to traveling so light: three Kodak HD Video cameras, two OWLE Bubo devices, two small microphones, a handful of SD cards, batteries, chargers, cables […]

Jiangou Village- Red tourism

Jiangou Village- Red tourism A small village located near the Miaofeng Mountain 50 miles outside of Beijing, Jiangou is an emerging tourist destination. While the temples on the mountain are used by religious pilgrims, Jiangou caters to a different kind of pilgrimage, those individuals who want to feel more connected to their communist roots. Red […] […]

Zhang Jianhua

”Very few works speak to social problems. Chinese contemporary art doesn’t make people understand. It has lost its function and its very important social, avant-garde, and revolutionary features.”- Zhang Jianhua Zhang Jianhua is a contemporary sculptor known for being controversial. The subject of his work often involves poverty, exploitation, and death. Through his four sculptural […] […]

ChinaVine featured in CultureWork

The new issue of CultureWork explores the evolution of the ChinaVine project and its online interface, ChinaVine.org. ChinaVine.org site is an interpretive online space allowing for contributors from around the world to present ideas, images, and interpretations of China’s cultural heritage. In this article, faculty and former graduate students at the University of Oregon, coordinators […] […]

Lunch at a Host Household

On July 9 the UO field work team in Beijing did intensive field work today in Jianguo – food, Red tourism, rose tea, and a hike up Miaofeng mountain to the Three Temples. Lunch provided a way to experience Jianguo’s goal to be tourist destination for experiencing local meals made from local products, both wild […] […]