The upcoming Qing Ming Festival is a precious opportunity to inculcate a sense of gratitude and respect in our children, in a world that often teaches otherwise.
This coming fortnight, join our non-religious Qing Ming workshops and help your child discover their roots and appreciate those who worked so hard to give them the life they have today.
$65/child. 2 hours. Conducted in Mandarin. 10% F&B discount for parents while you wait.
Activities:
– Charades! Understand why it is important to know who we are.
– Science experiment on why blood is thicker than water / 血浓于水. (Don’t worry, no blood will be used!)
– Use of Google Earth to explain clan culture / 宗族文化 and ancestral halls / 祠堂.
– Deconstruction of the character “家” and its relationship with pigs.
– Dramatic reenactments of the roles an ancestral hall plays, such as 家法 and 家训.
– Discover the astronomy behind the concepts of 初一十五 and the 24 solar terms / 二十四节气.
– Origami activity: What would you ask your ancestors?
– And more!