StudyAbroadinChina2018-PartII

曼

家村

西安

中国

他们

叹为观止

同学

学生

美食

家家

游人

　　Life is full of ups and downs. The trick is to enjoy the ups and have courage during the downs.

　　人生充满了起起落落，关键在于，在顶端时要好好享受，在低谷时不失勇气。

Continue with the Chinese Cultural lessons-Chinese Calligraphy. There is no way that one can master Chinese calligraphy within a day. However, to provide the students an opportunity to just hold the brush, feel the power of the different strokes, and understand the richness of the Chinese characters are my real goals of this activity....

继续中国文化课的学习。中国的书法，岂是一天两天可以参悟的。但是能有幸握一下毛笔，感受一下横竖撇捺的魅力，了解一下中国文字是怎样的的简约精悍而又极其的含蓄丰富，便达到我的目的了……

Chinese paper cutting needs nothing but a piece of paper and a pair of scissors. It can depict the fickleness of mankind，birds’ twitter and frangrance of flowers,the ways of the world, and the secessive beauty of the year...Give it try, my dear students, I trust that you can describe your own bright future your way...

中国的剪纸，只需一张纸一把剪，人间冷暖，四季美景，人情世故，鸟语花香，便可跃然纸上...体验一下吧，同学们，希望你们都能"剪出"属于自己的一片天空...

Taiji is an internal Chinese martial art practiced for both its defense training and its health benefits. The term taiji refers to a philosophy of the forces of yin and yang, related to the moves. Such philosophy is also reflected in people ‘s everyday life.

练习太极拳的目的不单纯是健身好玩儿，让学生们理解中国人的处事态度，看问题的方法才是真正的用意，而体会到这一点其实真的不容易！

One must see in Xian is of course, the Terra-cotta Amy, which is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210-209 BCE and whose purpose was to protect the emperor in his afterlife.

来到西安，学习中国历史文化，必须看的当然首推兵马俑。兵马俑的气势和规模让所有学生都为之赞叹！他们无法想像上千年以前的中国人是怎么这样精致地雕刻每一个俑的。中华民族文化的博大精深让他们叹为观止！

Shaanxi History Museum, which is located to the northwest of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in the ancient city Xi'an, in the Shaanxi province of China, is one of the first huge state museums with modern facilities in China and one of the largest. The museum houses over 370,000 items, including murals, paintings, pottery, coins, as well as bronze, gold, and silver objects. The modern museum was built between 1983 and 2001 and its appearance recalls the architectural style of the Tang Dynasty.

陕西历史博物馆座落在大雁塔北。是全国最大的历史博物馆之一。收藏了三十七万多件文物。包括壁画，陶瓷，古币，金，银，铜制品，等等，扎进博物馆就可以了解到中国到优久的历史，厚重的文化！

Some items that are on display in Shaanxi history meuseum.

陕西历史博物馆的一些展品照片。

On a sunny Sunday, we visited Yuanjiacun Village, the place for experiencing the lifestyle of Central Shaanxi Plain.  Yuanjia Village is in Liquan County of Shaanxi Province, which is also the site of mausoleum of Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty.

As a national "AAAA-Class" scenic area, the village won the tile of "China’s Most Attractive Leisure Village", "Famous Town or Village for Characteristic Landscape Tourism at National level" and "National Ecological and Cultural Village"and so on.

The village has collected the most traditional delicacies from Central Shaanxi Plain, most distinctive buildings and most ecological life style.

Besides all of these tourist features, what attracted us (businesses students) most is the strategies being adopted by the administration team of the village.What exactly did they , a small village of 60 households, do to generate 3 billion yuan a year? How do they survive the huge competition among competitors?

Everything is centrally planned and controlled in Yuanjiacun, from supply chain management to marketing plan.For my dear students who truly believe in free market economy, is this Something that is worth of researching?Sounds like a great research topic for next summer’s study abroad topic! Emm, I think so!!!

袁家村，乃是西安成千上百小村之一。痤落在陕西省咸阳市礼泉县烟霞镇北面的举世闻名的唐太宗李世民昭陵九嵕山下。位于中国陕西关中平原腹地，地势西北高、东南低，地貌分为南部台塬和北部丘陵沟壑区两大类。

袁家村周边有着丰富的历史文化资源，距袁家村10公里的唐太宗昭陵是全国第一批文物保护单位，世界上最大的皇家陵园。

借助于得天独厚的地理历史条件，袁家村迅速发展成为陕西地区著名的旅游村，她主要针对城市里面高消费的人群，以及怀念农村风情的人们,为他们提供舒家常便饭，野菜，粗粮，给人们做出最营养的饭菜，他们还提供好多原始的东西，给人们带来无穷的欢乐，能够使人们消除疲惫的身体。的确是一个了解享受风土民情的好地方。

走进村子，映入人们眼帘的是一幅幅近似于原生态的农家生活画面。使游人恍惚中有种穿越时空之感，仿佛回到了十九世纪五六十年代。走进古朴典雅的小巷，两边店铺林立，作坊鳞次栉比。醋坊中，一坛坛、一瓶瓶手工酿造的纯粮醋，散发着诱人的清香；面坊中，兴致勃勃的游人饶有趣味的推动着沉重的石磨，白白的面粉缓缓地溢出来；布坊里，满面沧桑的妈妈坐在古老的织布机前细心地织着漂亮的土布；油坊中，那巨大的老木制成的榨油器令人叹为观止；药坊中飘出的淡淡药香若有若无地在鼻间萦绕；…… 踩着脚下仿古的青石板，欣赏着颇具关中风味的明清式建筑。家家都是农家乐，厨香萦绕。即使是刚用过餐的游人此时都会食欲大增，忍不住要尝一尝袁家村的绿色食品！

看着这么欣欣向荣的袁家村，你也许无法想象，二十世纪70年代之前的袁家村，是当地出了名的贫困村。而如今袁家村成立了农工贸为一体的集团型企业袁家农工商联合总公司，下辖12个子公司，在西安有房地产公司。目前有400多口人的袁家村，村资产已达到3亿多元，村民家家住上了小洋楼，人均住房52平方米，家家生活得有滋有味！

特别值得一提的是，袁家村的管理照样是社会主义的"大锅饭"。一切事宜都是由村委会带领大家去操办，甚至村民娶媳妇都必须经过领导审批。据说，袁家村小伙子谈对象的第一要求已经由原来的大专升为大学本科。这一点足以表明袁家村领导者的远见卓识。

对于坚信自由巿场经济的同学们来说，这是不是很不可思议呢？那么到底是什么造成了他们的成功呢？

就让这个课题留给明年来西安的同学们回答吧……

So luckily to be invited to see the final competition of opera competition that was hosted by CCTV! Yes, they will be on TV, CCTV Channel 11. Although they did not understand a word, just by being there in the recording room was an unforgettable experience!

有幸带学生观看央视白燕升主持的擂响中国戏曲第一季第十二期全国总决赛录制现场。佳宾评委有西游记观音扮演者左大玢，唐僧汪粤，等人。最后决赛六名演员均为国家戏曲梅花奖获得者，各大流派长门人。太感谢朱主任了，让我和我的学生见到这场面这阵式....CCTV11频道播出。

The Song of Everlasting Sorrow (also known as Song of Everlasting Regret) is a narrative poem of the Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE) inspired by the love affair between Xuanzong, the seventh emperor of the dynasty, and his consort Lady Yang. It was written by the Chinese poet Bai Juyi (772-846 CE). The Song of Everlasting Sorrow became his most popular piece because of its themes of deep romantic love, loss, and the image of love lasting beyond death.

长恨歌，一段凄美的爱情故事……被编成大型高科技舞台剧，灯光，音响，水幕，打造出一个让人叹为观止的舞蹈剧...学生们一致认为从末看过这么精彩的表演！

Guanzhong Folk Art Museum is the first non-government owned museum specializing in the preservation of folk art in China. It is located in Wutai Town, Changan District, Xian, at the north foot of South Wutai Mountain which was a famous Buddhist shrine in the Sui (581-618) and Tang (618-907) Dynasties and now a part of the Zhongnanshan National Forest Park. It is about 30 kilometers (19 mi) away from the city center of Xian. The buildings cover a building area of nearly 11 hectares (27 acres), while the total land area is treble that figure. The sponsor Mr. Wang Yongchao is a representative of the Peoples Congress and the first enterpriser honored to enjoy the State Councils special subsidy. He spent over 20 years dedicated to the establishment of this museum with an investment that has amounted to CNY 230 million since the middle 1980s.

关中民俗文化博物馆是人大代表王先生花了二十多年心血建成的。他从关中各地收集具有历史珍藏价值的宅邸，把它们拆了标号，搬迁到现在的地址，原样重建起，这样的工程在国内也是首屈一指的！

My lovely students challenged me...and I accepted the challenge... Thank you for including me...I had so much fun being with you!

几天前就约我跟他们一起去一次酒吧，找了各种借口，还是被拉了出来……

Food, Food, delicious food!

美食，西安的美食！

More food!

更多的美食！

The first stage is officially closed! Students presented their research projects. This time, I asked them to compare and contrast the strategies being adopted by KFC/McDonald between US and China. They said they had no idea how different these companies operate in these two countries before doing this project. They have a better understanding of what "Thinking globally, Act locally " means now!

中国学习实践的第一篇很快便胜利结束了。同学们汇报了研究课题。时间虽短，他们还是做的超级棒。对得起我几次熬夜给他们修改了！看到他们的成绩，心里还是满欣慰的.

The fist stage of summer study abroad program is officially closed by today. The International internship starts tomorrow!

Thanks to Director Zhu, Mr. Sha, Ms. Liu and Ms. Bai. It is you who made this happen. We all highly appreciate your professional dedication, kindness, hospitality, and unconditional support!

到今天为止，中国游学的第一阶段便拉下帷幕了！感谢朱主任，沙总，美君老师，和白敏导游。是你们的敬业精神，热情，善良和无条件的支持与付出才有了项目的圆满成功！感谢不足以表达我们的所有感激之情！