Motifs (left to right) Skyline, Shanghai; Namdaemun, South Korea; Fuji-san, Japan. © Jan Wiemann, AREA Ruhr
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Archive of past events
9 Apr 2024 – 6 Jan 2025 | Köln | China
Exhibition »Bizarre Schönheiten«
Bizarrely shaped stones have been highly valued decorative elements in gardens and scholars’ studios in China since the Tang Dynasty (618–907). In December 2023, the Museum of East Asian Art received a group of extraordinary stones from the collection of the collector couple Gudrun and Willi Benz as a gift. These are now on display for the first time, complemented by paintings, bronzes and porcelains related to the literary stone tradition.
Further info: https://museum-fuer-ostasiatische-kunst.de/Bizarre-Schoenheiten
14 Sep 2024 | Duisburg | China
Tag des lebendigen Chinesischen Gartens
At the heart of Duisburg Zoo is the Chinese Garden, a gift from the city of Wuhan to its twin city. Many people appreciate the place as an oasis of calm that invites you to stroll and linger. The “Living Chinese Garden Day” has been held here regularly since 2012: The German-Chinese team of the Confucius Institute provides the garden with programme items and fills it with life.
Further info: https://konfuzius-institut-ruhr.de/veranstaltung/tag-des-lebendigen-chinesischen-gartens-2024/
5 Oct 2024 | Duisburg | China
Workshop »Wuhan« for children
Would you like to get to know Duisburg’s twin city Wuhan in China? We’ll read an exciting book together about the famous Crane Pagoda in Wuhan and then make friendship bracelets, which you can of course take home for you and your friends. This workshop is part of an ongoing series the Confucius Institute team offers for children aged 6–12 once a month.
Further info: https://konfuzius-institut-ruhr.de/veranstaltung/wuhankids/
16 Nov 2024 | Duisburg | China
Workshop »Schule und Freizeit in China« for children
Let’s immerse ourselves in the everyday life of Chinese schoolchildren and discover similarities and differences. Afterwards we will play Jianzi, Chinese feather soccer, which is a popular game in the playground and also in PE lessons. This workshop is part of an ongoing series the Confucius Institute team offers for children aged 6–12 once a month.
Further info: https://konfuzius-institut-ruhr.de/veranstaltung/kinderworkshop-schule-und-freizeit/
14 Dez 2024 | Duisburg | China
Workshop »Winterbeginn in China: „Jiaozi“ – Zeit für Teigtaschen« for families
Winter does not only come to Germany, but to China as well. It’s time for coziness and jiaozi. These are delicious filled Chinese dumplings. We prepare jiaozi together and then eat them too, of course. Do you also have dumplings in your culture? Come to the workshop and tell us about Maultaschen, tortellini and co. This workshop is part of an ongoing series the Confucius Institute team offers for children aged 6–12 once a month. Children and their parents, guardians or other accompanying adults are welcome together this time!
Further info: https://konfuzius-institut-ruhr.de/veranstaltung/kinderworkshop_winterbeginn_2024/
21 Feb 2025 – 29 Jun 2025 | Köln | China
Exhibition »Tuschewanderungen«
“Tuschewanderungen” (Ink walks) shows works on paper by contemporary Chinese artist Jianfeng Pan (*1973) from the past decade, ranging from small album formats to monumental scroll formats. Born into a family of scholarly artists, Pan learned to work with the classical Chinese materials of brush, ink and paper at an early age and later studied under the renowned calligrapher Wang Dongling (1945). After graduating in Visual Communication from the National Academy of Art, Hangzhou, Pan worked as a graphic designer in Shanghai for a long time. Since 2016, he has been living in Finland in “self-exile”, where he devotes himself entirely to calligraphic art.
Further info: https://museum-fuer-ostasiatische-kunst.de/Tuschewanderungen
Disclaimer:
While we strive to include as many cultural events related to East Asia that take place in the Rhine Ruhr area as possible, this page does not claim to be exhaustive. If you know of an event that fits the criteria of this page but is not yet included in our overview, please feel free to reach out to us at window2asia@area-ruhr.de.