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
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/
18 Oct 2024 | Bonn | China
Movie screening »Die wandernde Erde II«
“The Wandering Earth” is based on a short story by the famous Chinese science fiction writer Liu Cixin. In the film adaptation “The Wandering Earth II”, a coming apocalypse of the expanding sun is already foreseeable, but the world is divided over how to react to it. The United Government of Earth decides to construct gigantic rocket engines to propel the planet away from the sun – far from the reach of the fiery solar flares. But the journey across the universe is dangerous, and humanity’s last chance of survival depends on a group of young people brave enough to carry out a dangerous life-and-death operation to save the Earth.
Further info: https://konfuzius-bonn.de/termine/18-10-2024filmvorfuehrung-…
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.