Sessions
The Beauty of Folk Art: Making Your Own Chinese Paper Cuts and Hakka Paper Umbrellas at the iEARN Conference
Margaret Cheng-Chun Chen
iEARN Taiwan
Margaret cheng-chun Chen
Margaret Cheng-Chun Chen is the country coordinator of iEARN Taiwan as well as the chief of experiment & research section at Kaohsiung Municipal Jhengsing Junior High School. Margaret received her Ph.D. in Education from National Sun Yat-sen University. She has 26 years of experience teaching in public junior high school and joined iEARN in 2006.
Sandy Shu-Yuan Yang
Hsin Chya Elementary School
Sandy shu-yuan Yang
Sandy Shu-Yuan Yang is an English teacher at Hsin Chya Elementary School. She has taught for 16 years. She started to participate in iEARN projects about ten years ago. Sandy thinks that it is important to offer her students opportunities to expand their horizons and to develop global awareness. Therefore, she tries to engage them in different projects every year. Sandy and her students have enjoyed the projects very much and the students are usually more confident to speak English after participating in projects. She herself has also benefited a lot from exchanging information with teachers from other countries.
Sam Chi-Chen Wu
National Shanhua Senior High School
Sam chi-chen Wu
Sam Chi-Chen Wu works at National Shanhua Senior High as an English teacher and has involved different iEARN projects in his curriculum for around ten years. He was once the director of youth development at iEARN Taiwan and helped organize the 2011 International iEARN Youth Summit in Taiwan. He continues as a volunteer teacher with iEARN Taiwan. Sam has taken part in six iEARN annual conferences.
Session Description
In this workshop, the iEARN Taiwan team will introduce the art of Chinese paper cutting and Hakka oil-paper umbrellas. Participants will enjoy the beauty of traditional folk art and will experience easy steps to make their own paper cuts and paint a paper umbrella. In the session, you will learn about Taiwanese folk art and have a chance to do it by yourself. We hope to promote intercultural understanding through these fun activities.
What will educators learn and be able to do at the end of the session?
Participants can learn about Taiwanese folk art and will be able to make their own paper cuts and paint a paper umbrella.
Additional Session Information
In this workshop, the iEARN Taiwan team will introduce the art of Chinese paper cutting and Hakka oil-paper umbrellas. Participants will enjoy the beauty of traditional folk art and will experience easy steps to make their own paper cuts and paint a paper umbrella. Chinese paper cuts are commonly made in the color red, which is a symbol of good luck, and are usually pasted on doors, windows, mirrors, or lamps as decorations on special festivals and weddings. In Hakka culture, oil-paper umbrellas not only provide shelter from the rain but also symbolize the coming together of the whole family. Paper umbrellas are given as a dowry, a blessing for newlyweds to have a baby soon. In the session, you will learn about Taiwanese folk art and have a chance to do it by yourself. We hope to promote intercultural understanding through these fun activities.
Session Resources
The Beauty of Folk Art_Presentation Slides
These are the slides of "the beauty of folk art " for the conference session and youth summit.
The Beauty of Folk Art_ Lei Tea video
This is a video of "the beauty of folk art " for the conference and youth summit.
The Beauty of Folk Art_ paper cut video
This is a video of "the beauty of folk art " for the conference and youth summit.
The Beauty of Folk Art_ spinning tops video
This is a video of "the beauty of folk art " for the conference and youth summit.
The Beauty of Folk Art_ link
This is a link of "the beauty of folk art " for the conference and youth summit.