Lancaster Chinese weekend classes for children

Learn about Chinese language and culture!

Sundays, 10am-12pm at The Confucius Institute

For children aged between 5-11 years old.

Beginner and advanced classes available.

Registration: Summer term Lancaster Chinese weekend classes for children (5-11 years old)

Chinese dance

Chinese dance classes for children (age 5-11 years old)

Sundays, 1-2pm

Registration: Chinese dance classes for children (5-11 years old)

Chinese folk dance class for adults

Sundays, 2.30-3.30pm

Registration: Chinese folk dance classes

Chinese calligraphy and painting

Chinese calligraphy, shū fǎ, is "the rules of writing Han characters". Chinese painting is known today as "guó huà". They emphasize motion and are charged with a dynamic life. As the oldest continuous artistic traditions in the world, calligraphy and painting today are known and learned as important parts of traditional Chinese culture.

Summer term Chinese calligraphy course

A 9-week Chinese calligraphy course for all students, staff and members of the public.

The Chinese calligraphy course will run weekly from 8 May to 3 July 2024.

Wednesdays, 6.15-7.45pm

Open to beginner and advanced level learners to learn and practice calligraphy together.

Registration: Chinese Calligraphy Classes

Ba Duan Jin

Shaolin Ba Duan Jin can be translated as 8 Brocade (Valuable) Exercises. It belongs to the classic repertoire of Qi Gong exercises in the Shaolin Kong Fu. It enhances physical health by stretching muscles and invigorating meridians. During practice, it enables individuals to clearly perceive changes in their breath and muscles.

The class will be taught by Hui Jing, a PhD student at Lancaster University. Hui Jing graduated from the Beijing Dance Academy and the University of Roehampton and has several awards in Classical Chinese Dance, Chinese Folk Dance and Contemporary Dance.

Ba Duan Jin classes for beginners

Fridays, 12.30-1.30pm from 3 May to 28 June 2024.

Registration: Ba Duan Jin classes for beginners

Tai Chi

Tai Chi is a Chinese martial art practised for both its health benefits and defence training which has its roots in Taoism. It combines profound principles, theories and martial art techniques. It is the cultivation of one's internal energy, mind and the physical body that makes it so unique and challenging.

Qimei Li is a keen amateur practitioner of Yang-style Tai Chi who has practised on and off for more than 20 years. She teaches Tai Chi in Lancaster on behalf of Lancaster University Confucius Institute. Qimei grew up in Taiyuan, Shanxi where her father, Yuming Li, was a teacher of Tai Chi for more than 30 years, achieving Master status. Qimei enjoys practicing and teaching Tai Chi because it is a good way to improve circulation, flexibility and to let go of stress.

If you would like to register for this class, please email ci@lancaster.ac.uk.

Wushu

Wushu, or Kongfu, was a system of codified practices and traditions of training for combat. Today, it is done for various reasons including combat skills; fitness; self-defence; sport; and building self-confidence.

Please note: We are not currently offering Wushu classes.