Chinese Cultural Play & Learn
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Follow the eight-year-old Emperor Kangxi and the clever designer of the Forbidden City to the first day of the Forbidden City’s completion, 1420. Travel through time and space to unlock the Forbidden City’s temporal and spatial codes one by one, from the concepts of a round heaven and a square earth, yin and yang and the five elements, the twelve earthly branches and the twelve two-hour periods, the north-south meridian, and so on!
Navigating through the Calligraphy Metaverse, two comic characters, named Shu Shu and Fa Fa, introduce readers to The Four Treasures of the Study, different strokes, the construction and structure of Chinese characters, and various script styles. Renowned Hong Kong calligrapher Dr. Chui Pui-chee demonstrates the fundamentals of Chinese character writing, encouraging children and adults alike to learn calligraphy, as it, in turn, inspires imagination and creativity!
The World of Five Elements begets five chapters, namely, Yin Yang Sun and Moon; the Five Elements; the Five Tones that correspond to the Five Elements; the Five Constant Virtues; health brought by the union of the Five Elements. With the games suggested by the book, readers can easily understand the laws of nature, arts, virtues, and health through the concept of “Five Elements” and hence their own relationship with the Five Elements as well as the world around them.

Funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, and organised by Zuni, a series of theatre and art programmes on Chinese culture is in the making.
Through arts-tech theatre performances and activities, music and installations, community workshops and internships, the programme engages people from every walk of life to get closer to Chinese culture and explore our traditions, aesthetics and wisdom.


