China

China 2025

Friendship school

CHINA

The third largest country in the world with 5,000 years of history. The world's second largest economy and modern life. Travelling to China can offer you many great experiences. We'll hike the Great Wall of China, which winds like a 21,196 km long snake up and down the mountains. We can try to get an impression of the more than 800 buildings that make up the Forbidden City, China's imperial palace for 500 years. We'll also visit the Bund in Shanghai, embracing the skyscrapers and modern city life. Plus, you'll have a chance to live like a Chinese person with your host family when we visit our twinning school!

We will visit three cities in China: the capital Beijing, the cosmopolitan megalopolis Shanghai and the water city Huzhou. Shanghai has many nicknames such as "New York of China", "Pearl of the Orient" and "Paris of the East." In this "magic city" you will see what city life is: you can order food, medicine, shampoo, etc. almost everything with your phone, even in the middle of the night, and the robot can deliver it to your room (if you stay in a hotel). Most vehicles on the street are electric. It's also a city of top fashion and art. You can find all the big brands in the world and the latest products in the shopping district.

Huzhou is also known as the city of silk. You'll have a chance to see the silkworms and learn how silk is produced. Furthermore, the city has a lot of beautiful landscapes, such as ancient water towns, Mogan Mountain, Babu Sea, Taihu Lake, temples and pagodas.

In Huzhou, we visit our friendship school: Huzhou South Taihu Bilingual School, the best private school in the local area. You will live with your own host family and enjoy various activities. You will have the opportunity to teach their kindergarten children English, learn how to write Chinese calligraphy with a brush and how to play ancient Chinese musical instruments, visit a smart factory and see how robots make the goods, taste different local delicious food, maybe a trip to the tea plantation and make your own tea...

Don't miss the chance to experience it all!

Academic programmes

China is not only a destination, but also a subject several afternoons a week. You shouldn't just choose China for travelling, but also because you want to learn Chinese language and culture.

Chinese culture is both the past with emperors and Kung fu, silk and temples, but also Chinese medicine, family life, work, environment and politics. Some of the teaching will take place in class, others may be cooking or a weekly game of Tai Chi and Kung fu. We also choose two UN World Goals as our project themes. In Goal 11 "Sustainable Cities and Communities", students will choose an area they are interested in. It could be how the Chinese protect the cultural relics in modern cities. In Goal 3 "Health and well-being" you can investigate, for example, why do the Chinese eat many dishes in the evening (it can be 5 dishes for a family of 3 men) but don't get fat.
If you are fascinated by the East - from imperial palaces to skyscrapers, from cooking to Kung fu, from natural beauty to smart technology and if you want to get to know the Chinese youth, see how ordinary Chinese people live their daily lives, then choose China.

PRACTICAL INFO

Visas: Citizens from most EU countries do not need a visa to travel to China. For those who do need a visa, we create an electronic one.

ECONOMY

Self-payment: Approx. 11,600 DKK.

Vaccinations (Diphtheria - Tetanus + Hepatitis A)

Pocket money recommended: 1,000 kr.

VACCINATIONS

Diphtheria, Tetanus, Hepatitis A

AFTER THE JOURNEY

After the trip, you can choose between three types of products: an article, a PowerPoint or a video about the trip or projects.

TEACHERS

 
 
Ning Xu
xn@ranumefterskole.dk