Hand in Hand Chinese Culture Program

On the fifth day of camp, the dragon's clues led us to the park and the final hiding place of the treasure. After a long and difficult search, we found the treasure that the dragon had left for all the campers!

To celebrate our wonderful week looking for the treasure at camp, we had a picnic at the park, performed the dances that we learned this week for our parents, and got all wet with water balloons and squirt guns!

What a great week!

More pictures from our last day of camp can be found here.


I think we found a clue!


We found the dragon!


Hitting the dragon pinata


The little class performs their dance


The big class's final dance pose


We got to meet our little sisters' families


...and we got super wet!

For our fourth day at camp, we visited the Chinese marketplace and learned about Chinese fashion.


We made Chinese paper dolls with "Qi Pao," traditional Chinese dresses


Throughout the week, the campers earned stamps if they behaved and cleaned up their work stations, and on the last day, they used their stamps to go shopping!


There's so much to buy!


Look at our purchases!

Today, we visited a Chinese Tea House to taste some different kinds of Chinese tea and finished the day with some calligraphy!


We ate Dian Xin, or desserts, with our tea


Everyone loved Bubble Tea or Milk Tea, a popular drink in China made by mixing milk with tea


Practicing Chinese calligraphy

Our clue brought us to the Forbidden City today on our quest to find the black dragon's hidden treasure. As we searched for more clues, or detectives learned about the ancient Chinese imperial palace and painted Chinese pagodas. The Forbidden City got its name because commoners were forbidden to enter the palace where the emperor lived. People from all over the world visit it today to see its beautiful architecture.


Margaux's illustration of the Forbidden Palace


There are lots of different pagodas and buildings in the Forbidden City


Painting Chinese pagodas

Oh no! The evil Black Dragon has stolen the treasure of the great Golden Dragon! Luckily, we have our awesome Dragon Detectives to help us solve the mystery and find the Golden Dragon's missing treasure this week.

On the first day, all of our detectives received their detective notebooks and a handy dandy magnifying glass. These will be very helpful throughout the week as we go on our mission.

Our first assignment took us to the Chinese Opera House, where we made Chinese opera masks. We also used Chinese papercuts to decorate our detective tote bags. At the Opera House, we found our first clue, which will lead us to tomorrow's location and bring us closer to finding the missing treasure.