Monday, April 12, 2010
Today we left Xian for Beijing. Prior to leaving our group went to the Huixian Art Gallery and were given a presentation on Peasant Art from a historical perspective in China. This art is extremely new compared to China’s history but very important (this was a museum Mrs. Biesecker would have loved). The Peasant Art began in the 1950s and it is art that is done by the rural people or peasants. It depicts the different events of China’s last 50 years in art form. Most of this is done through pictures and there we saw so many interesting paintings and other forms of artwork. Two of the original paintings we saw have been made postage stamps and one was painted for President Nixon back in the early 1970s when he visited China (and I was in middle school). At the time, that was an important event between America and China. If you have read the paper in the last couple of days you will notice that China’s leader is in Washington D.C. with other world leaders having discussions about nuclear weapons.
Following our art tour we hopped on the bus and hustled to the airport. We flew to Beijing in one hour and forty–five minutes and as we flew in it was very windy and for me, scary. We took a bus from the airport to our hotel, which is downtown. We ate a traditional meal, which means there were about ten different options of vegetables, meats, and bread.
Tomorrow we will go to China Ministry of Education and Tian’anmen Square.
PUMA students, I know you are following the Simple Six and working hard on your studies as you prepare for the upcoming ISTEP exams. Thank you for your leadership!
