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Today we’ve experienced in Holland what the Chinese culture is about. We start our tour at Katendrecht/ Deliplein where Fenmei Hu (visual artist) gave us a introduction about the history of the Chinese people in Holland. After that we went to the Belvédère house, a storytelling house where stories come to life. We saw some items that are from the Chinese culture that lived in Katendrecht like the famous Family Zee. We could took a short look at the exhibition upstairs where Linda (one of the initiators) gave us a short story how ‘the storystelling house’ started. More about this you find at: http://www.belvedererotterdam.nl/

Next, we visit ‘Santos’, to know more about the European China Centre Rotterdam (ECCR) Dada introduced the student about the plans of the building. We could take a close look at the models of the building. Where Dada explains us more about  the construction and what’s in the building ( Like a real Chinese garden).

So, now we’ve seen the Old Chinatown of Rotterdam we took the metro to the ‘West-kruiskade’ where Chinatown is now.
We walked the street, visit a Chinese toko (supermarket) and smell some nice flavors. We went to ‘Kookstudio het Zesde Geluk’ where the founder gave us a short presentation about Chinese Fooddesign and cooking. You can also have a tea taste session and some chinese cook workshop. I definitely will do that. http://tea2choc.com/

After we smell and saw some delicious things, it was time to eat real Chinese food. Time for Dimsum! We eat a lot and we talk with the guide and another Chinese man who started a network for Chinese people who will work here. They told us a lot about the Chinese culture vs. the culture here.

Our stomach was filled so we went back to our Minor Room for the workshop Food Design. Dada was introducing first some projects they”ve made for companies and then it was our turn. Our short briefing: Introduce the Bao Zi (famous Chinese snack sort of Bapao) here in Holland.

It was fun to do, but a had like a little ‘after dinner dip’ so my brains worked slower. But my team and I made a new concept for the Bao Zi where you can put your own Bao Zi together. We gave a little presentation at the end of the day.

So, how do I look back on this day?
It was a nice tour trough Rotterdam with Dada and Fenmei Hu. Now, I’ve got a better picture of what the background of the Chinese culture is about. First we gather information about the culture and how they live here, we taste real chinese food and all that came back into the workshop. I was total loss that night, but with a lot of new insights! I can’t wait to see china in real life!