Thursday, December 15, 2016

New Interview! "Story of the Zhang Family: from the Middle Kingdom to the American Midwest"


In these videos, artist Zhang Chun Hong interviews her mother, Bai Yu Zhi, about growing up in China in the 1970s and 1980s and their family history.


The interview was conducted from March 4 to March 6, 2015, at the East Asian Library at the University of Kansas and is available for viewing on KU ScholarWorks https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/handle/1808/22712

Thursday, December 8, 2016

New Tutorial! "How to Make an Otedama"


Lilly Tsubaki shows the world how to create Otedama - a bean bag from her childhood - for the purpose of passing down knowledge and fun.


Otedama (御手玉) /beanbag Japanese beanbags are made of colorful scraps of cloth and usually are filled with red azuki beans or rice. They are round and small enough to fit into the palm of a child's hand; some have bells attached. The beanbag game, traditionally played by girls, uses a set of five, seven, or nine beanbags. The complexity of the game ranges from simply juggling to performing various maneuvers with one or more of the other bags while one bag is in midair. An ancient game originally played with pebbles, it assumed its present form around the 17th century. Source: Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan (1983)  


Available on KU ScholarWorks: 

https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/handle/1808/24521


This is a part of a series of videos prepared by the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Kansas to make the teaching and learning of aspects of East Asian culture available to students, teachers and community organizations. Additional videos include lessons on brush calligraphy, furoshiki wrapping, elementary language, and samurai information for educators. 


To see all Center for East Asian Studies Outreach Teaching Videos: 

https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/handle/1808/22720