1.Summer Social Practice to DaLian Organized bySchool of Economics of Peking University（经济学院赴辽宁大连实践团）

中文简介：近年来舆论宣传上虽对皮影戏有足够重视，但由于经济上文化市场资金不足，外部环境上对于受电视、电影等现代媒介冲击，造成皮影戏的保护工作举步维艰。本次活动基于以上背景，力图为辽南皮影戏做出深入调研，提出结合专业实际的建议方法。

A brief introduction of our team
School of Economics of Peking University has a long history of organizing social practice activities. This year, several teams will apply for summer social practice. Our team plans to go to Dalian in Liaoning province. We are trying to figure out the current situation and protection of shadow play, a state-level non-material cultural heritage, by conducting in-depth interviews, and give our reasonable suggestions to its development.

Background
Shadow play originated from the Western Han dynasty, which is 2000 years from now. Relevant researches showed that all the types of Chinese drama derived from Shanxi Qin drama, which first originated from the shadow play. That’s to say, shadow play was the chief source of Chinese drama art.
Recently, though public media has enough attention to the shadow play, the protection of shadow play are confronted with dire challenges, as a result of the lack of cultural funds, the rapid expansion of modern media, and the lack of sorting and summary on its own inheritance process. Based on the background above, this activity tries to conduct in-depth research on shadow play and propose reasonable solution.

Feasibility analysis
This activity is highly supported by Dalian Government and Liaoning Normal University in Dalian will corporate with us to achieve our goal. In addition, we have already connected to the successor of shadow paly, who are willing to cooperate with our practice.
Schedule: We are going to arrive in Dalian on July 26th and conduct the social practice from July 27th to July 29th

Expected achievements
As the most important achievement, the practice report will include the current development of shadow play and research results about the number of people who enjoy shadow play, performance events and performing difficulties. In addition, we are going to forecast the future development of shadow play through the establishment of government intervention under market economic model.
What’s more, we are planning to record the practice in a micro film named “The Dream Shadow”, adopting documentary filming technique, hoping to show a vivid Liaoning.

Budget(per member)
Transportation: 800RMB(by train)or 1500RMB(by air)
Accommodation:400(rooms)*4(days) =1600RMB
Local transportation and communication expense: 200*4(days)=1200RMB
Other: 1000RMB
Total：4600RMB(by train)or 5300RMB(by air)

2.Recruitment Information of Quanzhou Practice Group “A Journey of the Maritime Silk Roads”（北京大学赴福建泉州暑期调研团）

中文简介：泉州作为“海上丝路”的起点，见证了东西的交融与陆海的碰撞。其历史文化遗存中孕育着开放、包容、进取的精神，成为中华文化复兴的精神动力。团队将发掘古迹中的历史文化价值，探索海洋文明的建构对文化复兴的借鉴。

Introduction of Quanzhou

Located on the southeastern coast of China and enjoying a history of more than 1300 years, the city of Quanzhou used to be the most important Chinese port along the historic Maritime Silk Roads from the 11th century to 14thcentury. Known as Zayton by traders arriving from the Arab world, the port has welcomed sailors and travelers from many different cultures and religions. The four great travelers of the medieval West---Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, Giovanni Marignolli, and Odoric---all wrote the openness and prosperity of Quanzhou. The North African traveler Ibn Battuta compared it to the Egyptian port of Alexandria, and Marco Polo described it as "one of the largest ports in the world."
Sailors, merchants and explorers came together in Quanzhou from the Maritime Silk Roads, and their continual presence in the city contributed to the development of peaceful coexistence between the many different ethnic and religious groups in the city, including Buddhists, Hindus, Taoists, Nestorians, Manichaeans, Jews, Catholics and Muslims. This is illustrated by the diversity of historic religious sites and monuments in the city of Quanzhou. The Kaiyuan temple, with its twin pagoda towers, is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in China, whilst the Laojun statue, which is the biggest Chinese stone statue, illustrates the presence of Taoism. The Qingjing Mosque, furthermore, is China's oldest mosque, and stands as a witness to the long-lasting interaction between Quanzhou and the Arabian world. Additionally, the Can An (Thatched Hut) Manichaean temple hosts the only stone statue of the Manichaean prophet, Mani.

l  Purpose of Our Practice

The traditional Chinese civilization, usually represented inland, agricultural and conservative, actually has a another face---open, inclusive and export-oriented. Quanzhou, as the beginning point of the Maritime Silk Roads, serves as the best example for these characteristics.
We hope to explore the Chinese maritime civilization, discover the historical experiences buried in the rise and decline of this ancient port, and learn the exchange  of culture and trade in ancient times between China and other Eurasian countries through this social practice. It will probably contribute to the protection of the cultural heritages in Quanzhou and the constitution of the “21st century Maritime Silk Roads”.

l  Schedule

Monday 17th August 2015:
---Arrive at Quanzhou and meet other members of the group.

Tuesday 18th August 2015:
Morning
---Hold a symposium with officials of Cultural Affairs Bureau of Quanzhou on the following points:
1. The history and cultural heritages of Quanzhou.
2. The blueprint for the protection and development of cultural heritages in the future
Afternoon
---Hold an informal discussion with teachers and students from Huaqiao (literally overseas Chinese) University about the influence on Quanzhou’s culture of overseas Chinese.

Wednesday 19th August 2015:
Morning
---Visit the ancient port of Quanzhou, also known as Zayton, and study the vicissitude of this ancient port.
Afternoon
---Visit Quanzhou Overseas Relations Museum and understand the status of Quanzhou in Maritime Silk Roads.

Thursday 20th August 2015:
Morning
---Visit Thean Hou Temple, which is the temple of Matsu, the Chinese patron goddess who is said to protect seafarers, such as fishermen and sailors.
Afternoon
---Watch Nanyin Opera and interview the performers about how the ancient opera can adjust itself to the trend of modernization and globalization.

Friday 21st August 2015:
---Visit Tumen Street.
Established in the 13th century, Tumen Street has become a great platform the exchange of diverse cultures and religions. There are 32 historic sites lying in this street, including temples and shrines of Confucianism, Buddhism, Islam, Hindu and Manichaeism.

Saturday 22nd August 2015:
Leave Quanzhou.

Notice:
The schedule above is just a preliminary idea. There is still room for discussion and changes.

l  Requirements:
---Good Chinese and English.
---At least have a smattering of the Maritime Silk Roads and the city of Quanzhou.
---Patient, careful, supportive. Has strong team work spirit.

3.Summary about 2015 summer camp of Traditional Chinese Culture held by Culti-readers group （耕读社传统文化研修夏令营）

中文简介：北大耕读社传统文化研修夏令营在北京七宝阁书院一同开展为期八天的以传统文化为核心的系列活动。传承传统文化、辅助青年学生生命成长、辅助传统文化社团组织建设、培养社会担当意识。活动主要内容包括洒扫庭除、晨读经典、师友课堂、习艺进道、切磋问学、习武正身、心灵夜灯等。
During the summer break of 2015, the Culti-readers group of PKU is going to hold a summer camp about traditional Chinese culture. Designed for members of traditional Chinese culture groups across the country, this summer camp will enlist about 40 members. The summer camp will be held in Beijing QIBAOGE academy with a series of activities centered of traditional Chinese culture for eight days.

[Basic Information]
Theme: 2015 summer camp of Traditional Chinese Culture held by Culti-readers group
Objectives: To pass on our traditional culture, to help with the development of young students, to find a way of the construction of traditional culture groups, to develop the willingness of taking the responsibilities of the society.
Instructors: Prof. Yulie Lou of the department of Philosophy in PKU, Associate Prof. Yanfeng Zhao of the department of Chinese as second language in PKU, The dean of QIBAOGE academy Yihong Ma.
Date: 2015.8.16 – 2015.8.24
Location: QIBAOGE academy in Beijing
Organizers: 13 members of Culti-readers group in PKU
Participants: members from traditional Chinese culture groups in universities across the country

Main content:
Traditional way of life: to keep the garden as well as our soul clean.
Reading the classics: to read the classics of Confucius out loud in the morning
Lectures: the way of academy, filial duties to parents, ceremonies and courtesies of traditional China, traditional Chinese medicine
Traditional arts: the ceremonies of traditional China, calligraphy, experience of traditional Chinese medicine, traditional songs singing.
Discussions: how to develop a traditional culture group, how to treat the traditional regularities, how to live a natural life, what to expect in college.
Traditional Chinese exercise: eight episodes of classical QI GONG
Our stories: where are we from, our reading experience, the story between me and the classics, my picture of love

Requirements:

1. qualified of HSK 5, be able to deal with daily life in Chinese, be able to express your own opinion about certain topics clearly in Chinese

2. have some basic knowledge of traditional Chinese culture, especially the ideas and basic concepts of Confucius. Interested in philosophy.

3. Be able to read the books recommended with the help of our members

4. Open minded and be willing to embrace the difference between cultures, like to express yourself and be a good listener.

4.2015 Guangxi cultural social summer program of TZY Service Association（仲英公益促进协会赴广西实践团）

中文简介：本实践团将通过对话当地村民和咨询当地自治机构等方式近距离感受少数民族特色的风俗传统、追溯历史文化变迁脉络，并试图分析其在文化传播、风俗传承、加强各少数民族的沟通交流等方面的特点，并为培养强大生命力的民族特色文化提出有益的建议。
【Program Introduction】
Launched by TZY Service Association, this social practice program is now recruiting members from the whole campus, for those who contain an aspiration of protecting traditional national culture and prompting national unity, and for those who have a concern for the historical geography transitions and economic or cultural development in remote areas. We are in the hope that our program members could adhere to our association’s spirit of ‘serving the public and considering for others’, and cultivate a social awareness of undertaking the responsibilities of social development and cultural inheritance, during interactions with the local population and autonomous bodies. Further, taking advantages of our specialized knowledge, we wish to bring forward improvement proposals for accelerating the construction of locally characteristic development patterns, in various aspects including economy, policy, geography, and culture communication. In one word, we are in the aim of making contributions to the propagation of splendid national cultures, and to the promotion of national communications.

【Time】July 7,2015 to August 8
【Place】Sanjiang Dong autonomous County in Liuzhou, Huanjiang Maonan autonomous County in Hechi, and Luocheng autonomous County in Guangxi province.

【Content】The team will research on local cultural heritages, intangible cultural heritages and construction experience and existing issues in the tourist area for 10 days. It mainly consists of three parts: cultural investigation; collecting the statistics of inhabitant distribution, farming situation, outside employment, education level (especially for children and the old), and living conditions; visiting autonomy organization.
The pacific contents are listed as follows:
1.In Sanjiang county, we mainlyresearch onthe tangible cultural heritageslikethe Dong Fengyu Bridge, architecturual and clothingdecorative patterns, as well as the intangiblecultural heritages such asmarriage customs, SanjiangDongzutaige, peasant paintings, andexperience in buildingand its problems in tourist area;
2. Huanjiang County, with its unique natural and geographical conditions, gave birth to a rich variety of drama, in which Maonan Opera and Feitao Opera have special qualities. The former reflects people’s joys and sorrows of life and love, while the latter melts several kinds of Maonan traditional art forms as a whole, which is the ritual expressing the traditional expectation that God and people stay in harmony.
3.Finally, we will go toLuochengCounty and research on the relic of the ancient townand the protection of the old-growth forests.
Specificitineraryis listed as follows:

Trip mode：

Primitive Villages

【leader】
leader：Xinyu Li (Grade 3, Yuanpei College of Peking University)
【instructor and counselor】
Deying liu, vice leader of Student Affair Department in Peking University
Xu Zhang, instructor of the association and Student Affair Department
【How to Apply】
Please send your name, gender, grade, nationality, college, telephone and email to ycliyun@pku.edu.cn.

5.Investigate the ways Sinology cultural heritage spread（北京大学赴北京各书院暑期实践团）

中文简介：正处于转型阶段的中国，更多的人开始追求精神世界的满足，而国学文化无疑是最好的精神补品，顺应这个潮流，兴起了一批书院专门传授国学，包括书法、国画、京剧、茶道等，团队计划去了解其运营模式以及发展理念。
The practice contents:
In order to have a better understanding of the ways Sinology cultural heritage spread, our group is going to do an investigation in several academies in the suburbs of Beijing, which are located in Haidian District and Shunyi District.
The main forms of our survey are as follows:
1) communicating with teachers, dean and students;
2) participating in their class;
3) investigating the local villagers’ attitude towards these academies ;
4) consulting the local government;
The whole activity will last from 9th July to 15th July. Now our team has nine members and each one of us is freshman or sophomore. If you are free these days, welcome to join us.



6.Social survey of Nanjing Yunjin（北京大学赴南京云锦研究暑期实践团）

中文简介：锦绣金陵，六朝古都南京以时光为梭，以智慧为线，织出云霞般的云锦。我们希望通过此次实践研究云锦的历史渊源、织造技艺和传承现状，并为以云锦为代表的中国传统文化与技艺寻一条传承之路，研究南京云锦的历史渊源、织造技艺和传承保护情况，宣传云锦文化，提出传承保护建议。

refers to the incredibly beautiful brocade made in Nanjing, capital city of eastern Jiangsu Province . Yun in Chinese means clouds, and jin means brocade. Representing the highest ancient technique in the silk industry, Yunjin is often referred to as "the last milestone in the technological history of Chinese silk fabrics". Our team has members with various background, from different majors such as management, computer science, mathematics, chemistry and social science. We are dynamic and creative, dedicating to find a way to protect and further develop Nanjing Yunjin. Hope you can join us!
Here is our plan for this social practice
Aug 1st
9am to 12pm  Meet and communicate with staff of Nanjing Yunjin Museum (we have already contacted them)
3 pm to 6 pm VisitNanjing Yunjin Museum
Aug 2nd
9am to 12pm   Have an interview with the inheritor of this textile skill
3 pm to 6 pmVisit Confucius Temple and Laomendong (places with folk art)
Aug 3rd
9am to 12pm   Visit Jiangning weaving department (another museum) study the relationship of Yunjin and
  3 pm to 6 pm   Have an interview with the staff of the museum and study the present situation of Yunjin
Aug 4th
Cooperate with “ the origin of love” (a voluntary organization in Nanjing), give a lesson to primary school students about Yunjin
Aug 5th
9am to 12pm   Visit imperial textile workshop and have an interview with Bai Jintao
3 pm to 6 pm   Group study. Parallel study about Yunjin and Zhuangjin.

7.Zou LuXing social practice committee（历史学系邹鲁行社会实践团）

中文简介：本实践团队的社会实践目的地是山东省济宁市，它是儒家文化的发源地，文化底蕴丰厚。儒家文化又是中国传统文化中最核心的部分，对中国人的影响可谓深远。观摩历史古迹，接触乡情民俗，学习儒家文化，弘扬传统文化是本次社会实践的主要目标。

The destination of our group is Jining, Shandong Province. Jining is the cradle land of Confucius school, which has a flourishing culture and a brilliant history. Confucianism is the essential core of Chinese traditional culture and influences Chinese people for almost two thousand years. In this field work, we mainly aim to: visit historic sites, get in touch with local people, study Confucian culture, and uphold traditional culture.

Schedule in detail:

Day 1: arrived at Qufu East, visit Qufu Confucius Research Institute in the afternoon (Stay in Qufu for the first three nights.)

Day 2: visit the Temple of Zhougong and the Old county of Lu afterwards.

Day 3: investigate the construction of Confucian Temple, and the stone tablets’ collection of Han Dynasty.

Day 4: leave for Zou city to visit the temple of Meng. Stay in Jining city for one night.

Day 5: visit the Museum of Jining city in the morning, explore the local customs of Jining and the Grand Canal in the afternoon.

Day 6: leave for Jiaxiang county to visit the Temple of Zeng, and the Temple of Wuliang’s stone figure of Han Dynasty. Stay in Jiaxiang for one night.

Day 7: organize the previous days’ information, go back to Beijing in the afternoon.

8.Recruitment Information of Xiamen Practice Group（北京大学厦门实践团）

中文简介：本次暑期实践调研活动通过实地考察、人物访谈、交流座谈考察厦门的城市规划，了解厦门独特的政治经济文化资源，寻找厦门精神的内核，从而找到厦门市文化的源头，并且给其他城市建设城市文化提供借鉴。  

l  Introduction of Xiamen

Located on the southeastern coast of China and enjoying a history of more than 1300 years, the city of Xiamen is one of the most important Chinese port since Reform and Opening. The port has welcomed sailors and travelers from many different cultures and religions.
Sailors, merchants and explorers came together in Xiamen from the Maritime Silk Roads, and their continual presence in the city contributed to the development of peaceful coexistence between the many different ethnic and religious groups in the city, including Buddhists, Hindus, Taoists, Nestorians, Manichaeans, Jews, Catholics and Muslims. This is illustrated by the diversity of historic religious sites and monuments in the city of Xiamen.

l  Purpose of Our Practice

The traditional Chinese civilization, usually represented inland, agricultural and conservative, actually has a another face---open, inclusive and export-oriented. Xiamen, as the one of the beginning point of the Maritime Silk Roads, serves as the best example for these characteristics.
We hope to explore the Chinese maritime civilization, discover the historical experiences buried in the rise and decline of this ancient port, and learn the exchange  of culture and trade in ancient times between China and other Eurasian countries through this social practice. It will probably contribute to the protection of the cultural heritages in Xiamen and the constitution of the “21st century Maritime Silk Roads”.

l  Schedule

Monday 17th August 2015:
---Arrive at Xiamen and meet other members of the group.

Tuesday 18th August 2015:
Morning
---Hold a symposium with officials of Cultural Affairs Bureau of Quanzhou on the following points:
3. The history and cultural heritages of  Xiamen.
4. The blueprint for the protection and development of cultural heritages in the future
Afternoon
---Hold an informal discussion with teachers and students from Xiamen University about the influence on Xiamen’s culture of overseas Chinese.

Wednesday 19th August 2015:
Morning
---Visit the port of Xiamen, and study the vicissitude of this ancient port.
Afternoon
---Visit Xiamen Museum and understand the history of Xiamen .

Thursday 20th August 2015:
Morning
---Visit the temple of Matsu, the Chinese patron goddess who is said to protect seafarers, such as fishermen and sailors.
Afternoon
---Watch Nanyin Opera and interview the performers about how the ancient opera can adjust itself to the trend of modernization and globalization.

Friday 21st August 2015:
---Visit Gulangyu Island.

Saturday 22nd August 2015:
Leave Xiamen.

Notice:
The schedule above is just a preliminary idea. There is still room for discussion and changes.

l  Requirements:
---Good Chinese and English.
---At least have a smattering of the Maritime Silk Roads and the city of Quanzhou.
---Patient, careful, supportive. Has strong team work spirit.

9.TSI for internationalvolunteers（科技教育交流协会TSI暑期实践项目）

中文简介：于甘肃、贵州、云南等地进行支教，以“授人以鱼不如授人以渔”的理念，教授当地老师计算机、英语等课程，从而整体提升支教地的教育水平。
What is Teacher’s Summer Institute?
   TSI is a program aimed at promoting education. Since 2004, we have been to over ten rural areas. Different from other voluntary teaching programs, we teach teachers instead of students. We provide computer courses and English courses and a variety of other courses to improve their teaching ability, so that we could exert influence on great many students indirectly.
   You will be teaching with your teammates from Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, US and UK. Such cultural diversity makes this experience a rather unforgettable and intriguing one. At the same you are teaching those teachers, you will also be learning from your teammates.

Time schedule
Jingchuan, Gansu     July 4th—July 15th
Zhuanglang, Gansu   July 15th—July 29th
Xifeng, Guizhou      July 20th—August 4th
Binchuan, Yunnan    August 1st—August 7th
Jingning, Gansu      August 5th—August 14th

The requirement for volunteers:
1.      Being able to communicate well with peers as well as elders
2.      Mastering Chinese (can talk fluently)
3.      Mastering English or having a good command of basic computer software (PPT, word, Excel, etc.)