Explore China

-Nanjing-

-AIESEC NJU-

Background: Culture

L0cation: Nanjing, mainland of China

Time: July 6th – Aug.17th, 2016

Nanjingthe city with one of the most

glorious memory in China

Not like other modern cities, people to Nanjing will be impressed by its well-preserved traditional

architecture and historical sights. Parts of the ancient city walls and gates are still intact, which sets Nanjing apart from most ancient Chinese cities. Here you will

encounter plenty of gorgeous objects speaking highly of

the city’s long history. Jiangnan silk, WuNong whispers,

folk arts, Chinese cuisine and tra-ditional sneaks.

If you want to know about a

country, to know about a city, to

know about its culture, best way is

to live like the people there. To

experience, to discover, to dig, to

explore.

If you want to get the real cultural

experience in Nanjing, you should

be with us. Join us, be a global

volunteer of AIESEC, join our team,

Explore China-Nanjing.

-Explore China-Nanjing is a project of AIESEC NJU. It's a platform for

trainees to know and understand China better, especially Nanjing. It’s

a chance to explore the inner Chinese culture in Nanjing, the city with

one of the most glorious memory in China.

-With your exploration and story, we’ll explore the breath-taking culture with

different methods. As a volunteer we will explore series of Nanjing traditional

culture or custom and participate in different kinds of cultural activities.

-We will visit folk artists to learn the history and story behind Chinese exquisite

handicrafts and perform Nanjing traditional opera. We will explore local food and

cultural ruins. We will explore the mysterious history and beauty of the streets and

alleyways. Also you will have a chance to explore and experience the real Chinese

spring festival.

-After gaining experiences of local custom and Chinese culture, you will use different medias to

spread what you have witnessed and learn about China to people. You will send articles or

photos to the social media or post them to public platform on Wechat. You will bring your

story to neighborhood or campus, deliver shows about folk arts to the communities or

students and appeal to traditional arts in attractive ways.

Project Introduction

Job Description

Explore Record Share

Join cultural

activities to learn

about

Chinese

folk arts,

explore your

own story.

Use different

medias to record

what you have

witnessed and

learn about

China.

Share your

story and feeling

to each

other, bring

your story

to neighborhood

or campus.

Brief Agenda

Workday:Monday to Friday

◆July.6th-13th

Explore history and culture of famous relicsand view spots in Nanjing, communicate with local

people about culture

◆July.13th-20th

Explore traditional food, handicraft, clothes, opera in Nanjing, share experience of culture.

◆July.21st-28th

Work as a journalist and interview local craftsmen to record dying arts in China.

◆July.28th-Aug.10th

Visit nursing homes in Nanjing and be a company with the old.

Visit primary schools and share your love with the kids.◆Aug.11th-Aug.17th

You have a whole week’s self-guided trip, enough time for you to travel wherever you want to and dig more about China!

◎If you have interest and passion in

culture and history.

◎If you have good communication

and teamwork skills.

◎If you have abilities of writing

articles, taking photos and making

videos.

◎If you have cultural adaptation

and understanding.

We want you!

Join us!

We are making pottery!

Join us and we’ve got something fantastic for you.

- Accommodation:EP will live togother youth hostel in the first 2 weeks and then live in host family. We will cover part of that but EP still need to pay about 700 RMB. We ensur trainees will have access to Internet and personal space to work and live. Trainees have to pay their own food during whole project.

-Visa: AIESEC NJU will provide invitation letter to help you apply for the visa. We highly suggest you to apply for F visa. If you can not get F visa, you could apply for any other kinds of visa as long as you could stay in China legally during whole project time.

-Transportation: Trainees have to pay the transportation by themselves. The fee spend on subway or bus in city depend on the distance(mostly $1-$2 per day) If trainees want to visit other cities in free time, AIESEC NJU has no responsibility to put this part into project budget.

-Health certification & InsuranceTrainees should provide health certification when arriving Nanjing. This certification is to prove you are in good health condition. Trainees should buy insurance by themselves before they come to our project. AIESEC NJU has no responsibility to buy it for them.

More Information

• EP will live in youth hostel for the first 2 weeks. We hope EP can have more time to communicate with each other, also get more chances to experience culture diversity.We will cover a part of accommodation, EP still need pay the other part of that, about 700RMB($110) in total.

• For the next 3 weeks EP will live in host family to get closer to the real Chinese culture and see what Chinese families are like.

• As the last week EPs will have a self-guided tour(travel to wherever you want to!), we will not provide accommodation.

Accommodation

Contact Us

Coco Wang 王楚涵

Team Leader of Explore ChinaiGCDP of AIESEC NJU

Nanjing, mainland of China

WeChat: wchhelloEmail: cocowang1103@gmail.comSkype: cocowang1103@gmail.comFackbook: 王楚涵