On November 22nd, BCI held a culture lecture of Introduction to Chinese Tea, Art and Ceremony. Ms Yang, the director of BCI, made an excellent introduction about Chinese tea, including the origin of Chinese tea, different types of tea, tea Art which is composed of evaluation on tea leaves, processing and tasting of tea, the relationship between tea ceremony and tea culture. After the introduction, Ms Party (Chinese name is百迪), one of the audiences, volunteered to perform the Tea Ceremony and serve everyone a cup of delicious Chinese green tea. The audiences are very impressed by the rich variety of Chinese Tea, and particular the spirit and philosophy behind the ceremonies. In the end, Ms Yang gave all participants a small bag of famous Chinese black tea for them to taste back home.

On November 1st, 2014, Business Confucius Institute of Athens (BCI) held a culture lecture of Chinese Calligraphy. Miss Li Weiya, the lecturer, introduced the importance of calligraphy in Chinese culture, the relationship between calligraphy art and Chinese characters, the status of calligraphy in Chinese daily life, and four unique implements to perform Chinese calligraphy. The attendants were very interested and had a quite active interaction with the teacher. Following the introduction, the lecturer provided some traditional tools, including Chinese brush, ink, paper and ink stone, and guided attendants to practice and finish their own calligraphy works. In the end, the lecturer Miss Li gave all attendants the brushes and calligraphy paper as souveniours of this lecture.

On the occasion of 10th Anniversary of Confucius Institute Celebration
Day of Business Confucius Institute in Athens
September 27, 2014, Athens

Dear all BCI friends,

We 're happy to inform you that On the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of Confucius Institute Celebration, and in order to help everybody warm up for the new semester of Chinese language learning and make acquainted with more friends, we are going to hold an event as follows:

Venue: First Floor, No. 46, Kefallinias Street.

Time: Saturday, 27th, September, from 12.00 till 15.00

Activities: Focusing on Chinese culture elements such as experiencing Chinese Calligraphy, Art of Paper Cut, Tasting Chinese cuisines and Chinese Tea, Chinese books exhibition, art and handcrafts exhibition and so on!

We believe you will get a lot of better knowledge about Chinese culture. You, your family and your friends are all welcome to join us!

Look forward to meeting with you!

Business Confucius Institute
Athens University of Business and Economics, Greece