The outdoor Chinese class

This morninig, our Chinese professor, professor Han, took the class outside the campus to have the Chinese class. Professor Han is professional in birds, insect, and plants. He always took birds and plant as examples in Chinese class. He also have established books which talked about ancient poems and composition that relative to birds.

Our touring start from school gate. First, professor Han introduced us the dragonfly's juvenile, Euphaea decorata.

http://contest.ks.edu.tw/~river/environment/insect/insect4.htm

Later, we met the Ring-cupped oak, whose fruit is oval-shaped, and had a sharper end. It was the fruit which appear in the cartoon movie, Ice Age, sought by the squirrel. And also appeared in My Neighbor TOTORO, an animation made by Japanese director, Miyazaki Hayao.

The fruit I pick under the ring-cupped oak tree

Then, we met the wintergreen. Its fruit is red, which was usually picked to hang on the door in Christmas. Its wood was also used to make Harry Potter's wand, 13-inch long, did you remember?

The fruit I pick under the wintergreen tree

(It was bright red as soon as I picked it. After several hours, it became dark red.)

We continued meeting a plenty of fascinating plant, birds, and insects, like butterflies, dragonflies, and larvae. It was a unforgettable and interesting class I have ever taken. Hope that we will have more chance to have such class in the future.