Monkey King

June 16, 2015

Beijing’s First Intangible Heritage Museum & Dough Figurines

A museum dedicated to intangible cultural heritage just opened up in Beijing with an emphasis on local arts and crafts. Here is a link to the […]
June 10, 2015

Monkey King Lives!

At last! Work on the Monkey King box has taken a little longer than expected…but it is done!  
May 11, 2015

Making Shadow Puppets for the Monkey King Box

One of the activities suggested in the Monkey King Teacher’s Guide is to have students tell their own stories using shadow puppets. I use the shadow […]
April 28, 2015

Making a Relief Map for the Monkey King Box

Did you know that the Chinese were the first to make relief maps? They made three-dimensional maps as early as the third century BCE to help […]
January 27, 2015

Take a Peek at Meet Monkey King: A Legend from China Teacher’s Guide

I have uploaded a sample from the Meet Monkey King: A Legend from China Teacher’s Guide. You can find it here: Monkey King Teacher’s Guide. The sample […]
January 20, 2015

Making Chinese Dough Figurines

I’ve been working on the activity section for the Monkey King box and spent most of yesterday sculpting figurines out of glutinous rice flour. Luckily, my […]
January 4, 2015

Monkey King Case Almost Complete!

Over the past several months, I’ve been working on putting the Museum Bento cases together and I’m happy to say that the Monkey King case is […]