• Chinese lion dance

    Kung fu groups show off their moves with a lucky lion dance

    Saturday 5 February 2011, 10am & 10.30pm

    Duration 30 minutes | Free

  • Chinese fan dance workshops

    Chinese Youth League Cultural Dancing Group

    Saturday 5 February 2011, 1.30pm

    Entrance court | Duration 45 minutes | Free

  • Tai chi workshop

    with Sue Chang from Tai Chi Fitness Australia

    Saturday 5 February 2011, 3.30pm

    Entrance court | Duration 30 minutes | Free

  • Shanghai nights bar

    Chinese New Year special

    Saturday 5 February 2011, 7pm – 10.30pm

    Cafe | Duration 3 hours, 30 minutes | Free

  • Dayan Wild Goose Qigong with Simon Blow

    Find out how to cultivate the energy of life with qigong

    Sunday 6 February 2011, 10.30am

    Entrance court | Duration 30 minutes | Free

  • Animals of the Chinese zodiac

    Join storyteller Kiran Shah as she takes you on a journey to China and other parts of Asia

    Chinese New Year weekend: 5 & 6 February 2011, 11.30am & 12.30pm

    Lower Asian gallery | Duration 30 minutes | Free

  • VisAsia Hing Yiu Mok Mandarin language 2011 lecture

    The tomb of the Marquis Yi of Zeng

    Sunday 6 February 2011, 12.00pm

    Domain Theatre | Duration 1 hour | Free

    Dragon pendant, Warring States period, 4th century BCE, pale green jade, 6.35 × 2.1 × 0.35 cm (detail). Excavated from tomb No 1 at Jiuliandun in Zaoyang, Hubei province, 2002

  • Politics and poetry in ancient China

    Reading and discussion with Ian Johnston on the military philosophy of Modi and writing in troubled times

    Sunday 6 February 2011, 1.30pm

    Upper Asian gallery | Duration 45 minutes | Free

  • Chinese archaeology lectures

    Recent archaeological discoveries

    Sunday 13 February 2011, 10.30am

    Domain Theatre | Duration 2 hours, 30 minutes | Free

    From The First Emperor: China’s entombed warriors. Photo Richard Johnson

  • Drawing workshop: visualise the vessel

    With Jennifer Keeler-Milne

    Wednesdays 9, 16 & 23 February 2011 , 7.30–8.30pm

    Lower Asian gallery | Duration 1 hour | Free

  • Homage to the ancestors exhibition talks

    Perspectives on the exhibition

    Wednesdays, 9 – 23 February 2011, 5.30pm

    Lower Asian gallery | Free

    Dragon pendant, Warring States period, 4th century BCE, Excavated in Zaoyang, Hubei province, 2002 (detail)

  • The Guide from the Grave

    A fun tour through the Chinese collection

    Every Sunday 2 January – 13 March 2011, 2.30pm
    Monday to Friday 3 – 21 January 2011, 11.30am & 12.30pm
    Wednesday 26 January 2011, 2.30pm
    Chinese New Year weekend: 5 & 6 February 2011, 2.30pm

    Entrance court | Duration 30 minutes | Free

  • Calligraphy demonstration

    For Seniors Week

    Thursday 24 March 2011, 11.00am

    Ticketing and membership desk | Duration 30 minutes | Free

    ZHU Nan Calligraphy China: Qing dynasty 1644-1911. Edward and Goldie Sternberg Chinese Art Purchase Fund 1992

  • Special Homage to the ancestors tour

    For Seniors Week

    Thursday 24 March 2011, 12.00pm

    Ticketing and membership desk | Duration 1 hour | Free

    Dragon pendant, Warring States period, 4th century BCE, pale green jade (detail). Excavated from tomb No 1 at Jiuliandun in Zaoyang, Hubei province, 2002

  • Traditional Chinese music performances

    The sounds of the erhu, yangqin and human voice

    Thursday 24 March 2011, 2.00pm

    Function space | Duration 1 hour | Free

    Erhu image by dalbera

  • Mandarin & Cantonese tour of Homage to the ancestors

    For Seniors Week

    Saturday 26 March 2011, 11.00am

    Ticketing and membership desk | Duration 1 hour | Free

    Dragon pendant, Warring States period, 4th century BCE (detail) Excavated from tomb No 1 at Jiuliandun in Zaoyang, Hubei province, 2002

  • Chinese dancing

    Chinese cultural and dance performance with the Chinese Youth League

    Monday to Friday, 11–21 April 2011, 1.30pm

    Entrance court | Duration 30 minutes | Free

  • Mandarin & Cantonese tour of Homage to the ancestors

    Ritual art from the Chu kingdom

    Saturdays 11am
    5 March – 23 April 2011

    Ticketing and membership desk | Free