Oracles and the Flower People

Belinda began studying Chinese language and Linguistics at the University of New England in Eastern Australia over 25 years ago. She has lived in China for several years, studying at Nankai University in Tianjin, teaching English in Zhejiang Province and involved in informal postgraduate studies in Classical Chinese in Beijing. On all these occasions she has lived closely with Chinese families and communities, at times in very traditional settings.However, Belinda has not written this book from a linear or academic perspective, but rather from an wholistic position, believing that the complexity we like to define as culture, needs to be experienced to some degree, not just observed, in order to understand it. Her life stories as an artist, musician, teacher and mother are reflected in the presentation of the book. The quiet study of Chinese language and culture continue to be part of her daily life.