Students’ Report

2019 STUDY NPU Summer Program (July 4th-17th 2019)

By: Rifka Maulidya

The 2019 Study NPU Summer Program is an annual program organized by

Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People Republic of China. This
program is intended to foster a better understanding of Chinese culture and experience the
blend of ancient charms and modern lifestyle.

Xi’an was the capital city of China a long time ago (in the 11th century BC). Holding
the cultural heritage of China and the eastern end to the silk road, Xi’an is exposed to many
fusions of cultures. Furthermore, Xi’an is also part of the West triangle economic zone
besides Chongqing and Chengdu, making this city also advanced in their city layout, city
hygiene and society management. Xi’an is a muslim-friendly city, so it wasn’t hard to find a
halal restaurant, they even have a halal canteen inside the university. Additionally, Xi’an is a
well-organized city. It has many modern buildings but the ancient sites are well-maintained.
Since we visited Xi’an in summer, the weather during our Summer Program was a little bit
hot but it got cold when it rained on a few days.

Northwestern Polytechnical University (also known as Xīběi Gōngyè Dàxué) is

a National Key University, directed by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
of the People's Republic of China, located in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. It is a Chinese Ministry
of Education Class A Double First Class University and is a member of Project 985 and
Project 211. The campus has two locations, the Youyi Campus (old campus) and Chang’an
Campus (new campus). During this summer program, we stayed at the international student
dormitory at the old campus.
 Dates Time Activity

Jul.4(Thur.) 09:00-17:00 Airport Pick-up 机场接机

09:30-11:30 School visiting 航天航海实验室参观

Jul.5（Fri.）
17:00-18:00 Opening Ceremony 开营仪式

10:00-12:00
Chinese Culture Course （上午古琴，识香 下午抄
Jul.6（Sat.）
经- 丝路风情街少林都市禅堂）
14:00-17:00

10:00-12:00 Silk Road Museum Visit 大唐西市博物馆

Jul.7（Sun.）
14:00-17:00 Wingchun Kungfu 咏春拳

Jul.8（Mon.） All Day Da Ming Palace visit 大明宫

Engineering Training Center：Innovation Course

9:30-11:00
新校区工程训练中心
Jul.9（Tue.）
14:00-15:00 New Campus Visiting 新校区参观/校史馆

Jul.10（Wed.） All Day Making airplane Model & Competition 航模

Jul.11（Thur.） All Day Terra-Cotta Warriors Visit 兵马俑

Morning 自由活动 Free time
Jul.12（Fri.） Chinese Culture Street，Bell Tower
14:00-18:00
书院门古文化一条街，钟鼓楼
10:00-12:00 Chinese Painting 中国书画
Jul.13（Sat.）
14:30-16:30 Chinese Folk music 中国民乐
Giant Wild Goose Pagoda 大雁塔
Jul.14
All day Tang all-day Mall 大唐不夜城
（Sun.）

Jul.15 10:00-12:00 Enterprise Visit 企业参观(华为)

（Mon.） 14:00-16:00 Free time 自由活动

Jul.16（Tue.） All Day Shaanxi Historical Museum 陕西历史博物馆

Jul.17（ Wed.） Airport Drop-off

Reports

We arrived at Xianyang International Airport on July 3 rd, at 8 pm local time. We were

picked up by the volunteers of this program, also the students of NPU. They were very
friendly and welcoming to us. Because we arrived earlier than the schedule, the program
hadn’t started yet, so we had free time on the first day while waiting for the other students
from other countries. We went strolling outside the campus in the morning. In the evening,
we walked to the City Wall. The opening ceremony was held on July 5th, where we met the
other participants of the program from Russia and France.

The next day, we had Chinese Culture Course. The place was 5 minutes-walk from
the campus. We learned how to play the “Guqin”, a plucked seven-string Chinese musical
instrument of the zither family. The teacher taught us one simple song that wasn’t really hard
to learn. After lunch, we learned to do Chinese Calligraphy. It was really hard because we
were not used to it. There were many rules in practicing the Chinese Calligraphy and we have
to do it the right way. Two days after, we came again and had “Wingchun Kungfu” class.
Learning Kungfu was really fun. We learned some basics techniques and practiced it in a pair
with our friend. Because we were not used to it, we got tired immediately.
 During the program, we visited many historical sites such as Terra Cotta Warrior, Da
Ming Palace and Giant Wild Goose Pagoda. Due to their popularities, these places were very
crowded with tourists and locals. Furthermore, we also visited many museums such as Silk
Road Musem and Shaanxi Historical Museum. They also took us to the new campus
(Chang’an Campus)a and visited many laboratories there.
 Other than calligraphy and instrument, we also learned Chinese painting and folk
music. We practiced many times before we did the actual painting. After the painting class,
we listened to Chinese folk music performed by many elderlies. It was fascinating. They were
really good at it. After their performance, we tried to play some of the instruments.

Besides learning about Chinese Cultures, we had a competition of making airplane

model. We were devided into five groups, 4 students in each group. The teacher
demonstrated how to make the airplane and then we were asked to make it with our own
creativities. After our airplane models were finished, we went to the field to fly them.

We actually had the schedule to do enterprise visit to Huawei, but because of one
thing after another, we couldn’t do that. Instead, we had some Chinese course. We learned
some basic Chinese. It was hard but the teacher taught us interactively so we didn’t get bored.
 There’s s one food street named Muslim Street/Quarter or often called as Hui
Muslims Street. It is really famous in Xi’an. The street is always crowded and lively. The
Muslim street is well-known for serving a lot of delicious food. We tried a lot of food and
drinks. Our favorites were the grilled squid and the yoghurt. Besides food and drinks, they
also sell a lot of merchandise such as key-chain, hand fan, bookmarks, hairpin, etc. We
bought many of them to bring them to Indonesia as souvenirs.

Closing

We thank the International Office of University of Indonesia for not only providing us
with information, but also giving us scholarships and opportunities to join the “2019 STUDY
NPU Summer Program”. This program gave us the experience of international exposure, to
blend in a foreign country and understand more about the culture. Our gratitude and highest
appreciation are also given to Kak Arief Wica Wibisono for the help, cooperation, care, and
all the assistance that supported and helped us in the process of the program.