Both Study Tour Week and coming-of-age ceremony are our traditional programs, and on November 11th of the Fall/Winter ’22 quarter, we linked the two for the first time with a sparkling open-air coming-of-age ceremony on the beach in Xiamen, to sink our teeth into some serious words while others were on a shopping spree. The five protagonists in turn expressed their confusion and thoughts about adulthood, their responsibilities and expectations through their speeches. As the guest of honor, Mr. Tan Pek Niu, a scholar of late Qing history, shared his understanding of the word “adulthood” – commemorating the human being in the midst of time. After the coming-of-age ceremony, we had an unforgettable 24 hours of craziness.
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