The winter morning was quite chilly and desolate in Shanghai, Ms. Hu, however, cheerfully went to work on a bicycle, wearing a pair of red wool gloves. "My daughter knitted this pair of gloves for me. They warm both my hands and my heart. Few girls learn knitting nowadays." Her daughter studies at the ladies' college of culture of Shanghai Normal University. She spent two weeks knitting a pair of wool gloves for her mother. Many of her classmates have knitted some presents for their families. "She is our only girl, and we certainly hope she find a good job and get married to a good young man. Studying at a ladies' college can protect her from a lot of trouble, and a nice lady is also welcomed by everyone," said Ms. Hu.
Shanghai was the cradle of modern women's educational view in China. Girls' schools have played a significant role in China's history of education. China once abandoned special girls' schools after the liberation of the country, but recently, girls' schools and ladies' colleges have become a vogue once again.
More than one century after the first girls' school of China was founded, Shanghai Women's Federation and Shanghai Normal University jointly set up the city's first special college for young women - the ladies' college of culture - in 2000, aiming to cultivate inter-disciplinary female talents with modern consciousness.
In 2005, Tongji University's ladies' college opened some new elective courses for girl students, including flower art, tea art and needlecraft, basics of cooking, nutrition and health care, interior decoration basics, image design and temperament training. At image design classes, girl students put on their favorite clothes and appropriate make-up and illustrate their understanding of esthetics in beautiful melodies. At housecraft classes, they knit hairy gloves with apt hands as gifts for the orphaned and the elderly at traditional Chinese festivals such as Chongyang Festival (a festival to drive away diseases and in some areas to commemorate the deceased, one of the most common activities on this day is to climb mountains). At flower art and tea art classes, they follow their teachers to appreciate the charm of traditional arts in the bright sun.
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