Hi! My name is Jeremy Rausch and I am a double major in Chinese and Political Science. I have taken Chinese language courses since freshman year of high school and have traveled to China on three separate occasions for varying reasons. I never have taken a course on Chinese art prior to this and I believe art provides unique insight into China’s expansive culture that literature often is unable to delineate. Also, I was originally supposed to be enrolled in a 6-month long study abroad program in Beijing until July of this year, yet due to obvious circumstances I was forced to come home early but am certainly happy to be safe. This picture is one of me and my Chinese host family mother at the Spring festival dinner enjoying a delicious 年夜饭 （I am the one on the right when you are looking at the picture).