Co-hosted by Yale Club of Beijing and Yale Center Beijing

Event Time

Friday, June 13, 2025

Registration
6:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Lecture
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Location

Yale Center Beijing 
36th Floor Tower B of IFC Building 8 Jianguomenwai Avenue Chaoyang District, Beijing (Yong'anli Subway Station, Exit C) 

Registration and Fees

Registration
Please click “HERE” to register.

Please send an email to yalecenterbeijing@yale.edu if there are any problems. If you encounter any payment issues, please attach a screenshot that identifies the issue.

Ticket: Free for Yale alumni; RMB 30 for regular admission. 

*The registration fee is non-refundable. Unless due to a force majeure reason, Yale Center Beijing will not refund any part of the registration fee if a participant fails to attend the event.

Walk-ins will not be accepted.

The language of the event will be English.

*Chinese subtitles will be provided during the event.

Note: Seats are available on a first-come-first-served basis.

The Event

On June 13, Pauline Lin, Senior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies of East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale University, will discuss her latest research on the construction of an early Chinese "waterpark" in the Pit of Bronze Birds (Pit K0007) from the First Emperor of Qin's Mausoleum at Yale Center Beijing. Through the talk, Lin will introduce the audience to what an early Chinese "garden" might have been like, linking it to some of the characteristics of later Chinese imperial parks we might find from objects in the Palace Museum's ongoing exhibit on Chinese gardens and works from the Beinecke Library at Yale University.

The Benefit

Yale alumni, students, and faculty who participate in this event will receive priority access to the “Rejoicing in Woods and Springs with Martina Droth” event on June 27. Please scan the QR code or copy the link below for more details.

https://yalecenterbj.glueup.cn/event/rejoicing-in-woods-and-springs-with-martina-droth-47545/

Note: Yale Center Beijing reserves the final right of interpretation for this event.

The Speaker

Pauline Lin
Senior Lecturer & Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, Yale University

Pauline Lin is Senior Lecturer in East Asian Languages & Literatures and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale University. She received her BA in Literature, and her MA and PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University, specializing in classical Chinese literature and art. She also studied painting connoisseurship with Marilyn Wong-Gleysteen at the National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, DC. Currently, her research focuses on early medieval Chinese literature and art, and she teaches classical Chinese, sinological methods, and a seminar on Chinese parks and gardens.