On 29 May, ICDS invited the spouses and children of foreign officers to the third session of the "Taste China through Painting" Chinese-brushwork series, entitled "Persimmons of Prosperity". Centering on this auspicious theme, the instructor guided the families in carefully sketching persimmons, water-melons, loquats and cabbages—symbols of good fortune. While practising brushwork, ink gradation and composition, they learned the traditional meanings "everything goes as you wish" (事事如意) and "a hundred riches" (百财), and experienced the unique charm of Chinese painting.