CURRENT MISSION

Understanding the world and myself

ABOUT ME

I am a native in Wuhan and I am quite familiar with local culture here. For myself, I am a quite outgoing, talkative and humorous person.

My personal website: https://leihan-chen.me

PHILOSOPHY

I love all beautiful things in the world.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
I enjoy meeting with different interesting people to find some things fun and cool !

Interests

Chinese traditional poetry and novels

Japanese Modern Literature

Football, badminton, swimming, Go

Traveling, photography

Rum, Gin, Absinthe...

• culture
• literature
• poetry
• photography
• traveling
• painting
• soccer
• swimming
• classic rock

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
I usually choose a movie by its director, I especially love the movies of Michelangelo Antonioni, Ye Lou, Yimou Zhang, François Truffaut, Andrei Tarkovsky etc.

This is the movie list which really affects me:
Summer Palace
In the mood of love
Farewell my Concubine
Ashes of Time
Nostalghia
The Dreamers
Amelie from Montmartre
The Four Hundred Blows
Ai di la delle nouvelle
etc.

Books:
I love Chinese traditional poetry anthology,
"Miserable"
"L'etranger"
"Notre Dame de Paris"
"The Metamorphosis"
"The Sea of Fertility"
"The picture of Dorian Gray"
"Love in the time of Cholera"
"The Dream of Red Maison"
"Snow Country"
"Ancient City"
and other excellent novels, poetry etc.

Music:
I listen more with classical music and Chinese traditional folk music, My favorite composers are John Strauss, Chopin, Debussy and many other wonderful composers.

I also love some Chinese folk music and Japanese traditional Nuo play. Meanwhile, I also love Faye Wong, Wei Dou, Beatles and others.

I recently star listening more classic rock and blues, but just a beginner so I currently start listening the music from some bands such as Radiohead, GNR and Pink Floyd

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have lived in the primitive forest in Yunnan Province for 3 days and I had swam across the Han River which is the biggest tributary of Yangzi River.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am specialized in Geomatics and Computer Science. Meanwhile, I am also crazy about soccer, Chinese traditional poetry, Japanese modern literature and all beautiful and interesting things.

What I Can Share with Hosts

(1) All the wonderful moment I have during my trip
(2) Nice conservation about all things I enjoy and explore all novel things for each other.
(3) Music, Dancing, Movies, Drinking...
(4) Some easy but nice Chinese snacks

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, China, Cuba, England, France, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Macao, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Canada, China, France