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Come Celebrate the Year of the Dragon!

January 23, 2012 by Inclusive Engagement

Happy Chinese New Year!!!

 

Wishing you and your family a happy and prosperous Chinese New Year. The Chinese New Year or the Spring Festival is the most important holiday in China and other Asian countries.

This year the Chinese New Year Day falls on January 23, marking the beginning of the Year of Dragon.

To celebrate the Chinese New Year and enhance the awareness of the Asian culture on campus, the Modern & Classical Language Department, the China Programs Office and Chinese Students and Scholars Association will deliver a series of Chinese cultural activities at Siceluff Library124. These activities will start on Chinese New Year Day, January 23 (Monday) and end on January 27 (Friday), 2012. The events will include Chinese arts and handicrafts exhibitions, lectures on Chinese New Year, Chinese music performances, Chinese Tea Ceremony, Chinese paintings,calligraphy and Taiji demonstrations. All these events involve MSU faculty, staff and students. Symbolic snacks and Chinese tea will also be provided during the events.  All the events are open to MSU faculty, staff, students and Springfield community. Please come to join us to celebrate this wonderful Chinese Dragon Year.

 

 Event Schedule

January 23   Monday

Events held in Siceluff 124

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Chinese Calligraphy by Li Yang; Chinese Painting by Xu Chen

2.00 – 3:00 p.m. – Lecture on Chinese New Year by Professor Jingping Du, Modern & Classical Language Department

 

January 24    Tuesday

Events held in Siceluff 124

11:00 – 12:15 p.m. – Lecture on the Origins of 12 Year Animals by Dr. Weirong Yan-Schaefer, Modern & Classical Language Department

12:30- 1:00 p. m. – Taiji (Chinese Shadow Boxing Demonstration) by Meijun Wan

January 25   Wednesday

Events held in Siceluff 124

3:00-4:30 p.m. – Chinese Music Performance by Dr. John Prescott, Department of Music

 

January 26    Thursday

Events held in Siceluff 124

12:00 -1:00 p.m. – Chinese Tea Ceremony

1:00-2:00 p.m. – Chinese Painting by Professor Hing Wah Hatch, Department of Art & Design

 

January 27   Friday

Events held in Siceluff 124

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Chinese Calligraphy by Li Yang; Chinese Painting by Xu Chen

 

If you have any questions, please contact weirongyan@missouristate.edu or Jingpingdu

@missouristate.edu.

 

Filed Under: Upcoming Events Tagged With: China Programs, Chinese New Year, events

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