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“ Oceans apart, Moon the Bright”----- On the Moon Festival Celebration at Alfred University
Date: 2011-09-15 12:21 From: Hanban Editor: 王子服 Clicks:
On the evening of Sept 10, Susan Howell Hall at Alfred University was full of people from the community to celebrate the Chinese traditional festival Moon Festival. The celebration, sponsored by Confucius Institute at Alfred University for the third year, was well received and highly affirmed by almost all 180 people attending the event.
The celebration was started by a variety of cultural activities held on the second floor of Susan Howell Hall. 20 people who have been practicing Tai Chi in the past two months wore their silk Tai Chi outfits and performed the 24-Style Tai Chi Quan in front of over 100 guests. They showed everybody their commitment, their enthusiasm and their love for Tai Chi.
On the other side of the second floor, Chinese traditional paper-cut and calligraphy also drew a lot of attentions from guests. They were so amazed by Chinese characters and traditional folk art that they could not help taking up the brushes and scissors to make their own works of art.
Dinner was served after the cultural activities. Distinguished guest, President Charles Edmondson of Alfred University, gave a speech to every guest present and extended his best wishes to all on this special occasion in China.
Director of Confucius Institute at Alfred University, Dr. Wilfred Huang, followed the president’s speech, welcoming all the guests to this event. He also introduced all the faculty members and Chinese Scholar Student Association members to all, expressing his appreciation of all the Chinese promotion they have made.
Distinguished guests also include Provost of Alfred University Bill Hall, Associate Provost Nancy Evangelista, and professors from Engineering and art schools. CIAU teacher, Margaret Lin, danced a traditional folk dance of Inner Mongolia and sent the two precious Hadas to President and Provost.
Traditional Chinese food and moon cakes were served afterwards. Performances prepared by the faculty of CIAU were presented to everybody at the end of the dinner. They sang several songs related to moon with the music of Guzheng and showed everybody the vitality and energy of CIAU. American students who are now learning Chinese 101 at Alfred University also sang “The Moon Represents My Heart” together with their Chinese instructor Shirley Zhu, which won rounds of applauses from the audience.
The celebration was wrapped up in the happiness filled the whole hall. People all expressed their thanks and appreciation to CIAU to present such a wonderful celebration to the community.