DUMPLING-MAKING WORKSHOP, 2:00 - 2:45 PM
Location: Henry R. Luce Hall Room 202, 34 Hillhouse Avenue
Stephen Chin-Bow of Yale Cooks will lead this workshop in the making of one
of China’s most famous culinary staples: dumplings, otherwise known as jiaozi.
Sampling will be part of this informational session!
KUNQU CHINESE OPERA, 2:00 - 2:45 PM
Location: Henry Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Avenue
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Come hear real Chinese opera as the Kunqu Chinese Opera brings an enlightening
performance of this under-appreciated traditional art form.
CHINESE TEA CEREMONY, 1:30 & 2:30 PM DEMONSTRATIONS
Location: Henry R. Luce Hall Common Room, 34 Hillhouse Avenue
Enjoy the experience of a Chinese tea ceremony led by staff from the
Silk Road Art Gallery.
CALLIGRAPHY OF CHINESE POETRY WITH WEI SU, 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Location: Henry R. Luce Hall Common Room, 34 Hillhouse Avenue
Calligraphy Demonstration with Wei SU. Professor SU is a senior lector of Chinese
language at Yale University.
INTRODUCTION TO TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE, 3:00 - 3:45 PM
Location: Henry R. Luce Hall Room 203, 34 Hillhouse Avenue
Professor Zhen WANG, visiting professor from the Peking University College of
traditional Chinese medicine, will present the background and basic elements
of traditional Chinese Medicine. This session is geared toward high-school age
and adults.
Lunarfest
YALE-CHINA ASSOCIATION HOUSE, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location: 442 Temple Street, New Haven
Yale-China House is Lunarfest “Information Central.” Stop by to hear more about
Lunarfest and Lunar New Year–and to pick up your red envelope and special
Lunar New Year candies!
YALE-CHINA FIRESIDE CHAT WITH JIMMY LEE, 1:00 - 2:30 PM
Location: Yale-China Association, 442 Temple Street
The New Haven Museum, founded in 1862 as the New Haven
Colony Historical Society, is located in downtown New Haven
at 114 Whitney Avenue. The Museum is currently celebrating
150 years of collecting, preserving and interpreting the history
and heritage of Greater New Haven. Through its collections,
exhibitions, programs and outreach, the Museum brings over 375
years of New Haven history to life.
Yale-China Association
The Yale-China Association inspires people to learn and serve
together. Founded in 1901 by graduates of Yale University, we
foster long-term relationships that improve education, health,
and cultural understanding in China and the United States. We
envision a U.S.-China relationship of mutual understanding and
profound respect nurtured by collaboration among individuals
and institutions.
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The Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University (CEAS) was
founded in 1961 and continues a long tradition of East Asian
Studies at Yale. CEAS provides an important interdisciplinary
forum for academic exploration and support related to the
study of China, Japan, and Korea. For over fifty years, it has
promoted education about East Asia both in the Yale curricula
and through lectures, workshops, conferences, film series, cultural
events, and other educational activities open to students, faculty,
K-16 educators, and the general public.
Arts And Crafts | Lion Dance | Wushu
Painting Calligraphy Instruments | Ribbon Dance
Fan Dance | Chorus | Language Class | Dumpling Sampling
Tea Sampling | Art | Demonstrations | Exhibits
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A Short-Lived Utopia: Off-spring of Tear-gas and Yellow Umbrellas
Featuring Jimmy Lee, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
and Associate Dean of Students, New Asia College
Professor Jimmy Lee will take you through the unique community spawned out of
the Umbrella Movement of 2014 in Hong Kong. The culture-oriented talk aims at
exploring the values, creativity, cultures and community practices in the occupy
area that lasted for four months.
Show Stop
Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University
New Haven Museum
Yale-China Association
For more information
and to register, please visit
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Lunarfest
Register at www.yalechina.org/lunarfest
Saturday, February 6, 2016
LION DANCE, 10:00 AM
Location: Whitney Avenue between Grove and Trumbull
The Wan Chi Ming Hung Gar Institute’s lion dance troupe will perform down the
streets of Whitney Avenue to kick off the Lunar New Year. The two lions dance
for cabbages (a symbol for wealth) and hongbao (a red envelope with money)
to bring good luck to the shopkeepers and to ward off bad spirits. Come feed
your hongbao to the lions. Look out for a special greeting by the mayor, and
performances at the intersection of Whitney and Audubon by ECA’s Repertory
Dance Company, Wudang Kungfu Academy, Connecticut Yankee Chorus, and
the Southern Connecticut Chinese School children’s dancers. The finale will be
a demonstration of the lion dance troupe’s martial arts and collaborative skill.
CHILDREN’S DANCE, 1:00 - 1:45 PM
Location: New Haven Museum Ballroom, 114 Whitney Avenue
WESLEYAN CHINESE ORCHESTRA, 12:00 - 12:45 PM
Location: Henry R. Luce Hall Common Room, 34 Hillhouse Avenue
PAINTING AND CALLIGRAPHY DEMONSTRATION, 1:00 - 2:45 PM
Location: New Haven Museum Clement Room, 114 Whitney Avenue
BODY AND SOUL: A MOVEMENT WORKSHOP, 12:00 - 12:45 PM
Location: Henry R. Luce Hall Room 203, 34 Hillhouse Avenue
Members of the Yale undergraduate organization Phoenix Dance Troupe will teach
a popular modern interpretation of ancient Chinese dances.
Join renowned artist Xiaoxing CAO as she demonstrates some of the basic elements
of traditional and modern Chinese calligraphy and painting. “Xiaoxing does not
sketch or plan the content of her paintings beforehand; each design expresses
itself as she paints.”
INTERACTIVE STORYTELLING AND CHINESE LANGUAGE, 1:00 - 1:45 PM
Location: New Haven Museum Shubert Exhibition Room, 114 Whitney Avenue
NEW HAVEN MUSEUM, 12:00 - 4:00 PM
Location: New Haven Museum, 114 Whitney Avenue
Exhibits include “The Nation’s Greatest Hits: 100 Years of New Haven’s Shubert
Theatre,” “From Clocks to Lollipops: Made in New Haven,” “An Artist at War: Deane
Keller, New Haven’s Monuments Man,” “Form and Function,” “Maritime New Haven”
and “Cinque Lives Here” (Amistad), as well as an array of artifacts, documents, and
art from New Haven history in the “New Haven Illustrated” Gallery. Please note
that admission to the Museum is free only for children and their adult companions
participating in the special events and activities at Lunarfest.
ARTS AND CRAFTS, 12:00 - 4:00 PM
Location: New Haven Museum Rotunda, 114 Whitney Avenue
The arts and crafts tables will feature stations for calligraphy, lantern making,
papercutting, and paper quilling. Come make one or all crafts and take your
work home!
CHILDREN’S DANCE, 12:00 - 12:45 PM
Location: New Haven Museum Ballroom, 114 Whitney Avenue
Instructor Sha LIU and her students will teach an exciting children’s traditional
dance. Children of any age will learn to express individual artistry as well as
coordinated formations needed to perform this dance.
PAINTING AND CALLIGRAPHY WORKSHOP, 12:00 - 12:45 PM
Location: New Haven Museum Clement Room, 114 Whitney Avenue
Join teacher Ning XIE as she brings a demonstration of Chinese painting and
calligraphy. Suitable for all ages.
MANDARIN CRASH COURSE, 12:00 - 12:45 P.M.
Location: New Haven Museum Shubert Exhibition Room, 114 Whitney Avenue
Have a crash course in basic Chinese language, and come out able to have a
simple conversation! Meng Fei SHEN is a Yale student who loves to teach other
people her heritage language.
Interactive storytelling and crafts with a Lunar New Year’s theme, presented by
Lely Evans, Chinese teacher at New Haven Chinese Language School. Learn
Chinese words, and make a craft to take home. Best for children ages 3 and up,
with their families.
Come and hear different Chinese instruments and a demonstration of Chinese
songs by the Wesleyan Chinese Orchestra.
“As a dance artist, I believe the body is not only a tool to express oneself and to
perform, but also an important medium for communication.” Join choreographer
Ying CAI as she leads this movement workshop for any age. Attendees are welcome
to observe or interact. Ying is an HKETO-NY Arts Fellow of the Yale-China Arts
Fellowship.
SOUND AND SCULPTURE: A MAKE-YOUR-OWN INSTRUMENT WORKSHOP,
12:00 - 12:45 PM
Location: Henry R. Luce Hall Room 202, 34 Hillhouse Avenue
LANTERN MAKING, 2:00 - 2:45 PM
Location: New Haven Museum Shubert Exhibition Room, 114 Whitney Avenue
Join visual artist Phoebe HUI as she leads a workshop on using everyday objects
to create instruments for sound. Attendees are welcome to make a monkey to take
home. Seating is limited. Phoebe is an HKETO-NY Arts Fellow of the Yale-China
Arts Fellowship.
TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENTS SALON, 3:00 - 3:45 PM
Location: New Haven Museum Ballroom, 114 Whitney Avenue
Come hear singer-songwriter Danny Du, who has gained fame in China for his
rendition in Chinese of the Beatles’ “Hey Jude.”
FINAL SHOW, 4:00 PM
Location: New Haven Museum, 114 Whitney Avenue
Learn about and design traditional clothing by yourselves with Priscilla CHE. This
activity is family friendly, and younger participants will take home paper models
and clothing cutouts. Priscilla is a Yale-China Chinese Teaching Fellow, teaching
at Edgewood School.
Jiji Barrett, a student of the Educational Center for the Arts, will lead this workshop
in making Chinese paper lanterns. Come ready to be “enlightened.”
Have you ever heard a dizi? Ghehu? Ruan? Learn about these traditional instruments
and more from Celadon Youth, a non-profit Youth Music and Performing Arts Group
which focuses on sharing the beauty of Asian classical music and performing arts
with our local communities.
Join us for the finale for Lunarfest, with a performance by martial arts instructor
Teake and musical selections by Chinese orchestra, Celadon Youth.
SILK ROAD ART GALLERY EXHIBIT, 12:00 - 4:00 PM
Location: Henry R. Luce Hall Common Room, 34 Hillhouse Avenue
Silk Road Art Gallery will display traditional Chinese art and the Art of the Tea.
Tea ceremonies will be performed at 1:30 pm and 2:30 pm.
ASIAN NETWORK @ YALE FOOD TASTING, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Location: Henry R. Luce Hall Common Room, 34 Hillhouse Avenue
Come sample a dumpling and other appetizers from local Chinese restaurants:
Chao, Great Wall Restaurant, Junzi Kitchen, Lao Sichuan, and Taste of China!
DANNY DU, 1:00 - 1:45 PM
Location: Henry R. Luce Hall Common Room, 34 Hillhouse Avenue
QIPAO, CLOTHING, AND DESIGN, 1:00 - 1:45 PM
Location: Henry R. Luce Hall Room 202, 34 Hillhouse Avenue
LUCKY MONEY GAME, 1:00 - 1:45 PM
Location: Henry R. Luce Hall Room 203, 34 Hillhouse Avenue
Learn about red envelopes and the luck they bring with Steven LI. This activity
is family friendly, and younger participants will take red envelopes, and maybe
even some lucky money! Steven is a Yale-China Chinese Teaching Fellow, teaching
at East Rock Community Magnet School.
CHINESE DINING ETIQUETTE WITH TANGYUAN, 2:00 - 2:45 PM
Location: Henry R. Luce Hall Room 203, 34 Hillhouse Avenue
Learn about Chinese dining etiquette by making tangyuan, or glutinous rice balls,
with Ivy CHAN and May KHOO. This activity is family friendly, and a hands-on
experience! Ivy and May are Yale-China Chinese Teaching Fellows, teaching in
Louisville, Kentucky. Sampling is expected!
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10:00 AM LION DANCE PARADE ON WHITNEY AVENUE
NEW HAVEN MUSEUM
Location
Rotunda
12:00-1:00PM
1:00-2:00PM
2:00-3:00PM
Crafts
Calligraphy
Lanterns
Papercutting
Coloring
Paper quilling
Ballroom
HENRY R. LUCE HALL
Clement
Shubert
Children’s Dance
Chinese drawing and
calligraphy workshop
Traditional
Chinese Dance
Storytelling
Chinese painting demo Interactive
and Language
Mandarin Crash Course
Auditorium
Common
YALE-CHINA ASSOCIATION
202
Chinese Instruments Sound and Sculpture:
introduction and
Make-your-own instrument
demonstration
Workshop (Phoebe Hui)
Body and Soul: A
Movement Workshop
Danny Du Chinese Lucky Money
contemporary music
Chinese traditional
Clothing
1:30 Chinese Tea
Ceremony
Chinese calligraphy
demo
Lantern-making Demo/ Kunqu Chinese Calligraphy of
Workshop
Opera
Chinese Poetry
Tang yuan demo
2:30 Chinese Tea
Ceremony
3:00-4:00PM
4:00PM
203
Celadon Youth
Orchestra
LUNARFEST FINALE PERFORMANCE!
Introduction to Traditional
Chinese Medicine
Dumpling Demo
Bierwiirth Room
History Room
Fireside Chat: Jimmy Lee
on Hong Kong
“A Short-Lived Utopia:
Off-spring of Tear-gas and
Yellow Umbrellas”
12:00 - 4:00 PM
Lunarfest Information Central
Learn more and pick up your
red envelopes!!