Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures http://asianculturesmuseum.org & Education Center Thu, 28 Dec 2006 21:19:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 en Chinese Lunar New Year 2007 http://asianculturesmuseum.org/2006/12/27/chinese-lunar-new-year-2007/ http://asianculturesmuseum.org/2006/12/27/chinese-lunar-new-year-2007/#comments Wed, 27 Dec 2006 19:27:49 +0000 asiancul Events http://asianculturesmuseum.org/2006/12/27/chinese-lunar-new-year-2007/ Beat the ceremonial drum!  It’s nearly time to celebrate the Year of the Boar!

The Chinese year 4705 begins on February 18, 2007.  Food, fun, and a fantastic silent auction will be some of the many highlights as the Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures & Education Center hosts its annual Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration on Saturday February 24 (5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m).

A full Chinese buffet, traditional dancers, and a fun-filled evening of entertainment are included in the admission.

This year’s traditional Lion Dance will be even more special, as the dancers will debut the two new lion costumes graciously donated to the Texas Museum of Asian Cultures & Education Center by the Taiwanese Consulate in July.

Contact the Museum for tickets.

Cost:

  • Adults: $25.00
  • Children (Ages Ages 6-12): $10.00
  • Children (Under 6 years of age): No Charge

Schedule:

  • 5:00 p.m. Registration & Silent Auction, Asian Treasures
  • 5:30 p.m. Cocktails, Fortune Telling, Astrology Reading, MahJong &
    Chinese Checkers
  • 6:00 p.m. 50-Foot Firecrackers & Lion Dance
  • 6:30 p.m. Chinese New Year Buffet
  • 7:30 p.m. Chinese Music & Dance Performance, & Lucky Red Envelopes for
    Children

Chinese Attire Encouraged – Prizes for Best Costume

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]]> http://asianculturesmuseum.org/2006/12/27/japanese-childrens-day/feed/ Chinese Lunar New Year 2006 http://asianculturesmuseum.org/2006/12/27/chinese-lunar-new-year-2006/ http://asianculturesmuseum.org/2006/12/27/chinese-lunar-new-year-2006/#comments Wed, 27 Dec 2006 19:09:34 +0000 asiancul Events http://asianculturesmuseum.org/2006/12/27/chinese-lunar-new-year-2006/ Year of the Dog.

]]> http://asianculturesmuseum.org/2006/12/27/chinese-lunar-new-year-2006/feed/ Chinese Youth Folk Sports http://asianculturesmuseum.org/2006/12/27/chinese-youth-folk-sports/ http://asianculturesmuseum.org/2006/12/27/chinese-youth-folk-sports/#comments Wed, 27 Dec 2006 19:08:48 +0000 asiancul Events http://asianculturesmuseum.org/2006/12/27/chinese-youth-folk-sports/ October 2005.

]]> http://asianculturesmuseum.org/2006/12/27/chinese-youth-folk-sports/feed/ Gao Feng Art Exhibit http://asianculturesmuseum.org/2006/12/27/gao-feng-art-exhibit/ http://asianculturesmuseum.org/2006/12/27/gao-feng-art-exhibit/#comments Wed, 27 Dec 2006 19:08:11 +0000 asiancul Events http://asianculturesmuseum.org/2006/12/27/gao-feng-art-exhibit/ The artist, Gao Feng, was born in 1928 in Xiang Yun County, Yunnan,
P.R.C. In 1949, Gao, age 21 began working for the Yunnan Third Engineering
Construction Company. He was a teacher and then the principal of the
high school attached to the company for 38 years. After retiring in 1987,
he devoted himself to the study and practice of Chinese calligraphy and
since 1996, the Dongba culture of Lijiang, in particular, their
pictographic script. His 3 series, Worship Heaven, Worship Dragon, and Worship
Wind, incorporate Dongba pictographs into calligraphy drawings to
narrate for Chinese readers three ancient Naxi myths interpreted by living
Dongba shamen from their ancient pictographic books.

Published by Yunnan Nationality Press in December of 2000, the texts of
all three were translated into English for the 2005 publication
accompanying the U.S. Exhibition of Gao Feng’s Worship Heaven at the Texas
State Museum of Asian Cultures in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. Other Gao
publications —— Dongba Pictographic Reading Book for Pupils and A
Workbook for Translating Names of Modern Things into Dongba Pictographic
Scripts, and others —— are in progress.

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