Host: Confucius Institute HeadquartersHanban

Organizer: Hunan Normal University

Co-organizers: Confucius Institute at Miami University
Mason City Schools

Thursday September 24, 2015

7:008:00 PM
Mason Middle School Auditorium

Free Admission

Mason City Schools

Opening Dance: Beautiful China

Performers: All dancers
The whole dance troupe, wearing the cultural garb of different Chinese minority groups, will perform
a dance that represents Chinas unity and happiness.
Interactive: Performers will give gifts to the audience.

Baritone Solo: Swan Goose or Moon River

Erhu Solo: Postman of the Countryside or Ode to Idleness

Soloist: Pan Xia

Alternative: Bamboo Flute performance Xiang Jiangs Spring or Going to the Market

Soloist: Tao Kang

Dancer: Ying Wang

Erhu is an instrument unique to China, and is famed for its capability to express a wide range of emotion
and echo the cadence of human voices. It is sometimes known as the Chinese violin. This traditional
song is happy, moving, and expresses Chinese patriotism.

Originating in the Urad culture of Inner Mongolia, this song has been passed down through many
generations. It depicts the conflicting emotions of growing up and the melancholy of leaving home.

The bamboo flute is Chinas most popular wind instrument. Going to the Market is a signature song
from Hunan province, and describes the post-harvest scene of farmers carting produce to city markets.

Dai Dance Ballad of the Peacock

Taichi Demonstration

Dancers: Hong Chen, Yangyang Chen

Musicians: Tao Kang, Sha Wang, Pan Xia

This interpretative dance originates from Yunnan Provinces Dai minority. Dancers mimic two peacocks meeting and falling in love, demonstrating that nature proves the most pure love of all.

Martial artists: Yating Guo, Qiaofei Tian, Xiaolei Deng, Zhuo Ma, Yaomin Zheng, Rui Hou, Jiale Yu

Vocalist: Gang Chen

Chinese KungFu Demonstration

Performers: Tian Tang, Jiale Yu
Chinese Kung Fu, popular in China and around the world, is one of the most treasured practices of
Chinas cultural heritage. Kung Fu, which means the art of not fighting, is a peaceful martial art
form dedicated to preserving harmony and ending wars.

Blossoms of a Moonlit River in Spring ..

Singer: Hongxia Xu
Performer: Tao Kang, Sha Wang, Pan Xia
Recitation: Gang Chen

Instruments: Bamboo flute, guzheng, erhu

Tai Chi, another Chinese cultural treasure, originates from Daoism but is now widely practiced by many.
A moving meditation, Tai Chi is known as an internal martial art and improves mental and physical
health. Focused on the concept of chi, Tai Chi emphasizes the power of mental strength, focus and the
balance of yin and yang.
Interactive: With the host translating, performers will lead the audience through demonstrations of
some Tai Chi movements and invite the audience to the stage.

Female Soprano: Dragon Boat or A Glass of Wine

Vocalist: Hongxia Xu
As early as the 1980s, UNESCO named Dragon Boat as one of the 25 most beautiful folk songs in the
world. A Glass of Wine comes from the Uighur minority and utilizes a combination of singing styles, describing the warmth of first love.

Instruments: Bamboo flutes, erhu, guzheng

This performance is a string interpretation of a famous poem by Ruoxu Zhang, often called the best
poem of the Golden Age of poetry. It is representative of the entire Tang Dynasty.

Tibetan Dance: Tashi Delek

Interactive: Bamboo Flute

This dance originates from Lhasa and utilizes traditional Tibetan dance moves. Tibetan dances are always
open and expressive, much like the open plains of the Tibetan plateau. The dance expresses the performers wish for the audiences good fortune throughout life.

Miao Dance: The Red Miao Umbrella

Dancers: Chun Xie, Yating Guo, Qiaofei Tian, Xiaolei Deng, Yangyang Chen, Yaomin Zheng, Zhuo
Ma, Rui Hou
This dance comes from the Miao minority in Hunan province. The red Miao umbrella serves as a
symbol of love for young people. The dance is based on the culture of farming, and is unique in its
real-life authenticity and lively expression.

Dancers: Guanghui Wang, Ying Wang, Chun Xie

The Hada, a white ribbon, is an important element of Tibetan culture. It expresses the givers best wishes
for the recipients happiness. After this, performers will invite the audience to join them onstage for their
dance.
Interactive: giving out hada (a white ribbon)