University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Dept. of East Asian Languages & Literatures

Chinese Culture Day 2019 中国⽂化日

February 8, 2019

Welcome! 欢迎！歡迎！ 恭贺新禧，万事如意! On behalf of everyone in the department of EALL, I would like to wish you all a very Happy Year of the Pig! May your New Year be full of fortune and luck! Every year, we celebrate the Lunar New Year with Chinese Culture Day and, for the eighth time, different units of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa are sponsoring this year’s festivities: the Chinese section and the Chinese Flagship Program in the Department of EALL, the Center for Chinese Studies, and the National Foreign Language Resource Center. This is a great opportunity for all of you who are studying or are interested in the Chinese language and culture. Get a glimpse of the Chinese way of life with hundreds of UH students and visitors from local schools who will be attending this special event. Come and join us for fun and educational activities to experience diverse aspects of Chinese culture.

Mee-Jeong Park, Chair Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures

According to www.nongli.com, a site dedicated to the traditional Chinese calendar, those born under the sign of the Pig, last of the 12 zodiac animals, are straightforward, wealth-loving, and steadfast. They may, however, lack people skills, be awfulizers àlaChickenLittle, and be short on perseverance. For more info on the Chinese zodiac, see

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_zodiac.

Get your passport!

Chinese Culture Day will be held in the Keoni Auditorium,

Imin International Conference Ctr.

Address:

1777 East-West Road

Honolulu, HI 96822

Check-in and activities run from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Get your passport stamped as you complete activities. Many Chinese teachers will give extra credit!

2019: Year of the Pig

中國⽂化⽇

Chinese Culture Day 中國文化日 二〇一九年二月八日 February 8, 2019

Chinese Culture Day Activities 中國文化日活動

Activities run from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Bring your passport with you and… • Try Taijiquan (Tai Chi) • Hands-on calligraphy • Chinese zodiac: find your

birth animal • Play “Are you smarter

than a Chinese 5th grader?”

• Learn more about our language programs

Activities range from quiz games to hands-on crafts to demonstrations and exhibits. Explore!

• Play Chinese bingo • Try paper cutting /paper

craft • Play character matching • Make a Chinese paper

lantern • Play a measure words game • Sample Chinese pastries,

crack seed • Chinese tea • Try Chinese yo-yo

• Listen to the Chinese

spike fiddle (èrhú 二胡) and lute (pípa 琵琶)

• Enjoy a Lion Dance at 12:30pm

• Watch Chinese martial arts (wushu 武术)

• Get your face painted Chinese style

• Take a virtual trip to China

Thank you for coming! 欢迎光临！歡迎光臨！

Sponsored and generously supported by: College of Languages, Linguistics, & Literature, UHM Dept. of East Asian Languages & Literatures, UHM Center for Chinese Studies, UHM National Foreign Language Resource Center, UHM Francis A. and Betty Ann Keala Fund in Arts & Sciences, UHM Chinese Language Flagship, UHM