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Chinese Cultural Events
Photos of the Chinese Language and Culture Fair
INDY 500 Festival Parade – Need Volunteers
The Confucius Institute is looking for people who are interested in volunteering and participating in this year’s Indy 500 Festival Parade on Saturday May 26th. Our Institute will be a sponsor and will have a giant golden dragon balloon that will require quite a few handlers (20-24 people). We will meet downtown at the American Legion Mall, on North Street between Meridian and Pennsylvania Streets. Check-in will begin at 8:00am and a post-parade reception will be from 1:30 – 3:30pm, which will have pizza and beverages. If interested, please send email to Noah Buonanno at ncbuonan@iupui.edu and register at www.500festival.com. When prompted for access code, enter “dragon”.
Sun Yat-Sen Delegation March-19-30
IUPUI welcomed an unprecedented delegation from strategic partner Sun Yat-Sen University from March 19–30. Thirty-seven deans, associate deans, and heads of units visited IUPUI for an intensive two-week training in the areas of teaching and learning.
SYSU delegation was hosted on the IUPUI campus by CI-Indy and the IUPUI Center for Teaching and Learning. Director Pratibha Varma-Nelson put together a training program that covers peer-led learning, service learning, student-centered teaching, developing and accessing learning outcomes, learning management systems, and other vital teaching tools.
2012 CHINESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE FAIR
Chinese Fair is here again!! There are fun activities to participate in and performances to enjoy. There are also Chinese language contests to attend. Students have a chance to receive certificates and prizes! Hope you can join us!!
Saturday April 28th, 2012
10:30am – 2:30pm
Brownsburg West Middle School
1555 S. Odell Brownsburg, IN
CHINESE CULTURE HOUR
12:00PM – 1:00PM
Wednesdays
Confucius Institute – Cavanaugh Hall, Suite 129
2012 Spring Chinese Culture
February 8 Chinese Cuisine
February 15 Traditional Chinese Clothing for Women: Qipao
February 22 Revisiting War Trauma in Contemporary Chinese Cinema
February 29 Chinese Painting
March 7 Chinese Medicine
March 21 Chinese Tea Culture
March 28 Four Beauties in Ancient Chinese History
April 4 How Rock Music Came to China
April 11 Traditional Chinese Musical Instrument: Erhu
April 18 Chinese Wedding Culture
2011 Fall Chinese Culture Hour
Aug 31 Love & Marriage in Ancient Chinese Poetry
Sep 14 Traditional Chinese Festivals
Sep 21 Chinese Taichi
Sep 28 How Rock Music Came to China
Oct 5 Travel to China
Oct 12 Social Changes & the Impact on Youth in China
Oct 19 A Foreigner’s Adventure in China
Oct 26 Confucius & Confucianism
Nov 2 Chinese Calligraphy
Nov 9 Chinese Ethnic Groups
2011 Spring Chinese Culture Hour
Feb 9 Chinese New Year Celebration
Feb 16 Chinese Kungfu: Taiqi
Feb 23 Traditional Chinese Puzzles
Mar 2 Traditional Chinese Dance
Mar 9 Non-profit Organizations in China
Mar 23 Live in China
Mar 30 The Chinese Opera
Apr 6 Guzheng—A Traditional Chinese Musical Instrument
Apr 13 Ethnic Minorities in China
Apr 20 How Rock Music Came to China
2012 Chinese New Year Celebration
Date: Sun., Jan 22, 2012
Time: 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Place: The Palladium Center for Performing Arts, 1 Center Green, Carmel, IN 46032
Organizer: Indianapolis Chinese Community Center, INC., ICCCI
Co-sponsors: Confucius Institute in Indianapolis, Lilly Chinese Culture Network (CCN) and Asian American Times
See video and pictures of performance at the 2012 New Year party.
See video of CI-Indy performance at the 2011 New Year party.
See video of CI-Indy performance at the 2010 New Year party.
2011 International Festival
The annual International Festival is central Indiana’s largest and oldest pan‐ethnic celebration!
Hosted by the Nationalities Council of Indiana, the 2011 International Festival showcases Indiana’s ethnic diversity, celebrates our unique ethnic traditions, and encourages cultural exchange. The fair took place on Nov. 17th – 2oth in the West Pavilion of the Indiana State Fairgrounds.
The 2011 International Festival featured exhibits from the 50 + ethnic groups represented in Central Indiana as they gather to share their rich cultural histories and traditions. Highlights of the festival include authentic foods from 20+ ethnic vendors; continuous ethnic music and dance by local and national performing groups; Culture Booths hosted by volunteers in traditional dress where you can connect with your own ethnic heritage; artisans demonstrating unique cultural crafts; a Naturalization Ceremony and an International Marketplace offering gifts from around the world.
This year, our Institute displayed our interactive multimedia programs that students and families were able to enjoy. The use of our touch screens enabled the public to have a greater understanding of Chinese history and culture. They got to learn about Famous Chinese Dishes, Cities, Kung Fu, Chinese Characters, etc… We also had riddles where guests could win many prizes. The fair was a wonderful success and we appreciate the fantastic help that the volunteer students from IUPUI gave us.
Photos of International Festival 2009
Free Taiji
Taiji practice every Monday at noon at the courtyard next to Cavanaugh Hall. If the weather is not good, will be in the basement of University College. The Taiji practice is instructed by Prof. Jing Wang.
The 2011 Indianapolis Chinese Festival held at Military Park
On September 10, 2011, hosted by the Mayor’s Office and sponsored by a number of organizations, the 4th Indianapolis Chinese Festival was held at Military Park. The Mayor of Indianapolis Gregory A. Ballard and the Consul-general of the Chinese Embassy in Chicago Guoqiang Yang were both in attendance. A variety of traditional Chinese performances were held and exquisite Chinese cuisines were on display.
2011 Watch video of the 4th Chinese Festival
2010 Watch video of the 3rd Chinese Festival
2009 Watch video of the 2nd Chinese Festival
2009 Watch video of the night show
EVENT WEBSITE
www.indianapolischinesefestival.com
2011 WULINHANYUN Chinese Martial Arts & Folk Music Performance
Sponsored by Confucius Institute headquarters in China and International Office of Education and Chinese Language in Henan, hosted by the Confucius Institute in Indianapolis, the “New Wulin Hanyun” Martial Arts and Chinese Folk Music performance was held in the Shortridge Magnet High School in Indiana on April 8, 2011. This event attracted more than 600 audiences from different walks of life in Indiana.
This would serve as a platform to showcase the charm of traditional Chinese culture and enable more Chinese language enthusiasts to have a better understanding of the Chinese civilization.
Watch the video of the performance on Youtube
2010 Spring Festival Exhibit at Carmel Public Library and Indiana State House
The Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year, is the most important celebration for Chinese people. Reflecting solar and lunar movement, the Spring Festival is fundamentally associated with astronomical calculations of Chinese ancestors that date back more than 2,000 years . Today, the Spring Festival has evolved into an integral part of Chinese traditions that bears the emotional pursuit of Chinese people. This exhibition aims to, through the display of photos and artifacts, offer viewers an opportunity to understand historical evolutions and contemporary changes of the Spring Festival, traditions and customs practiced during the Spring Festival, and the charm of Chinese traditional culture showcased during the Spring Festival.
Confucius Institute in Indianapolis organized the exhibition at the Carmel Library in March and at the Indiana State House in Oct. The Consul General Yang of China Consulate, Lt Governor Skillman of Indiana, Executive Vice Chancellor Sukhame attended the opening ceremony of the exhibition at the State House on Oct. 1 and delivered speeches.
Watch video of the opening ceremony of State House exhibition
2009 Celebrating 30th anniversary of US-China diplomatic relations Symposium
Confucius Institute in Indianapolis, Lugar Center for Renewable Energy and IUPUI common Theme project organized a symposium on Oct. 23, 2009 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of US-China diplomatic relations. The speakers include, Charles Bantz, the Chancellor of IUPUI, Susan Sutton, The Associate Vice Chancellor for International Affairs, Maoming Chu, Deputy Consul General of Chicago Consulate, Stephen Akard, Director of Economic Development, Leslie Stone, Director of Lingnan Foundation, Wei Huang, Director of Institute of Studies in Education at SYSU, Wayne Ecjerle, VP Corporate Research & Technology Cummins Inc, Mike Headley, VP International Marketing Allison Transmission. They talked about the impacts of normalize relation between U.S. and China from the academic, political and economical perspectives.
Click here to see the video of symposium
2009 Chinese Film Festival
2008 Two Worlds, One Language Through Art
Indianapolis Art Center hosted a culture exchange with artists from Shangdong Province, the home town of Confucius, from June 28 to Aug. 23, 2008.
