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Chinese Association of Southampton is in partnership with Red Dragonfly Productions to host the Dragonboat Performance Festival at Southampton Guildhall Square from Friday 10/6 to Sunday 12/6. Come to join us for the celebration of Chinese/Asian Arts and Culture with unique performances and activities. A 120-seat pop-up Rotunda Theatre will be constructed at Southampton Guildhall Square. Shows and activities inside our pop-up Rotunda Theatre are free. However, the number of seats inside the Rotunda Theatre is limited. First priority will be given to participants who have booked their tickets using eventbrite.
Chinese Dances: “Fisherman’s Song At Dusk” & “Blossom of Women” 中國舞蹈: 《渔舟唱晚》和《女人花》
Xuanxi Chen & Chinese Association 陈炫希小妹 和 南安普敦華人協會
1:15pm
Cantonese Golden Oldies 粵語金曲
Chinese Association of Southampton 南安普敦華人協會
2:00pm
Chinese music: Bamboo Flute, Gu-Qin & Gu-Zheng 中國音樂：竹笛，古琴，古箏
Chinese Association of Southampton 南安普敦華人協會
“The fountain of the border land looks clear and pure”《邊疆的泉水清又纯》, “Song of the Sleeping Dragon”《臥龍吟》, “Splashing water”《潑水》,”Butterfly Lovers”《梁祝》
Ruining Luo, Michael Ng & Jingyi Wang 羅銳寧先生，黃嵩鈞先生 和 王婧禕 女士
2:30pm
Bollywood Song and Dance 寶萊塢歌舞
Art Asia 亚洲艺术
3:30pm
Play reading performance of a new play ‘What’s Best for Jada’ by new British-Chinese playwright Alex Blanc at MAST Studios Homegrown Performance. £5 Tickets available here. MAST劇院演出，中英混血劇作家新秀Alex Blanc的新劇《What ‘ s Best for Jada》話劇表演。 門票：5英鎊 .
Red Dragonfly Productions 紅蜻蜓製作公司
4:30pm
Tai Chi Fan and Tai Chi demonstrations: outdoor 太極扇和太極拳表演： 戶外
Chinese Association of Southampton & Friends 南安普敦華人協會 和 友人
Modern musical instruments (clarinet, violin, piano) 現代樂器表演（單簧管，小提琴，鋼琴） “New Year’s Song”《迎新春曲》,”Yellow River Ballad”《黃河歌謠》, “Jasmine”《茉莉花》
Kora Skuce, Peter Skuce, Dingyue Zhang 科拉 斯庫斯，彼得 斯庫斯 和 張丁閱女士
1:00pm
Chinese musical instruments (Bamboo Flute, Pipa and Erhu) 中國音樂（笛子，琵琶，二胡）
Chinese Arts Southampton 南安普敦中國藝術團
Chinese Dance 中國舞蹈
1:30pm
Bollywood Beats 寶萊塢歌曲
Eastleigh and Southampton Asian Community 伊斯特利 和 南安普敦 亞洲社區
2:00pm
“Ocean Seedling Song” 《海洋秧歌 抬龙王》
Portsmouth Chinese Association 朴茨茅斯華人協會
Bollywood Dances: ESAC’s Dancing Divas 寶萊塢舞蹈
Eastleigh and Southampton Asian Community 伊斯特利 和 南安普敦 亞洲社區
Bollywood Dances: ESAC’s Little Dancing Divas and ESAC Jolly Legend 寶萊塢舞蹈
Eastleigh and Southampton Asian Community 伊斯特利 和 南安普敦 亞洲社區
“Mongolian court dance” 《蒙古宫廷舞 倒喇》
Portsmouth Chinese Association 朴茨茅斯華人協會
3:30pm
A special theatre performance of ‘The Ballad of Mulan’, based on the legendary Chinese warrior who inspired Disney’s films at MAST Mayflower Studios. Tickets available here. MAST劇院特別演出《花木蘭歌謠》。 《花木蘭歌謠》是根據中國傳奇戰士花木蘭的故事改編而成。 門票： £10 。
Red Dragonfly Productions 紅蜻蜓製作公司
4:50pm
Line Dancing: outdoor 廣場舞： 戶外
Chinese Association of Southampton 南安普敦華人協會
You are also encouraged to join two accompany shows inside the MAST Studios:
Saturday 11 June 3:30pm (1 hour) at MAST Studio 2 (Tickets £5) Taking Flight presents ‘What’s Best For Jada’ by Alex Blanc
Red Dragonfly Productions is proud to present the rehearsed reading of ‘Taking Flight Festival’ New Writing Competition’s Winning play – ‘What’s Best for Jada’ by emerging British-Chinese playwright Alex Blanc.
Jada’s parents are no longer together. She plays legos with her dad Richard, as he and his new partner Claire shower her with horse-riding lessons and days out in Chessington. Jada’s mum Marie disapproves from a distance. Whilst Richard rejects his Chinese upbringing, Marie embraces it providing what she believes is important, money for Jada’s education, healthcare and upkeep. Parenting isn’t easy, co-parenting is even harder – but they know what’s best for Jada and everything they do is for her – or is it?
Supported by funding from Arts Council England. Tickets for “What’s Best for Jada” are available here.
Sunday 12 June 3:30pm (1 hour) at MAST STudio 2 (Tickets £10) The Ballad of Mulan by Red Dragonfly Productions
Woman, warrior, legend. For ten years Mulan disguised as a man, has fought for the Chinese Empire. Now the fighting is coming to an end, one last battle and she will be going home – but can she return to her old life, become a woman again. A search for identity in a violent world.
Commissioned by and performed by British-Chinese actress Michelle Yim, developed with the support and funding from Arts Council England. Produced by the team behind Edfringe Sell-Out ‘The Unknown Soldier’ Grist to the Mill, in collaboration with British East Asian theatre company Red Dragonfly Productions, we bring you the real Chinese heroine that inspired Disney’s animation and live-feature Mulan. ‘A powerful exploration of gender, war, and identity, as relevant and timely today as ever. Expect a little humour, a lot of heart and a refreshing focus on the darker aspects of a familiar tale’ ★★★★ Tulpa Magaine, Adelaide Fringe.
Tickets for ‘The Ballad of Mulan’ are available here.
There are also two workshops in a marquee: 1:00pm-3:15pm on Saturday and Sunday
The celebration of the Chinese Dragonboat Festival at Southampton’s Guildhall Square is one of the oldest festivals, not only in China but also throughout the world, with a history of more than 2,000 years. The three-day festival from Friday 10th to Sunday12th of June, has been inspired by the bid for Southampton to be the UK City of Culture for 2025 and further invigorated by the grand celebration of Her Majesty, the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee just a week earlier.
Produced by the Chinese Association of Southampton in conjunction with the Red Dragonfly Productions, the festival was launched with a colourful Dragon Dance on Friday, with a welcome address from the worshipful Mayor of Southampton, Cllr Jacqui Raymond, who enthusiastically encouraged diversity of culture to enhance the City of Southampton. The launch was also co-opened by Prof. Michael Butler, the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Southampton. The rotunda theatre erected for the celebration soon filled with local participants and an audience greatly appreciative of the talented performers, whose stories, songs and dance embrace ancient Chinese culture and musical instrument as well as modern entertainment of Line Dancing, Bollywood-style Asian dance and Qipao-costumed Fan Dance, culminating in the performance at the MAST Mayflower Theatre on Sunday, of the legendary Ballad of Mulan that inspired a Disney film production.
該節日由南安普敦華人協會與紅蜻蜓製作公司聯合製作，於週五以色彩繽紛的舞龍表演拉開帷幕，充滿敬意的南安普敦市市長 Cllr Jacqui Raymond 致歡迎辭，他熱情地鼓勵文化多樣性以增強南安普敦市。此次發布會還由南安普敦大學工程與物理科學學院院長邁克爾·巴特勒教授共同揭幕。為慶祝活動而建的圓形劇場很快就擠滿了當地的參與者和觀眾，他們非常欣賞才華橫溢的表演者，他們的故事、歌曲和舞蹈融合了中國古老的文化和樂器以及現代娛樂的排舞、寶萊塢風格的亞洲舞蹈和身著旗袍的扇子舞。並且於週日在 MAST 五月花劇院還演出 啟發了迪士尼電影製作的 傳奇木蘭歌謠。
Chinese Legend of Dragonboat Festival
Before the unification of China under the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC) the Dragon Boat Festival commemorated the death of Qu Yuan, a Chu state official and poet who lived during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC). He was exiled after opposing his king’s decision to ally with the neighbouring state of Qin. Then, when Chu was finally conquered by Qin, he committed suicide by drowning in the River Miluo on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, which falls on June 9th this year.
It is said the people, who admired Qu Yuan for his loyalty and integrity, started dragon boat racing to scare off the fish and threw food into the water to distract the fish from eating Qu Yuan’s body. Since then, people hold boat races and prepare zongzi (sticky rice dumplings in bamboo leaves) in memory of Qu’s righteousness and his beautiful poems.
Originally Dragon Boats were used for religious purposes to appease the rain gods, each boat painted with scales with an ornately carved dragon’s head at the bow and a tail in the stern. The paddles symbolically represent the dragon’s claws with drumbeats representing the heart.
Statement from the Chinese Association of Southampton
The Chinese Association of Southampton (CAS) is a registered UK charity that aims to:
promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Southampton and the surrounding area without distinction of sex or political, religious or other opinions.
advance the education of the public in Chinese arts, culture and traditions.
CAS was founded in 1999 by local Chinese people for the above objectives. Members and leaders of CAS may have diverse political views but we do not encourage political discussion within our organisation. Their personal works and lives are independent from CAS. Again, personal opinions of previous or existing CAS members do not represent that of CAS.
Recently, there is an erroneous report in the media, misleading readers into thinking that Ms. Ping Hua is the founder of CAS. The first chairperson of CAS was Dr. Jack Cheung from Hong Kong (HK), while Ms. Ping Hua was only one of the committee members at that time. Ms. Ping Hua left CAS at the end of 2011 and has not participated in the affairs of CAS since then. The Hong Kong BNO Welcome project application was done by the current CAS committee and has nothing to do with Ms. Ping Hua. The current CAS committee members can be found in this link.
All Chinese-ethnic people are welcome to join CAS, whether they are from China, HK, Southeast Asia or anywhere in the world. We treat everyone equally without distinction of sex, political, religious or other opinions. We have a wide range of local knowledge and expertise to help all newcomers, including those from HK, to settle down successfully at Southampton.
Dear all,
One of the objectives of the Chinese Association of Southampton is to improve the quality of life for Chinese people living in and around the city of Southampton; without distinction of sex, political or religious opinions.
The association responds to the British government and is helping Hong Kong immigrants who have just arrived around Southampton. The Hong Kong British National (Overseas) Welcome Programme will be launched on Saturday 26/2/2022. All BNO status holders and their families are welcome to attend the event, please register at the link below:
The Chinese Association of Southampton and the University of Southampton Confucius Institute once again bring the traditional Chinese New Year celebration to Southampton for welcoming the Year of Tiger in 2022.
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This is a community-sponsored free event that aims to share with you the colourful Chinese culture, including traditional lion dance, dragon dance, martial arts and Taichi displays, Chinese music, dances and poems. A range of cultural workshops are also available, including making of lanterns, paper cutting, calligraphy and panda moulding.
The Lion Heralds the New Year
The preparation for the Chinese New Year will soon be heralded by drums and gongs as lion dance performers rehearse their lion dance to bring good luck and prosperity to the New Year. The Lion’s symbol of power, wisdom, and superior strength plays an important role in Chinese mythology, representing joy and happiness.The lion dance will be performed everywhere, around the world, to bring a festive atmosphere with prosperity and good luck to the New Year. The performance is accompanied by music of beating drums, cymbals, and gongs, instruments that synchronise to the lion dance movements and actions.
People often asked “Where did the Chinese lion dance originated?” Most historians believe lion dancing began in the late Han Dynasty (between 206BC – 220 AD), when lions were brought to Northern China from Central Asia as gifts for the emperor. Soon representations of the lion were incorporated into existing traditional dance, where performers mimic a lion’s movement to get rid of the devil and ward off evil spirits.
Come and Join us for the Celebration
We look forward to celebrating the Year of Tiger with you on Sunday 30/1/2022 at Westquay Shopping Centre from 11am.
Chinese New Year is the most important festival to the Chinese community that signals the beginning of the spring according to the Chinese Lunar-solar calendar, which is also called the Agricultural Calendar.
The Chinese Association of Southampton and the University of Southampton Confucius Institute once again brought the traditional Chinese New Year celebration to Southampton for welcoming the Year of Tiger at Westquay on Sunday 30/1/2022, which is two days before the official Chinese New Year day on 1/2/2022.
This is a community-sponsored free event that aims to share with the public the colourful and rich Chinese culture, through performances and workshops. Over 20 volunteers helped to run and manage the whole event. A long list of 26 performances were presented by about 100 performers from 11am to 3pm on Sunday 30/1/2022. According to Westquay, they have over 45’000 visitors on that Sunday. We estimate that at least 10’000 visitors have watched the performances on stage and participated in the workshops at the open floor.
This annual event at Westquay is one of the highlights of the city. The Mayor of Southampton Cllr. Alex Houghton, Leader of Southampton City Council Cllr. Dan Fitzhenry, Cllr. Sprios Vassiliou, and the Southampton Police Commander Supt. Simon Dodds were amongst the many invited VIPs. The chairperson of the Chinese Association of Southampton, Prof. Michael Ng, commenced the event by delivering a warm welcome speech to all. The director of the University of Southampton Confucius Institute, Dr. Ying Zheng, also gave a wonderful speech. Cllr. Alex Houghton and Supt. Simon Dodds then delivered their speeches to the audience and greeted the Chinese Community a Happy Chinese New Year.
The celebration begins with blessings. The scene was full of colors, the shows were great and the audience applaud continuously. The magnificent lion dance and dragon dance came with the joy and blessings of the New Year, which instantly lit the festive atmosphere of the New Year. Chinese Traditional dances and folk dances are colorful, graceful and soft. The melody from Chinese instruments, including erhu, liuqin, guzheng, guqin and bamboo flute, is mellow and refreshing. The Chinese New Year songs are gentle and melodious. The Chinese poem recitations are unique and meaningful.
The Tai Chi performance flows like clouds and water, showing the unique cultural charm. The Chinese martial arts performance is magnificent and stunning. The Qipao Dance is full of classic style and the performers perfectly show the elegance and beauty of oriental women. The performance is full of Chinese characteristics and is praised by the audience. The audience also enjoy modern drama, piano, clarinet, saxophone and Indian dance. In the last performing item, audience were invited for participating in a live line dancing, which is a very popular dancing exercise in China and far East.
The stage was full of excitement and the workshops were crowded with people. Red lanterns, calligraphy, paper cutting and panda moulding set off the event scene with joy. The whole event lasted 4 and a half hours and was always filled with a joyous and festive atmosphere. The programmes are full of strong New Year flavor and have attracted many Chinese, overseas Chinese, international students and local people to stop and watch. This well-crafted art program and workshop not only brings joyous and festive feasts to overseas Chinese, but also spreads and promotes traditional Chinese culture.
The Chinese Association of Southampton (CAS) has been working with the SeaCity Museum (SCM) for many years. SCM gave our members a free visit in October 2019 and we have also invited them to attend our events like the Chinese New Year celebration.
During the pandemic, a few families from CAS have contributed to ‘Southampton Story’ related to lives during Covid-19, organized by SCM. This exhibition is now available at SCM until July 2022. Some of us have visited the exhibition and I would encourage you to do the visit as well. There are many encouraging stories contributed across different community groups at Southampton, in the form of photos, videos and audio. The children are very happy to see their works shown in the exhibition. There are also photos of the community works done by the Association during the pandemic.
If you do the visit, please share some of your photos with me so that I can upload them to CAS Album site.
Dear all,
The Chinese Association of Southampton held a Christmas event on Wednesday 15/12/2021. Nearly 50 people participated in the event. The Committee and members of the association actively participated in various tasks to make it a success.
1) Thanks to the committee members, especially the Vice-Chair Ms. Vikkie Cheng, the Secretary Ms. Yammie Lam, the Vice-Secretary Ms. Puilan Yau, for their help in the preparative works and the programme.
2) Thanks to our chef volunteers Mr. Ting Yau and Mr. Jack Law, for cooking the Christmas lunch.
3) Thanks to our member volunteer Mrs. Eva Pearce for helping to cook the turkey and meat sauce.
4) Thanks to our committee member Mrs. Amy Cheung for donating Christmas gifts for the lucky draw.
5) Thanks to our member Mr. Chau Wong for donating £100 to support the Christmas event.
6) Thanks to our member Ms. Helen Chan for donating a large box of masks as Christmas gifts.
7) Thanks to our committee members and ordinary members for helping with the kitchen work, especially to Mr. Wah Fat Pang, Mr. Chi Keung Leung, Mrs. Amy Cheung, Ms. Yanni Xie.
8) Thanks to our photographer volunteers, especially Ms. Hongbin Kang and Ms. Helen Chan.
9) Thanks to Mr. Chi Keung Leung for being the Santa Claus.
10) Thanks to our teacher Mrs. Jean Romsey for leading the carol singing.
11) There are also many low-profile helpers, especially Mr. Billy Cheung who arrived early in the morning to help setting up the table.
On the day, we have carol singing, games, lucky draws, gift exchanges, artwork competition and most importantly: the communications amongst members. You can see from the photo album, the laughers that this Christmas event brought. The success of the event is attributed to the support of the members, the cooperation of the Committee and the selfless dedication of the volunteers. I hope that more volunteers will come forward to help organize similar activities on different dates in the future, for assisting more members and for bringing joy to each other.
The drop-in centre will be closed on 22/12 and 29/12. It will re-open on Wednesday 5/1/2022. We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Successful New Year.
