2021 Chinese New Year Online Celebration hosted by Chinese Association of Southampton (CAS)

The Zoom-streamed replay (low definition); Zoom直播 的回看 (低清晰):

The high definition replay (without Zoom interaction) 高清晰 的回看 (沒有互動):

Metal Ox announces the Spring Festival and welcomes the New Year, online blessings are sent to thousands of families.  At 5 pm (local time) on February 14, 2021, the third day of the first month of the lunar calendar, the Chinese New Year Celebration hosted by the Chinese Association of Southampton (CAS) was simultaneously broadcast live in the zoom and youtube live streaming.  Thousands of viewers at home and abroad watched the show online and enthusiastically praise and leave fantastic messages for the event.

This event was co-hosted by the Southampton University Confucius Institute and supported by the Chinese Students and Scholars Association, Wutan Kungfu School, Portsmouth Chinese Association Dance Group, Liverpool Christian Disciples Church, Chinese Arts Southampton, and Opera soprano Ms. Beibei Wang, as well as Zi De Guqin Studio, Bamboo Flute Bar and Jing Yue Taichi from China.  A huge thank you to the CAS committee and everyone involved for all the hard work, time and effort to successfully create this brilliant display.

There were 26 items in this evening programme, including singing and dancing, musical instruments, opera, poem recitation, dragon and lion dances, Kung Fu, Tai Chi and so on. The show kicked off with a spectacular lion dance performance following by the New Year song which translated into the unique feelings of Spring; the traditional Chinese dance and the passionate Mongolian dance are so elegant and beautiful. The Chinese dragon dance and Chinese Kung Fu are staged in turn; the performances of Chinese traditional musical instruments such as bamboo flute and cucurbit flute are full of energy and showcase the Chinese customs. The melodious Chinese songs express the overseas Chinese homesickness and the yearning for a better life.

The New Year greetings from the members and guests of the CAS were broadcast at the show. They sent their best wishes to thousands of households through the internet. There was also a highlight of this event; each programme was interspersed with a lucky draw. The happy audience was further surprised with the fantastic prizes.

“Chinese Dream, Happy Dream, The Sharing of The Happy Chinese Dream”, the ending song “Chinese Dream” made its debut, pushing the splendid show to a climax. The main theme of this new era song was performed by soprano Wang Beibei with passion. This song is about the aspirations of Chinese sons and daughters working hard to compose a beautiful Chinese dream.

The show ended successfully in a joyous and festive atmosphere.

Reported by Ms. Hongbin Kang (English translation by Ms. Vikkie Cheng)

南安普敦華人協會舉辦線上慶新春文藝晚會

金牛報春迎新年，雲中送福千萬家。 2021年2月14日下午5點(當地時間），農曆正月初三，由南安普敦華人協會主辦的慶新春晚會在zoom和youtube雲中同步直播，數千海內外觀眾線上欣賞了晚會實況，並為晚會熱情點贊和留言。

南安普頓大學孔子學院是本次活動的主要合作夥伴。這個新春文藝晚會得到眾多組織的大力支持，包括中國學生學者聯誼會，武壇功夫學校，樸斯茅斯華人協會歌舞團，利物浦基督門徒會，南安普敦中華藝術團 和 女高音歌唱家王蓓蓓女士，還有 中國自得琴社，中國竹笛吧小笛子 和 中國靜悅太極。大家傾力打造一台精彩紛呈的雲中盛宴。

全場晚會共有26個節目，包括歌舞，樂器，戲曲，朗誦，舞龍舞獅，功夫太極等。晚會在一場別開生面的舞獅表演中拉開帷幕，接下來新年歌，賀年歌，演繹喜迎新春獨有的情懷；美輪美奐的中國古典舞、熱情如火的蒙古舞、活力四射的舞龍和中國功夫輪番上演；竹笛和葫蘆絲等民族樂器表演，蕩氣迴腸，盡展民族風情，悠揚的中國歌曲表達了海外華人思鄉之情和對美好生活嚮往。

晚會現場播放了南安普敦華人協會委員和嘉賓的新春祝福，他們將美好的祝愿通過雲端送到千家萬戶。本次活動還有一大亮點，每個節目中間穿插了抽獎環節，觀眾在精神愉悅的同時還有豐厚的獎品。

“中國夢，幸福夢，共享幸福中國夢”，尾聲歌曲《中國夢》閃耀登場，將精彩紛呈的晚會推向高潮。這首新時代主旋律的歌曲由女高音歌唱家王蓓蓓傾情演繹，唱出華夏兒女努力拼搏，奮力譜寫美好中國夢的心聲。

晚會在歡樂喜慶的氛圍中圓滿落下帷幕。

報告來自 康洪彬⼥⼠ （英文翻譯：鄭慧琪女士）

Thank you for all the positive feedbacks. 多謝大家的正面反饋：

• 节目很棒; 太美了; 很好的舞蹈 Very good dancing; 威武; 漂亮; thanks a lot for the shows;
• 多謝财神爺; 财神爷 真喜庆; 多謝靚姐們; super 优美; 动听的歌; 优美的舞姿👍👍👍💐💐💐;
• 太棒了, 天啦。这个小天使太可爱; 好美，有意境。多才多艺，厉害👍; 鼓声空灵，笛声优雅; Very nice, Prof. 🙂
• Beautiful art and background, variety of performance, wonderful digital technique in celebrating the Year of the Ox, 2021. Very enjoyable and lovely evening. Thank you very much.
• 画面太美了！; 我也想买古琴啦🙈🙈
• Thank you for the invitation to this truly lovely celebration of the New Year !
• All performances covers all different age groups, background and skills. I really admire all performers’ effort.
• Thank Chinese Association of Southampton for providing us such a enjoyable programme this evening! Happy 牛 Year！
• Well done! Michael and all for putting all this together.
• Many thanks for the talented performers and CAS for putting together such a wonderful performance! Happy CNY everyone!
• Kung Hei Fat Choi to you all. Thank you Chinese Association of Southampton for this brilliant and enjoyable Chinese New Year performances this evening.
• Thank you, Kung Hei Fat Choi.
• Fantastic! Thanks a lot!
• thank you! really enjoyed it.
• Thanks a lot! Happy Chinese New Year 🎆㊗️
• Thank you very much for your kind invitation! We are so happy for you and we are glad that it has been a great success!
  Wish you all good health, good fortune and a prosperous Year of the Ox!
• Thank you for the invite. It’s a good show. I enjoyed it very much.
• Just wanted to say what an amazing CNY programme CAS had put out. and thank you very much for including me in the mix. I was very impressed with how the whole event came together internationally, digitally and online, and the vast range of talents there were in CAS and in Southampton. I really liked how Andy was dressed in minority Ethnic costume throughout the whole show doing the prize draw as well!
• Well done. Keep up all your excellent work. It’s great  to see the old n young, from all BCESEAC come together to celebrate the Lunar New year, n awesome that you managed to get a board sections of Council/ mainstream colleagues to give Chinese New year greetings to the communities, plus all the excellent Covid fund raising effort by the Communities! 😊😊😊👍👍👍👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉
• 谢谢各位用心表演，看得很开心，还好玩。祝福大家牛年幸福！ 💖💖
• Wow. Taichi on water. Wonderful flute play.
• 鼓声空灵，笛声优雅🥰; 笛子很好听，而且功夫打的也好。👍
• 很谢谢你们的邀请，很难得在英国可以感受到这么浓厚的中国传统气氛，欣赏到这么多不同的表演，武术，舞蹈，音乐，朗诵….

 

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