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CHINESE CULTURAL INSTITUTE TEA LEAVESwinter 2013 colorado springs chinese cultural institute www.cs c c i.o r g

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in this issue2 Chinesearts and authors3 NaweiJiang3 Colorado Dragon Boat Festival4 New year rice cakes4 FengShui

chinese proverb

The Discourses and Saying ofConfucius

CSCCI2013Board of DirectorsMali HsuFounder and ChairwomanHerman Tiemens IIBoard of DirectorsVice ChairmanJeff BessettBoard of DirectorsJason ChaoBoard of DirectorsTreasure And GrantWriterJerry HsuBoard of DirectorsTim LamBoard of DirectorsSecretaryChair ofWebsite CommitteeXiaohong TengBoard of DirectorsChair of Membership Committee

Happy New YearBy Mali Hsu

Chinese New Year is the longest and most important festivity in theChinese calendar. On February 10, 20 I 3 is Chinese New Year, the year ofthe Snake.

Again, we will have our 12th Annual Festival on Saturday, Feb. 9th, fromlOam to 4pm at the Colorado Springs City Auditorium. With vendorsoffering food, traditional gifts and crafts, you're sure to find something uniqueto enjoy or take home. With non-stop entertainment, demonstrations andcraft workshops, it's a wonderful way to experience Chinese culture andcelebrate the Year of the Snake.

We would like to take this opportunity to say thank you for your supportand wish you the very best for the New Year.We wish you every happinessthis holiday season and look forward to seeing you in the festival.

Chinese New Year FoodBy Mali Hsu

The diet culture in China has thedelicate form and the rich contentsfor every festival, especially the LunarNew Year. There are various styles andflavors of the New Year Food suchas the New Year Rice Cakes(~f~),the cured meat (~i17K) and New Yearvegetables like leaf mustard, spinach,mushrooms, Chinese cabbage and soon. Before the Lunar New Year Eve, allkinds of New Year food will be sold inmany New Year Markets(~jt*{iJ).Shopping and preparing for the NewYear food has become the busiest taskfor the homemakers before the LunarNew Year.

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Mission StatementThe CSCCI is committed to fostering understanding of

Chinese culture by promoting opportunities for events,

networking, travel, education and services available to the

people of Colorado Springs.

Chinese Arts and AuthorsMovie Review: Mao's Last DancerBy Jerry Hsu

The story of"Mao's last Dancer" is one of dichotomy: exceptionwith commonality, bliss and pain, boundaries and possibility, andguilt with honor. This is the story of a young and flexible Chineseman who comes to America, where he's seduced by disco, creativefreedom and a honey-haired Houston virgin, and decides to stay.It's also about ballet and the modern history of China, as embodied

in the true story of the dancer U Cunxin,whose autobiography (fromwhich the film takes its title) was a major best seller in Australia. Butgrands jetes and the Cultural Revolution are just the exotic windowdressings in "Mao's last Dancer:' which is, at heart, a true testamentto the powers and wonders of the human spirit. The film beautifullycaptures the distinct warmth and sting of the key human experiencesone man embodies upon his journey of love, fear, and loyalty. Thefilm's director, Bruce Beresford, an Australian, had his first Americanhits - ''Tender Mercies" and "Crimes of the Heart" - during roughlythe same early-I 980s period when Mr. U (played as an adult by thedancer Chi Cao) was allowed to travel to the United States to studyat the Houston Ballet. The film excites the audience's yearning forsome nostalgia of that time in "Mao's last Dancer": much fun in thefilm comes from the leisure suits, long hair and libidinous disco nightsthat audiences can both deride at and reminisce with.

Mr. Beresford and the screenwriter,Jan Sardi, also appear toemphasize an earlier era of a phenomenon that is of Chineseinnocence and American experience. The juxtaposition of wide-eyedvillagers and astute aphorisms with shopping malls and casual sexaccurately reflect Mr. l.i's book and even more artistically portrayedon screen. The tears come during certain foolproof scenes that slaminto place late in the film, especially Mr. l.i's reunion with his parents,who suffered humiliation and worse when he decided to defect.More tantalizing are scenes like an intriguing encounter between Mr.U and his Texas girlfriend, Elizabeth (Amanda Schull), who declaresherself a virgin and asks whether he knows what sex is. Mr. Cao doesnothing to embarrass himself in his screen debut, which is probably atestament to Mr. Beresford, whose skill with actors was established in"Crimes of the Heart" and "Driving Miss Daisy." Kyle Maclachlan andJoan Chen turn in their usual solid work as Mr. l.i's lawyer and mother,and Bruce Greenwood brings a nicely smarmy self-regard to hisportrayal of Ben Stevenson, the Houston troupe's artistic director.

Ballet critics will weigh in on the dancing done by Mr. Cao andthe other professional dancers in the cast, including Camilla Vergotis,Madeleine Eastoe and Steven Heathcote. Even to an traveledobserver, the quality of their performances looked higher than usualfor a film drama, while the pieces they had to dance demonstratedability, proficiency, and beauty. For the many of us whom can relatein the endeavor of journeying into a foreign environment, andthe struggles of achieving excellence while in adaptation will trulyexperience the emotions drawn through this film.

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RevitalizeYour Health with Acupuncture and NutritionBy Nawei Jiang Ph.D at Nawei's Acupuncture Clinic

Preventive medicine is defined as the part of medicine engaged with preventing disease rather than curing it.Anintegral part of preventative medicine, nutrition is considered the first line of defense in acupuncture and Orientalmedicine as it provides the energy needed for the body to function. Good nutrition not only provides energy, italso provides the basic building blocks, vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals and antioxidants that keep the bodyhealthy and vibrant.

A nutritional imbalance in foods consumed contributes to an imbalance in overall health. Eating an unnaturaland restrictive diet can lead to yo-yo dieting and drastic ups and downs in body weight. Improper diet practicescan cause malnutrition, organ damage, slow metabolic rate and other imbalances within the body. Biochemicaland energetic imbalances may present themselves as pain, sleep disturbances, mood changes, abnormal digestion,headaches and menstrual irregularities.

Through the process of evaluating subtle physical signs as well as the emotional condition of a person,practitioners of acupuncture and Oriental medicine can detect health problems in their earliest stages, before agrave illness develops. Once the imbalance has been determined, a customized program can be created with avariety of treatment modalities including acupuncture, herbal therapy, tui na, qi gong in addition to food, exerciseand life style suggestions.

Seasonal acupuncture treatments just four times a year serve to notify the inner organ systems andcorrect minor annoyances before they become serious problems.For a FREEconsultation or appointment, call 719-632-7103

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Save the Date for the First CSCCI Excursion!Colorado Dragon Boat Festival: Sat,July 27th, 20 13

Starting in 2013 we will connect you to one of thebest Summer Festivals held in the State of Colorado!Jump onborad our chartered coach at one of twoconvenient pick-up points in Colorado Springs for a fun andcomfortable ride to the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival heldat Sloan's Lake in Denver. The Festival is now in its 13thYear. Cheer on the Dragon Boat Racers, watch entertainersfrom throughout Asia Pacific, enjoy delicious food from theregion and check out dozens of vendor booths. Ticketsinclude transportation, snacks, entrance to the Festival andthe chance to make new friends with a common love forAsian cultures!

Availability is limited. If you are interested in tickets forthis excursion please add your name to our first-right-of-refusal sign-up sheet at the Chinese New Year Festival orsend an e-mail toKimberly.M.Gunderson@welisfargo.com.Full details will be provided in the coming months.

Don't miss out!

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New Year Rice CakesThe New Year Rice Cakes have various styles and

auspicious implications.

The New Year Rice Cakes in Taiwan have variousstyles like Fukien style, Hakka style, Szechuan (Im)Jj)style, Suchou (tRfl'i) style, Ningpo (-$:1&'.) style andGuangdong style, which all symbolize the promotionsto the higher and higher positions year after year. Themost common New Year Rice Cakes are the Fa Guei(Rice Cakes Steamed with Baking Powder, (~**),which symbolizes the prosperity, the sweet rice cakes,which symbolizes the good fortune, and the whiteradish rice cakes which symbolizes the good omens.

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Feng Shui ~7j(

By Suzanne MetzgerDo you feel that time is speeding up? Almost everyone

I talk to believes it is and that there are other big changeshappening at a planetary level.

Every indication is that we humans are on an upwardspiral in consciousness. By cooperating with the flow,and incorporating the ancient art and science of FengShui, we can ease into whatever is nest. Also even oneliving space that reflects good Feng Shui is contributingto lifting the vibration of the entire planet.

In Feng Shui a simple, yet powerful, way of lookingat the flow of time is to adjust the Bagua J\!~areas ofCareer, the Center, and Fame.

Among other things, CAREER represents you pastand the beginning of your life-starting in the womb.Yourpast experiences activities, and memories have movedyou forward on your personal path.

Unless the sequence is interrupted, you will recreateand project energy from your past in your future.Therefore, it's important to become conscious of yourfeelings and the decisions you've made about pastevents that happenened in your life, so that they don'taffect your future--especially unconscious or forgottendecisions.

A significant portion of the past happened eitherearly in life orIn a preverbal state. In order to retrieveimportant memories or decisions, intent that Significanthidden portions of your life be revealed to you throughyour dreams, meditation, journaling, or through workwith therapists and healers skilled at assisting you toreveal the past.

Read more about Feng Shui, plesase go to www.FengShuiConsultingServices.net. Suzanne Metzger is theowner of Feng Shui Consulting Services in ColoradoSprings, She is specializing In Consultations for Home,Business & Land.