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This year sees the Chinese New Year celebrations in Lancaster take a brave step in a new direction.

We at the Hua Xian Chinese Society have for years organised community orientated events to share culture and arts with the wider community together with local artists, performers and volunteers.

For 2011’s programme, as well as favourites from previous years, we’ve expanded and brought together events organised by ourselves and other partner organisations across Lancaster to showcase national and international artists and musicians such as Ed Pien - a Canadian based Chinese artist, and Xuefei Yang - from Beijing now based in the UK.

华贤社 HUA XIAN CHINESE SOCIETY:

Sam Moi Chan · Raymond Chan · Ti Hong Wai · Yan Mei Wang · Rong Lin Chen · Sibyl Chen

特别鸣谢 SPECIAL THANKS:

Arts Council England Community Grants Lancaster City Council Lancashire County Council Lancaster District CVS Lancaster District LSP People’s Republic of China Consulate PRS for Music

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We hope the Festival will contribute to Lancaster’s aim to be the destination for anyone with a passion for arts and culture, helping to raise its profile as a vibrant, welcoming city for visitors and residents alike.

Lancaster Chinese New Year is not just for the Chinese community, but for everyone. Please take this amazing opportunity and enjoy all the hardwork everyone has done to bring you this experience!

Raymond Chan, Director Lancaster Chinese

New Year Festival 2011

特别鸣谢 SPECIAL THANKS (no particular order):

St Nicholas Arcades · The Dukes Theatre · The Storey Gallery · Chinese Arts Centre · Live at LICA, Lancaster University

Richard Tulej · Heather McManus · Mark Cullinan · Gill Haigh · Simon Armstrong · Eleanor White · James Sommerville

John Angus · Julie Brown · Johnathan Illot · Richard Smith · Susannah Kraft · Ying Kwok · Fiona Sinclair · Mary Lucas · Liz Nicholson · Jacqui Nye

Mr and Mrs, Charles Chan OBE JP · Stephen Chung · Christina Johnson · Jane Attfield · Oliver Wilson-Fish · Roger Carter · Gi Cho · Jerry North

欢迎来到兰卡斯特兔年联欢会Welcome to the Year of the Rabbit!

Manchester Consulate of the People’s Republic of ChinaWe would like to say to everyone on this joyous occaision for the upcoming Year of the Rabbit, best wishes for a year full of good luck and prosperity!

Lancaster’s Chinese community will be promoting the best of Chinese culture and we look forward to further exchanges between Chinese and British communities, learning to work together in harmony and by doing so benefit both China and Britain.

值此兔年来临之际，在这欢乐的佳节，祝

愿兰卡斯特的华人朋友和各民族，新年吉祥，

万事如意！

长期旅居在兰卡斯特的华人朋友是中国人

民的友好使者。

在各位的共同努力下，中华优秀文化和优

良传统的艺术得以在英国发扬光大。希望大家

継续与英国朋友及各民族和睦相处，共同促

进中英两国之间的人文化交流，使双方相互借

鉴，取长补短，为兰卡斯特市的社区建设作出

更大的贡献。

王树桐副总领事 Vice-Consul General Shutong Wang

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在中国传统佳节兔年春节来临之际,祝兰卡斯

特市全体华人：

身体健康，全家幸福，

万事如意，兔年吉祥！

中华人民共和国驻曼彻斯特总领事馆

中国驻曼彻斯总领事倪坚 Consul General Ji Nian

新春贺词New Year’s Greetings

Lancaster City Council has a tradition of strong links with our many different communities; and it is good to be able to support the Chinese New Year. I attended the Chinese New Year celebrations for the first time last year.

I received a warm welcome and enjoyed great food, great entertainment and great company. I am looking forward to the events this year and wish to say thank you to the Hua Xian Chinese Society, as organisers, for their hard work and contribution to our community in Lancaster District.

Can I wish you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year.

Leader of Lancaster City Council Councillor Stuart Langhorn

兰卡斯特市政府一直和各组织有密切的合

作关系，因此兰卡斯特市政府能够支持中国新

年的举办是件非常荣耀的事。去年我有幸首次

参加了华贤社举办的春节联欢会庆祝活动，期

间我受到了热情款待，品尝了中华美食并且在

活动中深切感受到了中华伟大的艺术文化。

我期待着今年的春节联欢会的到来，在此

我衷心地感谢，组织创办人及工作人员的努力

和支持，感谢他们为我们兰卡斯特及邻近社区

带来欢乐。

在此我祝大家新春快乐！大吉大利！

兰卡斯特市政府市政府主席

Councillor Stuart Langhorn

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新春贺词New Year’s Greetings

亲爱的侨胞及兰卡斯特市民：

一年一度的新春佳节，喜气洋洋的日子即

将来临，本组织在这几年里举办过无数的春节

庆祝活动，得以各界的支持与赞助，兰卡斯特

市才能得此盛大的春节联欢会庆祝。我谨代表

华贤社衷心的感谢市政府及中国驻曼城总领

事馆的支持，经过大家的支持，今年华贤社团

结各地的艺术家为兰卡斯特及邻近区域市民

作出贡献，依此佳节发扬我们的中华优良传统

艺术。借此机会与各民族和平共处及融入主流

社会，建立我们之间的友好关系，在此欢迎各

界扶老携幼参加，同时间与世界各地同胞齐庆

佳节。

值此春节的来临，本人谨代表“华贤社”

祝愿：世界和平，新春愉快，合家平安，

心想事成，兔年行好运！

兰卡斯特及邻近区域“华贤社”

华贤社会长

陈三妹

Dear friends and the people of Lancaster:

Chinese New Year is coming and the Hua Xian Chinese Society will again mark this important event with exciting celebrations.

A special thanks goes to Lancaster City Council and the People’s Republic of China’s Consulate in Manchester for their generous support to make this happen.

This year’s festival sees artists of Chinese heritage from around the world come together in Lancaster to promote both traditional and contemporary art.

People from any background regardless of ethnicity can join, take part, enjoy the festivities and find out about contemporary Chinese society and culture.

On behalf of the Hua Xian Chinese Society:

We wish you a happy Year of the Rabbit filled with peace and happiness with friends and family. May all your wishes come true!

Hua Xian Chinese SocietyChairperson

Sam Moi Chan

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新春贺词New Year’s Greetings

The Hua Xian Chinese School will be in St Nicholas Arcades for everyone to join in and have a taste of what Chinese culture offers!

Tutors and students will be there for children, families and adults to learn how to speak and write Chinese: whether it is the most widespread Putonghua (Mandarin) or experience other languages like Cantonese, Shanghainese, Fujianese or Hakka.

They will also be joined by Lancaster Adult College and Lancaster Community Learning Network running a range of fun family activities including: Chinese calligraphy, Origami, Lantern making, Chinese fortune telling and more! St Nicholas Arcades

City Centre, Lancaster, LA1 1NB

lancasterchinesenewyear@gmail.com

日期：Saturday 29 January时间：12midday - 4pm场地：Unit 8-10, next to Argos, St Nicholas Arcades

免费入场 FREE ENTRY

欢迎现金捐款 Donations welcome

presented by Hua Xian Chinese School

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中华艺术文化节Chinese Cultural Day

Market Square and Market StreetCity Centre, Lancaster, LA1 1HY

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Come down to enjoy the vibrant atmosphere of Chinese New Year with entertainment and stalls throughout the day including: the headline act roaring into town: the Double Lion Dance by Northern Dragons Lion Martial Arts Team!

The Chinese God of Fortune (Cai Shen) will also be out sharing good will and presents, mesmerising traditional Chinese dance by the Red Fan Chinese Dance Society, Martial Arts Displays, Chinese drumming workshops by More Music and short parade along Market Street.

Lancaster Adult College and Lancaster Community Learning Network will also be joining us again to run fun arts and crafts workshops for families and children.

日期：Sunday 30 January时间：11am - 4pm, Performances 12pm - 3pm场地：Market Square, Market Street, Lancaster City Centre

免费入场 FREE ENTRY

欢迎现金捐款 Donations welcome

presented by Hua Xian Chinese Society

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新春联欢会Chinese New Year Celebrations

One of the most established Chinese Opera troupes in the UK – the Manchester Cantonese Operatics Society - present an evening of traditional Cantonese Opera.

This is a unique opportunity to experience a form of Chinese performing arts with centuries of tradition for the first in Lancaster at the Dukes Theatre. Combining powerful vocals and dramatic narrative with exquisite costumes and make-up, this show will explore Chinese opera through five specially selected plays each accompanied by live music performed by an ensemble of Chinese instruments including the Erhu, Dizi, Yangqin and percussion.

门票 TICKETS标准 Full £10.00优惠 Concessions £6.00

The Dukes TheatreMoor Lane, Lancaster, LA1 1QE

01524 598500

www.dukes-lancaster.org

日期：Monday 31 January时间：6pm场地：The Dukes Theatre

presented by Hua Xian Chinese Society and Manchester Cantonese Operatics Society

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新春粵剧贺岁Cantonese Opera Gala

‘EAST’ a pop-up art exhbition by artists of East Asian heritage from different backgrounds. Working together, they will transform the space from ordinary retail shop to a new creative space in which you can explore.

Across two weeks, artists will interact with the space - exhbiting work and creating new original pieces or repond to others work.

Nothing is planned and the space will evolve organically with each intervention by an artist.

Each invited artist will be unveiled in the shop front window with a description of their work as the project proceeds.

免费入场 FREE ENTRY

欢迎现金捐款 Donations welcome

St Nicholas ArcadesCity Centre, Lancaster, LA1 1NB

07780 813402

lancasterchinesenewyear@gmail.com

日期：31 January – 12 February时间：Monday – Saturday 10am-5pm场地：Unit 8-10, next to Argos, St Nicholas Arcades

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东｜艺术展览East | Arts Project

The exhibition - Memento - by Ed Pien, is a walk-through environment created from knotted ropes, paper-cut silhouettes, video projections, rotating mirrors, sand-bags, shadows, and sound. In the dim light, the visitor plunges into another world, navigating their way amidst the shadows beneath a rope net canopy, while projected images spin around the gallery walls.

Memento was developed from his research into the plight of illegal immigrants who take great risks in the hope of achieving a better life. These people often have to live ‘ghost-like’, hidden from society, such as the Chinese cockle pickers in Morecambe Bay, the ‘Faujis’ from India living in the UK without identities, and the thousands of North Africans who try to cross the Mediterranean in small boats, some of whom perish on the way.

Memento is a continuation of Pien’s interest in the otherworldly, invisibility, disappearance, and journeys. It poignantly

reflects on the displaced, forgotten and unseen, yet remains poetically open-ended.

Ed Pien was born in Taiwan and moved to Canada aged 11. He has exhibited internationally including the Drawing Centre, New York; La Biennale de Montreal; Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico City; plAAy, Blackburn (UK); The Goethe Institute, Berlin; and Himalya Art Gallery, Chongqing, China.

Memento was commissioned by the Chinese Art Centre in Manchester.

免费入场 FREE ENTRY

日期：Saturday 5 February – Wednesday 2 April时间：Tuesday – Saturday 11am-5pm, Thursdays 11am-8.30pm场地：Storey Gallery

Storey GalleryStorey Institute, Meeting House Lane, Lancaster, LA1 1TH

01524 844133

www.storeygallery.org.uk

presented by Hua Xian Chinese Society, Storey Art Gallery and Chinese Arts Centre

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纪念｜艺术展览Memento | Arts Exhibition

Performed by the Grand Union Orchestra.

‘Bengal Tiger, Shanghai Dragon’ combines sagas, time-cycles and inflected vocal styles from India and Bangladesh and ancient classical show-pieces and folk tunes of China with jazz improvisation, latin rhythms and surprising harmonic twists.

The 9 piece line-up features Grand Union’s Indian and Bangaldeshi musicians. A huge success at the London Jazz Festival, this is a unique multi-cultural show not to be missed.

There is an opportunity to meet the artists from the Grand Union Orchestra at 6.45pm

门票 TICKETS 预售票 Web Advance£15.50, £13 (£13, £10.50 Concessions) Young Person / Student: £7

标准 Standard: £16.50, £14 (£14, £11.50 Concessions) Young Person / Student: £8

Live At LICAGreat Hall, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YW

01524 594151

www.liveatlica.org

boxoffice@liveatlica.org

日期：Thursday 27 January时间：7.30pm场地：Great Hall, Lancaster University

presented by Live at LICA, Lancaster University

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孟加拉虎，上海龙 | 音乐会Bengal Tiger, Shanghai Dragon

Performed by Xuefei Yang.

The astonishing virtuoso is one of the world’s leading guitarists. Her programme for ‘Forty Degrees North’ explores the tantalising idea that Beijing and Madrid share the same latitude through a beguiling selection of her own arrangements.

There will be an opportunity to meet Xuefei Yang at 6.45pm.

She will be performing the following pieces:J.S. Bach, Violin Sonata No.2 in A minorAlbeniz, Suite Espana, Seis Hojas de Album Op.165He & Chen, Butterfly Lovers Violin ConcertoJ. Rodrigo, Invocation and DanceTarrega, Carnival of Venice

日期：Thursday 17 February时间：7.30pm场地：Great Hall, Lancaster University

门票 TICKETS 预售票 Web Advance£15.50, £13 (£13, £10.50 Concessions) Young Person / Student: £7

标准 Standard: £16.50, £14 (£14, £11.50 Concessions) Young Person / Student: £8

Live At LICAGreat Hall, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YW

01524 594151

www.liveatlica.org

boxoffice@liveatlica.org

presented by Live at LICA, Lancaster University

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北方西十度 | 音乐会Forty Degrees North

中国电影节Chinese Film Season

Directed by Peter Ho-Sun Chan

2007, China Hong Kong, 108mins, Subtitles

Starring: Andy Lau, Jet Li

Directed by Sheng Ding

2010, China, 95mins, Subtitles

Starring: Jackie Chan, Leehom Wang

A drama of friendship, ambition and betrayal set during a bloody civil war in 19th-century China. Three blood brothers find their oath tested by battle and personal rivalry, during a time of great political upheaval. Based on the classic tale ‘The Assassination of Ma’ from the Qing Dynasty.

A comedy road movie with a healthy dose of kung fu action and adventure. Set 2000 years ago in the Warring States Period, only two men survive an epic battle. The old soldier kidnaps the young general of an enemy state and takes him on a long journey home to collect the reward.

日期：Tuesday 1 February时间：6.10pm场地：The Dukes Theatre

日期：Saturday 5 February时间：6.25pm场地：The Dukes Theatre

门票 TICKETS标准 Full £5.50 / 优惠 Concession £4.50

门票 TICKETS标准 Full £5.50 / 优惠 Concession £4.50

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Directed by Sue Williams

2009, China USA, 106mins, Subtitles

Director by Xiaogang Feng

2010, China, 135mins, Subtitles

Starring: Jingchu Zhang, Doaming Chen

An intimate look into the lives of nine young people living in China. Young & Restless in China charts the lives of nine people coming of age over a period of 4 years, giving a unique insight into China’s fast changing political and economic landscape

One of the most successful Chinese films of all time and the country’s entry for the 2011 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Aftershock is the powerful and epic story of a family separated as a result of the Tangshan Earthquake in 1976.

日期：Tuesday 8 February时间：6.10pm场地：The Dukes Theatre

日期：Saturday 12 February时间：5.45pm场地：The Dukes Theatre

门票 TICKETSAll £3.00

门票 TICKETS标准 Full £5.50 / 优惠 Concession £4.50

The Dukes TheatreMoor Lane, Lancaster, LA1 1QE

01524 598500

www.dukes-lancaster.org

To celebrate Chinese New Year, The Dukes has partnered with the Hua Xian Chinese Society to present a season of contemporary Chinese films.

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日期：Thursday 27 January时间：7.30pm

日期：Saturday 29 January时间：12midday - 4pm

日期：Sunday 30 January时间：11am - 4pm

日期：Monday 31 January时间：6.10pm

日期：Monday 31 January - Saturday 12 February时间：Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm

日期：Tuesday 8 February - Saturday 2 April时间：Tue - Sat 11am - 5pm, Thu 11am - 8.30pm

日期：Thursday 17 February时间：7.30pm

日期：Tuesday 1 February - Saturday 12 February时间：Various Times

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中国电影节Chinese Film Season

北方西十度 | 音乐会Forty Degrees North

孟加拉虎，上海龙 | 音乐会Bengal Tiger, Shanghai Dragon

纪念｜艺术展览Memento | Arts Exhibition

东｜艺术展览East | Arts Project

新春粵剧贺岁Cantonese Opera Gala

新春联欢会Chinese New Year Celebrations

中华艺术文化节Chinese Cultural Day