The Global Chinese Cheongsam Beauties Poetry recitation and elegant style contest was successfully held at Auckland Metropolis Museum yesterday.
The contest was organized by Global Chinese Cheongsam Images Association Cultural Alliance and Federation of New Zealand Cheongsam Association.
The Contest is an international cultural event that was held in more than 30 cities in China and 13 overseas cities such as the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.”
The contest is a part of Global Chinese Cheongsam Images Scroll Project. Global Chinese Cheongsam Images Scroll was started in March 2014 in Tianjin, China. The scroll is still an ongoing project, initiated by Liu Bing, a cheongsam enthusiast and local TV host from Tianjin, that invites women to dress in cheongsams and pose for photos that will be added to a giant printed scroll in the manner of the classic Chinese painting Scene at the Upper River during Qingming Festival.
As of July 2017, there were over 38000 having participated in the Scroll, the length had reached over 10000 meters, which touched Chinese, amazed the world, it was extreme spectacular.
In the afternoon of April 14th, the opening ceremony of Ye Qijia and He Shuwei’s Chinese paintings Exhibition was successfully held at the Auckland Metropolis Museum. The exhibition was jointly sponsored by New Zealand Shen Zhen Society Association, New Zealand Guangdong General Chamber of Commerce, and Shunde District Federation of Literature Association.
New Zealand National MP Dr. Yang Jian, District Councilman Peter Young JP, and community leaders, artists, painters, and guests attended the opening ceremony.
More than fifty paintings were exhibited, with the theme of a beautiful homeland, showing the unique customs and life scene of the Lingnan Water Village which located in Guangdong Province.
Resume of Ye Qijia
Member of China National Art Association,Vice Chairman of Foshan Art Association in Guangdong Province, Honorary Chairman of Shunde Art Association, Visiting Scholar of China Academy of Arts, Vice Dean of China Pastoral Landscape Painting Instituteand Dean of Shunde Pastoral Chinese Painting Institute.
Individual exhibitions of Mr Ye, for example, The Water Village Flavor of Qijia Ye and Qijia Ye Boutique Chinese Painting, have been successfully held many times in China, including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Works were selected on many occasions for national exhibitions and won various awards. More than 200 pieces of works have been published respectively on Arts, Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, People’s Daily, Gallery and Artist of Chinese Painting Institute.
Paintings such as Water Village in Spring, Night Talk of Ancient Village, Spring Beauty, Verdancy, Bamboo Forest Families and Morning Fog have been permanently collected by Chinese Painting Research Institute, China Military Museum, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Museum of Zhuhai City, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Nan An Zhi Shang Art Museum and other collectors. Works like Sound of Wind, Rain and Ducks, Beautiful Scenery and After Spring Rain and so on were chosen for exhibition abroad in New York, Sydney, Paris and Auckland.
Resume of Wanwei He
Member of China National Art Association, Council member of Chinese Painting Society in Art Association of Guangdong Province, Council member of Foshan Art Association, Vice president of Foshan Women Artistic Experts Society, Vice chairman of Shunde Art Association, Founder of Shunde Mingmen Arts Education Center and painter of Shunde Pastoral Chinese Painting Institute. At Guangzhou Arts Institute, she also studied Chinese painting with Professor Fang Chuxiong.
Multiple pieces of art work have been selected and awarded nationally and internationally. Over 200 pieces of paintings were published on People’s Daily, Art and many other journals. China National Art Association published Artist He Wanwei. Anhui Province Art Press published New Horizon: Contemporary Famous Chinese Paintings Series: He Wanwei, Hong Kong Galaxy Press published He Wanwei’s Tradition Chinese Realistic Painting.
Famous Chinese painter Fang Chuxiong, professor of Guangzhou Art Institute and tutor of masters, spoke highly of He’s paintings: Her realistic paintings were elegant. She combined impingement method and outline staining method, which made her drawings vivid and full of contrast. They are changing but unified, alive composition and fresh
artistic conception. She inherited the essence of Song dynasty imperial court paintings and also expressed her inner understanding of beauty and lives. That is the reason you would feel the modern sense of pureness and elegance.
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On 21st of March, more than 100 Auckland Chinese gathered together at Auckland Metropolis Museum, hold a Seminar on celebrating the success of “NPC & CPPCC Annual Sessions 2018”, also they learned the spirit of the “NPC and CPPCC 2018”– the 13th National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China and 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.
The Seminar organized by United Chinese Associations of New Zealand, China Peaceful Reunification Federation of New Zealand, New Zealand Huaxing Arts Troupe, and the New Zealand Chinese Veterans General Federation.
Mr. Zhang Heqing, Consul of the Chinese Consulate-General in Auckland attended the Seminar.
Chen Xiang Fa Images Biharmonic Chinese Painting Exhibition was held at Auckland Metropolis Museum on last Saturday.
More than one hundred of art lovers from the local society, leaders of overseas Chinese communities, and the media representatives attended the opening ceremony of the exhibition.
More than 60 paintings displayed at this exhibition, and one of them has been collected by Auckland Metropolis Museum.
Director-General Zhang Wei of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office led a delegation to visit Auckland and hold an exchange forum with the overseas Chinese at Auckland Metropolis Museum.
On the morning of February 20, Director Zhang Wei of the Chinese Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council and his entourage held symposiums respectively with delegates from New Zealand’s Huaxing Arts Troupe, the United Chinese Associations of New Zealand, and the China Peaceful Reunification Federation of New Zealand. At the forum, Director Zhang Wei met face-to-face with New Zealand Chinese artists and overseas Chinese. Representatives of overseas Chinese compatriots fully expressed their heart-felt feelings to Director Zhang Wei.
At the forum, Director Zhang Wei introduced to the representatives of overseas Chinese compatriots the intention of the delegation from Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council to visit New Zealand. First, led the “Cultures of China, Festivals of Spring ” delegation to visit New Zealand , showing the diverse charm of Chinese culture. The second is to greet the overseas Chinese on behalf of the people of the motherland and at the same time to introduce the functions and responsibilities of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council to the overseas Chinese compatriots, that is, to serve overseas Chinese.
At the symposium, she first thanked New Zealand’s Huaxing Arts Troupe and the leaders of the overseas Chinese Communities for their dedication to contributing to their home countries in the past years. At the same time, she praised the Chinese overseas for their hard work in Auckland as well.
2018 <Cultures of China, Festivals of Spring> Concert Press Conference was grandly held at Auckland Metropolis Events Center at the afternoon of February 5.
Ms. Fiona Li, President of New Zealand Huaxing Arts Troupe and Organizing Committee Director of the concert, said: “the aim of this press conference is to introduce the 2018 <Cultures of China, Festivals of Spring> concert to the Chinese communities and mainstream society, which will be performed by Overseas Chinese professional performing groups. Famous ensembles and artists will sing, dance, and perform comedy, acrobatics, magic, and much more at this large variety show to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Featuring opera singers from China itself, this showcase is a splendid way to enter into the Year of the Dog.”
Thursday, February 22, 2018
ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre, Auckland Central
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Spring Festival is the most important traditional festival in China. The “Cultures of China, Festival of Spring” global tour was initiated in 2009 by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council. It has become an important part of Chinese New Year celebrations for overseas Chinese people as well as locals and has reached more than 200 cities around the world. It is a great way to celebrate the Spring Festival with traditional Chinese performances.
Donations and ticketing have already started. Please contact the organizing committee.
Fiona Li: 021 663699，379988189@qq.com
Jim He: 09-6302595，027-2274968, jimhe0809@hotmail.com
Wendy Zhou: 021 1109476, xiaowen628@hotmail.com
The “2018 New Zealand 1st International Mandarin Dress Performance Contest Press Conference” was grandly held at Auckland Metropolis Events Centre on the afternoon of last Sunday.
Dr. Jian Yang, MP of New Zealand National Party, attended the conference and addressed on behalf of the Party.
On behalf of the organizer, Ms Liang Suyun, president of New Zealand (Gloria) Mandarin Dress Association, Ms Wo Lianghong (Excutive President) gave a speech at the conference.
The Contest producer Mr. Ma Xin, Director of the contest, Ms. Sha Xiaodan, as well as the judge representative and contestants representative addressed at the Press Conference.
Chinese ceramic artist Lv Junjie brought 65 pieces of Zisha art work into New Zealand, annotating the ancient and modern values of “One Belt and One Road” from a cultural point of view.
Chinese Traditional Zisha (Purple Clay) Teapots Arts Exhibition of Master Lv Junjie and his students was held at Auckland Metropolis Museum on January 27. With the theme of “One Belt and One Road”, this exhibition included various types of Zisha teapots such as light elements and flower arrangements. The combination of inheritance and innovation in the creative approach reflects the distinctive style and refined and refined style.
Mr. Zhang Heqing, Cultural consul of Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Auckland; Mr. Raymond Huo, MP of Labour Party; Mr. Peter Goodfellow, President of National Party; Dr. Yang Jian, MP of National Party; Mr Xu Jianrong, President of Yixing Zisha Culture Association; and Mr. Du Yong, Vice President of Jiangsu Phoenix International Auction Ltd attended the opening ceremony of the exhibition.
Lv Junjie said, this is his first time to visit New Zealand, the local people’s enthusiasm for Chinese culture made him very impressed. Zisha art is a symbol and carrier of Chinese culture and arts, and its art has very rich language and connotation. He upholds the way in which his works speak and communicate with other beautiful cultures in the world.
Zhang Heqing, cultural consul of the Chinese Consulate General in Auckland, said that this exhibition has enabled many New Zealand citizens to understand the profound Chinese culture and hopes the two countries will continue to deepen the cultural exchange.
