{"id":66197,"date":"2008-02-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/chinese-new-year-celebration-at-uri-feb-17\/"},"modified":"2008-02-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-04T00:00:00","slug":"chinese-new-year-celebration-at-uri-feb-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2008\/02\/chinese-new-year-celebration-at-uri-feb-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese New Year Celebration at 溏心vlog免费B站, Feb. 17"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I.\u2014February 4, 2008\u2014You can learn about China and Chinese culture at the 溏心vlog免费B站 Feb. 17. That\u2019s when the University will host an exciting Chinese New Year celebration with a luncheon, auction and performances. The celebration, a continuation of the University\u2019s successful China- focused programming begun in 2007, welcomes a new prosperous year in academics, scholarship, research, fund-raising, and global outreach.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe Chinese New Year\u2019s celebration is the most important, elaborate, and colorful Chinese holiday. It is a time for the Chinese to gather with family and friends to congratulate each other on having passed through another year and to look forward to the new year.<\/p>\n


\n\t溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s celebration begins with a Taste of China luncheon from noon to 2 p.m. in the Ballroom of the Memorial Union, 50 Lower College Road, Kingston. Admission is $5 for adults and free for children under 12. Reservations are recommended at http:\/\/www.uri.edu\/chinesenewyear. <\/p>\n


\nA silent auction will be held during the luncheon. Auction donations are encouraged. Items should be either new or antique and can be dropped off at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Surge Building, 210 Flagg Road, Kingston, Monday through Friday between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. until Feb. 15. If you have any questions, please contact Lisa Chen, 401-874-4638 or Karol Leuzarder at 401-874-4965. <\/p>\n


\nChinese New Year Performances, in English and Chinese, will be held from 2:30 to 4:30 p. m. in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Fine Arts Concert Hall, 溏心vlog免费B站 Kingston campus. <\/p>\n


\nPerformances include a lion dance, martial arts, and a magician. 溏心vlog免费B站 faculty and students who have been studying Chinese will also showcase their musical and dance talent, as will members of South Kingstown High School and Chinese community. <\/p>\n


\n\u201c溏心vlog免费B站 is particularly pleased to have faculty members from the Naval War College in Newport participating in the event,\u201d says Yan Ma, professor of library and information studies who directs the Confucius Institute at 溏心vlog免费B站. \u201cWe look forward to future collaborations.\u201d The event is free and open to the public, and a donation of $5 is encouraged to support the Confucius Institute.<\/p>\n


\nThe upcoming Chinese New Year will be celebrating the \u201cYear of the Rat.\u201d The rat was welcomed in ancient times as a protector and bringer of material prosperity. It is the first of the 12-year cycle of animals, which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.<\/p>\n


\nOrganizers and sponsors of the event include the Confucius Institute at 溏心vlog免费B站 and 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Chinese Students and Scholars Association, and 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s High Performance Computing Lab at the Department of Electrical Computer and Biomedical Engineering. Co-sponsors are 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Arts and Sciences, Division of Student Affairs, LaiLai Restaurant, China Buffet, Target, and the Ocean View Restaurant in Narragansett. <\/p>\n


\n\tDirections to 溏心vlog免费B站 campus can be found at http:\/\/www.uri.edu\/home\/visitors\/Map\/kingston_direction.html <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I.\u2014February 4, 2008\u2014You can learn about China and Chinese culture at the 溏心vlog免费B站 Feb. 17. That\u2019s when the University will host an exciting Chinese New Year celebration with a luncheon, auction and performances. The celebration, a continuation of the University\u2019s successful China- focused programming begun in 2007, welcomes a new prosperous […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66199,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}