Chinese are hoping for a prosperous New year (From The Oxford Times)
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Chinese are hoping for a prosperous New year
11:10am Monday 31st January 2011 in News
Meng Pan plays the hu – a kind of Chinese two-stringed fiddle –
CHINESE Students put on a show at Oxford Town Hall to celebrate their New Year.
The event, on Friday, showcased 15 traditional acts including martial arts, comedy, fashion and music, ahead of the Chinese New Year on Thursday Eric Liu, 22, of organisers the Oxford Chinese Students and Scholars Association, said: “Normally we do not go out on the day, we spend that time with our families, so all the celebration happens before that.
“We are all students far away from home so we try to create the feeling of home.
“But we also but also want to promote our culture to the local community.”
Meng Pan, 22, said: “We chose to play music that has Chinese character.
“Because we are in a foreign country for our studies we wanted to get the students together and have a big festival. It is the most important festival for the Chinese.”
This year will be the year of the rabbit.
Mr Liu, who also played the hu, added: “The year of the rabbit is a good year – quite a prosperous year. As well as being a cute animal the rabbit symbolises good fortune.”
Comments(2)
peterr Macvey
says...
7:35pm Mon 31 Jan 11
gree0115 wrote:Understandable mistake. When the reporter asked the name of the fiddle, she would have replied "it's er hu", which could be heard as "it's a hu"
Get your details right Oxford Mail! The instrument is called an erhu NOT a hu, it's got 2 strings. Er being 2 in Mandarin.
gree0115 says...
4:44pm Mon 31 Jan 11
The instrument is called an erhu NOT a hu, it's got 2 strings. Er being 2 in Mandarin.