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CHINA TODAY 2003 - Chinese Cultural Festival in
Helsinki from 19th to 26th September 2003, Stoa, Kanneltalo
and Malmitalo
Organisers:
Cultural Office of
the City of Helsinki
The Embassy of the Peoples
Republic of China
The Beijing Municipal Bureau of
Culture
Stoa The Eastern Cultural Centre
Kanneltalo Cultural Centre
Malmitalo
Cultural Centre
Helsinki´s Eastern
Districts Adult Education Centre, Arbis and
Library
Helsinkis Western Districts Adult
Education Centre and Library
Helsinkis
Northeastern Districts Adult Education Centre and
Library
Partners:
Festivals media:
Metro
Festivals hotel: Ramada Hotel President
Festivals restaurant: Djingis Khan
China
Tekway Ltd.
Finland - China
Society
Further information:
Internet: (Starting from
August)
http://www.kulttuuri.hel.fi
http://www.kulttuuri.hel.fi/stoa
http://www.kulttuuri.hel.fi/kanneltalo
http://www.kulttuuri.hel.fi/malmitalo
http://www.chinaembassy-fi.org
Art Exhibitions:
Free entrance to all the
exhibitions
China Today Modern
Development of an Ancient Art
Stoa´s gallery 19th
September to 5th October 2003
The exhibition
China Today Modern Development of an Ancient
Art comprises fifty-odd pieces of contemporary ceramic
works of distinctive styles. The collection reflects the
artistic exploration by contemporary Chinese potters, and
may help to illustrate, in one way or another, the current
development of this age-old art form in a nation with a long
past, open to the world, and towards a new millennium. Since
its debut in 1997, the exhibition has toured Spain, United
Kingdom, Denmark, Norway, Italy, France, Czech, Austria and
Bulgaria.
Zheng Zhong´s Plate
Graphs
Stoa´s upper gallery from the 19th to 26th
September 2003
Zheng Zhong was born in Haian,
Jiangsu Province in 1962 and graduated from the Researchers
Class in Jiangsu Printmaking Institute in 1997 and from the
Department of Printmaking in CAFA for master degree in 1999.
He is a member of Chinese Printmaking Artists Association
and lecturer in Jiangsu Printmaking Institute. Chinese
National Museum of Fine Arts, China International Exhibition
Agency of the Chinese Ministry of Culture, Egyptian National
Printmaking Museum and the President of the Republic of
Cyprus have collected Zheng Zhong´s works.
Zhang Zhenqi
Stoa´s upper
gallery from 19th to 26th September 2003
Zhang
Zhenqi was born in Hainan in 1934. After having served the
Chinese army, he was transferred, in 1958 to civil work and
became one of the representatives of the Great Northern
Wilderness Woodcut School. His works have been exhibited in
more than 40 countries including UK, France, USA and Japan,
and collected by many museums in the world. 30 of his most
representative works that are the masterpieces in his
different creation periods will be shown during the
Festival.
Characters in Beijing
opera & Peking Opera Pictures
Kanneltalo gallery
from the 19th September to 5th October 2003
The
exhibition Characters in Beijing Opera presents
stage characters of Beijing Opera in a three-dimensional
miniature. The exhibition, composed of 60 pieces with an
average height of 60 cm., is selected from 37 Beijing
operas. The production of the art pieces, made of various
kinds of materials, requires nearly a hundred different
working procedures to be completed. Just like little
messengers, the Characters in Beijing Opera, first of its
kind to be created, is travelling abroad to extend its best
regards to all the friends who love Chinese art and culture,
in particular Beijing Opera.
China Tibetan Arts
Exhibition
Malmitalo, from 19th to 26th September 2003
Tibetan Buddhism exerted strong
influence on various sectors of superstructures, literature,
opera, music, dance, fresco, architecture, embossed
embroidery and sculpture of the Tibetan
society.
Tibetan folk art is rich and colourful. Of
the dazzling variety of art forms, including proverbs, folk
songs, jokes, stories and legends, King Gesar, the
world´s longest epic, is most representative. It is
known for complete sets of scripts and unique performing
art. Folk opera, folk dance, garments, architecture arts,
handicrafts, butter sculpture and stone carving are strongly
tinged with Tibetan color.
Chinese book
exhibitions
City libraries in Stoa, Kanneltalo and
Malmitalo, from 19th September to 5th October. After the
exhibitions all the books will be donated to the
above-mentioned libraries.
Chinese
Traditional Music Concert:
Performances:
- Saturday 20.9. At 7.00 pm., Stoa /Theatre
Hall
- Sunday 21.9. At 4.00 pm., Kanneltalo / Concert
Hall
- Tuesday 23.9. At 7.00 pm. Malmitalo / Malmi
Hall
Tickets: 10/8
Lin-Yue-Ran-Ran, Traditional Chinese Music Quartet
are found most active on Beijing stage and loved by the
audience. The group includes 4 young female members, who
have received best education from conservatories of music in
China. They are marvellous players of Chinese traditional
instruments such as Erhu, Dulcimer, Zheng and Pipa. In 2002,
the group gave a wonderful expression and performance in
Washington, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco,
etc.
Liu Yan, from Beijing Opera and Dance Drama
Theatre, is a new star in Chinese music circles. She will
sing Chinese folk songs at the Chinese Cultural Festival in
Helsinki.
Jin Yongzhe, is a famous lyric tenor
of Chaoxian Nationality. By almost ten years studying,
performing and teaching in the field of vocal music, as a
young associate professor of China Conservatory Vocal
Department, he has won prizes in many international singing
competitions.
Peking Opera Troupe of Beijing
Also Sichuan Opera group and Chinese artists living
in Finland: Mrs. Liu Tianjie, Erhu, Mrs. Zhang Qi,
Guzheng
Performances:
- Saturday
20.9. At 7.00 pm., Malmitalo / Malmi hall
- Sunday
21.9. At 7.00 pm., Stoa /Theatre hall
- Tuesday:
23.9. At 7.00 pm., Kanneltalo / Concert Hall
Tickets:
10/8
The Peking Opera Troupe of
Beijing
The Peking Opera Troupe of Beijing was founded
in 1979 growing out of the troupes, which were separately
set up and starred by the famous great masters of Peking
Opera. It is one of the Chinese largest performing arts
organisations. It consists of some of the best directors,
writers, performers and musicians in the country. The troupe
has performed 300 traditional plays in its twenty years
history.
Performances:
1. The
Crossroads
This is a rollicking, joyous piece of
drama, based on an ancient Chinese folktale. An upright and
brave general, Jiao Zan, has been convicted and sentenced to
exile. His commander is not convinced on his guilt and
orders a young officer, Ren Tanghui, to secretly follow and
protect him. Arriving at an inn situated at the junction of
three roads, Jiao and his guards decide to stay over the
night
2. Autumn
River
The story concerns the love of the scholar
Pan Bizheng of the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and a young
Buddhist nun, Chen Miaochang. Some time ago, Pan had gone to
stay with his aunt, who is abbess of the temple where Chen
lives. A romance develops and on learning about their secret
meetings, the abbess immediately sends her nephew to sit for
the imperial examination in the capital. He is forced to
leave without saying goodbye to his
sweetheart
3. The Jumping
Birth-Death Officer
The birth-death officer is
said to be a full-time official who is in charge of the
register of births and deaths in the nether world, and who
decides the life expectancy of everybody in this world. A
Hualian (painted face) actor plays the role of the
birth-death officer. He looks peculiar and exaggerative with
unique and beautiful facial makeup.
China
Acrobatic Troupe
Chinese sabre show performed by the
staff of the Chinese Embassy, Kung fu and Tai Ji -show
performed by the Helsinkis Wushu Association & the
Finnish Wushu Kung Fu Society
Performances:
-
Saturday 20.9. At 4.00 pm. Kanneltalo / Concert Hall
- Sunday 21.9. At 4.00 pm. Malmitalo / Malmi Hall
- Tuesday 23.9. At 6.00 pm., Stoa / Theatre Hall
Tickets: 10/8 , family ticket: one adult and
one child: 10
China Acrobatic Troupe
was founded in 1950 under the attention of late Premier Zhou
Enlai. It is the first national acrobatic troupe in new
China. In the past 50 years, the troupe developed itself
greatly. It carried on the traditional acrobatic essence,
absorbed the valuable elements from music, dancing, drama
and martial arts. All these efforts made it become one of
the strongest acrobatic troupes of China. It has toured in
many countries on behalf of China and won 32 gold prizes at
the domestic and international competitions.
Chinese National Minorities Costumes Defile
(Free entrance)
The program is for families,
including a defile of Chinese national minorities costumes
and Chinese Tea House. The Chinese Embassys staff will
perform the 20 min. long show.
Performances:
-
Saturday 20th Sep. at 6.00 pm. / Malmitalo
- Sunday
21st Sep. at 6.00 pm. / Stoa
- Tuesday 23rd Sep. at
6.00 pm. / Kanneltalo
China Special Sichuan
Evening
Monday 22nd September at 6.30 pm., Djingis
Khan Restaurant, Vuorikatu 18
Shows: Chinese
traditional music, tea ceremony, cooking performance and
Martial Arts, performed by surprise guests from the Province
of Sichuan. Ticket: 28 , including Sichuan buffet and
above-mentioned shows. Ticket reservations not later than
12th September: China Tekway Oy Ltd, tel. (09) 6969 2048,
fax (09) 6969 2049, E-mail: service@chinatekway.com.
Chinese Tea Ceremony (Free
entrance)
Saturday 20th September at 5 pm. /
Malmitalo
Sunday 21st September at5 pm. /
Stoa
Tuesday 23rd September at 5 pm. /
Kanneltalo
Lectures
Adult Education
Centres in Stoa, Kanneltalo and Malmitalo.
Admission to all lectures is
free!
Wang Yuzhen, the president of Beijing
Peking Opera Theatre, is internationally well known for her
speech with regard to Three Aesthetic Characteristics of
Beijing Opera delivered at UNESCO´s Mansion in France.
She is also a famous "Danjue" (female character
type in Beijing Opera) as well as a well-known
"Daomadan" (female character type with knife and
horse in Beijing Opera). She made more than 300 shows and
the opera become very popular in Beijing
city.
Saturday 20th September
- At 10
am., Malmitalo, Seminar room, The Chinese Calligraphy
Arts. Lecture and demonstration in English, by Mr. Liu
Meng, Chinese Embassy´s attaché, member of the
Chinese Calligraphists Association.
- At 2.00
pm., Malmitalo, lecture room, The Possibilities of
Studies in China. Lecture in English and Finnish, by
Mr. Huang Zhigang, Chinese Embassy´s second secretary
& the Centre for International Mobility CIMO.
- At 3.45 pm., Malmitalo, lecture
room, Tourist Attractions of China. Lecture in
Finnish, by Mr. Matti Julin, Olympia Travel Agency
Monday 22nd September
- At 7.15, Stoa, Music hall, Beijing Peking,
Olympic City in the year 2008. Lecture in English, by
Mr. Xu Hengjin, Vice Director of the Beijing Municipal
Bureau of Culture
Wednesday 24th September
- At 5.00 pm., Kanneltalo, Auditorium. "Chinese
Traditional Theatre: Peking Opera. Lecture in English,
by Mrs. Wang Yuzhen, Director of the Beijing Peking Opera
Academy. Lecture includes audio-video show and live
demonstration performed by the Peking Opera
group.
- At 7.00 pm., Kanneltalo, Auditorium,
How the pagoda architecture entered China?.
Lecture in Finnish by Mrs. Merja Ilola, Western
Helsinki´s Finnish Adults Education Center
Thursday 25th September
- At
5.00 pm., Stoa, Music Hall, The Chinese Calligraphy
Arts. Lecture and demonstration in English, by Mr. Liu
Meng, Chinese Embassy´s Military attaché, member
of the Chinese Calligraphists
Association.
Friday 26th September
- At 5.00 pm., Stoa, Music Hall,
Beijing Peking Opera & Cultural Exchanges between
China and Finland. Lecturer in Finnish, by Mr. Veli
Rosenberg, Finnish Chinese Society
N.B.:
Consult also Helsinkis Finnish and Swedish Adults
Education Centres autumn program.
Workshops
Chinese cooking
(Tasting fee: 5 )
- Saturday 20th
September at 12 pm., Malmitalo, Cooking teaching kitchen.
- Monday 22nd September at 13 pm., Kanneltalo,
Cooking teaching kitchen.
- Wednesday 24th
September at 5 pm., Stoa, Cooking teaching kitchen.
Chinese Medicine (HUOM: i
e:n tilalle)
- Saturday 20th September at 1.00 pm.,
Kanneltalo, Auditorium.
Workshop includes Chinese
massage, acupuncture, etc. Teacher: Mrs. Niu
Yulan.
Films
Admission to all films is
free
STOA
All films take place in
Stoa´s Music Hall
Saturday 20.9.
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At 2 pm., China Cine for kids: Woods, Birds and I
The
Fishing Monkeys
Deer and Cow
- At 5 pm., China Cine: Red
Sorghum
Sunday 21.9.
- At 2 pm., China
Cine for kids: Beibei the Lightning
- At 5 pm., China Cine: Eyes of A
Beauty
The films main role actress, Mrs.
Ma Yili, will fly from Tokyo -Japan to Helsinki, especially
for this event. She will be available after the projection
of her film to answer your questions and to sign
dedications. You are cordially invited to take part in this
unique happening.
Wednesday
24.9.
- At 2 pm. China Cine: Song of
Tibet
Thursday 25.9.
- At 9.00
am., China Cine for kids: Woods, Birds and I
The
Fishing Monkeys
Deer and Cow
- At 10.15
am., China Cine for kids: Lotus Lantern
- At 2
pm., China Cine: The Road Home
MALMITALO
All films take place in
Sunday 21.9.
- At 3 pm.,
China Cine for kids: Woods, Birds and I
The Fishing
Monkeys
Deer and Cow
- At 6 pm., China
Cine: Red Sorghum
Monday 22.9.
- At 7
pm., China Cine:
Shadow Magic
Tuesday
23.9.
- At 9.00 am., China Cine for kids: Woods, Birds
and I
The Fishing Monkeys
Deer and
Cow
- At 10.15 am., China Cine for kids:
Beibei the Lightning
- At 2 pm., China Cine:
The Road Home
Wednesday 24.9.
- At 2
pm., China Cine for Kids: Lotus Lantern
Thursday 25.9.
- At 3 pm., China Cine:
The last Empress
- At 5.30 pm., China Cine:
The Emperor and the Assassin
Kanneltalo
All films take place in Kanneltalo´s Concert
Hall
Wednesday 24.9.
- At 9 am., China
Cine for kids: Woods, Birds and I
The Fishing
Monkeys
Deer and Cow
- At 10.15 am.,
China Cine for kids: Beibei the
Lightning
- At 2.00 pm., China Cine: Red
Sorghum
- At 3.30 pm., China Cine: Golden Dart
Huang Tianba
Film summaries
Eyes
of A Beauty, 90 min.
This is an up-to-date story which
took place in Zhuji, an ancient southern town in China,
where once fostered a famous beauty, Xishi, in ancient
China. The film tells 3 different stories of 3 different
Chinese women. Axi, a young girl, runnig a tea stall in
Wuxie, Shiyu a 26-year old teacher in Zhuji, preparing her
own wedding, and Mrs. Lianwen, an actress of Yue Opera,
getting older and older
Red Sorghum, 90 min., produced by
Xian Film Studio
This is a story about my
grandma and grandpa. They fall in love with each other in
the sorghum field; they fight the Japanese in the sorghum
field; and it is said that the sorghum wine they make can be
used to cure any disease. Their glorious life then becomes a
legend. This film won the Golden Bear prize at
the 38th Berlin International Film
Festival.
Shadow Magic, 90 min., director: Hu
An, produced by Xi´an Studio Film
Laymen, a film
artist from Europe, came, at the beginning of the 20th
century, to Beijing to show films. Liu Jinglun, working at a
photo studio, was so excited when he saw the film.
Meanwhile, Tan Xiaoling, the daughter of a Peking opera
maestro, fell in love with Liu. Unfortunately, Laymen was
driven out of the country by the
Empress
The Road Home, 83 min., director:
Zhang Yimou, produced by Guangxi Film Studio
Zhao Di,
a young and beautiful girl with clever hand and quick mind,
falls in love with the pristine and humorous young teacher,
Luo. However, at such a happy moment, an unexpected tragedy
falls upon them: Luo is categorized as the Rightist for no
reason
Golden Dart Huang
Tianba, 90 min., produced by Beijing Film
Studio
During Emperor Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty,
Huang Tianba, one of four local despots at Ehu Village stops
doing evil and, under the instruction of his father and the
guidance of Shi Shilun, the magistrate of Yangzhou, he
return to a lawful way of living
The Emperor and the Assassin, 2 h 43
min.
Set in the 20th Century B.C., the Emperor and the
Assassin tells the story of Ying Zheng, a power-hungry heir
to the throne of the Kingdom of Qin, whose only goal is to
conquer the other six kingdoms existing in China, and merge
them into his own. Ying Zheng gains the help of his
concubine Zhao, who travels to the kingdom of Han, in order
to prepare the final assault
The Last
Empress, 90 min.
In December 1922, the wedding
ceremony of Puyi, the deposed emperor of the Qing Dynasty,
is held. Wanrong, the young bride, is pushed to the throne
of empress. Nine years later, Wenxiu, the imperial
concubine, gets divorced from Puyi who becomes, in 1934, the
emperor of Manchukuo, the Japanese puppet
regime. However, Wanrong is unwilling to live as a
puppet
Song of Tibet, 102
min.
Director: Xie Fei, co-produced by Shangdong Film
Studio, Beijing Film Studio, etc.
The film tells about
a romance of a woman and three men and their confusing
feelings. Yixi Zuoma, a playmate of Sanqiu since their
childhood, was ordered to work for the landlord in the
castle because the son of the landlord called Gongsa fell in
love with her. But later she was captured by a stableman
called Jiacuo
Lotus Lantern, 85 min.,
Director: Chang Guangxi, produced by Shanghai Animation Film
Studio
The heavenly Goddness San Sheng Mu, in spite of
the opposition of her brother Dod Erlang, descended to earth
with Lotus Lantern, married the scholar Liu Yanchang and
subsequently gave birth to a baby son named Chenxiang. The
family lived a happy life. However, God Erlang threatened
the Goddness to return the Lotus Lantern by kidnapping
Chenxiang
Beibei the Lightning, 90 min.,
produced by Chinese Childrens Film Studio
One
quiet evening, a boy named Beibei is born in the local
hospital while an unidentified flying object sweeps across
the city. Beibei cant get close either to his parents
or to his classmates although he would love to because his
hands emit an electric power. However, he doesnt want
to tell anyone his secret
Woods, Birds
and I, 20 min., produced by China Shanghai Animation Film
Studio
The Fishing Monkeys, 20 min., produced
by China Shanghai Animation Film Studio
Deer
and Cow, 20 min., Produced by China Shanghai Animation Film Studio
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