Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival celebrated at NUML
- September 19, 2013, 7:41 pm
- Education News
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ISLAMABAD September 19(Online): Pakistani students, faculty members, staff and representatives of different social groups joined their Chinese brothers living in Pakistan in the festivities of “Zhong Qiu Jieâ€, also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, celebrated at National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad.
Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations were arranged by Confucius Institute Islamabad (CII) and NUML in collaboration with Embassy of Peoples’ Republic of China here on Thursday.
The Chief Guests of the event were Rector NUML Maj Gen (R) Masood Hasan and His Excellency Zhang Yinbao, Cultural Counselor of Chinese Embassy and it was attended by the students and faculty members of Chinese Department and CII, NUML, and other academic institutions including National University of Science and Technology (NUST), City School, Roots International, and Roots School System DHA-2.
Rector NUML Maj Gen Masood Hasan, while speaking at the occasion, said that “the purpose of today’s celebrations is to express our solidarity with all Chinese nationals who are serving Pakistan under different capacities and convey them that they should not feel alone as Pakistan is their home and they are our familyâ€.
“The symbol of this festival “the bright full moon†is also analogous to our exemplary strong relations which are higher than the Himalayas and deeper than the oceansâ€, he added.
Earlier to this the young exuberant students from Roots School System DHA-2 dressed in the scarlet red traditional attires presented Chinese traditional dances having the fusion of umbrella dance, fan dance, ribbon dance and dragon dance presenting the richness of Chinese culture and mythology as well as message of peace, love and harmony.
A Chinese teacher of CCI entertained the audience with his Chinese song “the waving national flagâ€.
Faculty members of Chinese Department recited a poem “When will the moon be full†in course and Head of Chinese Department HE Xinghan and Mrs Nayyar Nawaz presented a duo Chinese song and received course clapping and applauses.
An International Chinese student rendered a beautiful solo performance on guitar and sang Chinese songs to leave his countrymen feel nostalgic.
In the end, another beautiful performance by students of City School made them all to stand up and sang “Humara Percham, Yeh Payara Percham†and “Pak-Cheen Dosti Zinda Baadâ€.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated on the 15th of August of the lunar calendar; it is one of the traditional festivals in China.
It is time for family members and loved ones to congregate and enjoy the full moon, which is an auspicious symbol of abundance, harmony and luck.
Families have a dinner together and everyone likes to eat moon cakes. Chinese people who live far away from homes want to go back to have a family reunion.
