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| China Institute（NY）：Every Rock a Universe & Music Performance |
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| 2013/11/20 6:01:00 ｜ 浏览：1697 ｜ 评论：0 |
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Author Talk & Book Signing
Every Rock a Universe
The Yellow Mountains and Chinese Travel Writing
with Jonathan Chaves
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 ~ 6:30-8:00pm
China Institute, 125 East 65th Street, New York, NY 10065
The Yellow Mountains（Huangshan）of China's Anhui Province have been famous for centuries as a place of scenic beauty and inspiration for poets, painters, and travelers, and remain a hugely popular tourist destination today. A "golden age" of Yellow Mountains travel came about in the 17th century, especially after the traumatic Manchu invasion of China in 1644 led to the overthrow of the Ming dynasty. The mountains subsequently became an important symbol for loyalists protesting the new Qing dynasty and hoping for a reaffirmation of native governance and ideals. Among them was poet and artist Wang Hongdu（1646-1721/1722）, who dedicated himself to traveling to each and every peak and recording his impressions. His resulting masterpiece of Chinese travel writing was printed posthumously in1775, but has since remained obscure and available only in Chinese.
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In this book, Professor Jonathan Chaves presents the first complete translation of Wang's work into a Western language with extensive annotations. Wang's newly rediscovered poetry is also translated, showing him to be one of the most accomplished poets of his day. Introductory essays explore the history of scholarly and religious pilgrimage to the area, and the role of the Yellow Mountains as the center of a yearned-for spiritual and cultural renaissance in the great Neo-Confucian, Buddhist, and Daoist revivals of the early Qing period.
Jonathan Chaves is professor of Chinese in the Department of East Asian Languages Literatures at The George Washington University. A published original poet and distinguished translator of Chinese poetry, most recently Cloud Gate Song：The Verse of Tang Poet Zhang Ji, his work has been nominated for the National Book Award in the translation category. | |
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TICKET INFORMATION
Single tickets：$10 member / $15 non-member
TO REGISTER
ONLINE：http://www.chinainstitute.org/art-culture/programs-events/lectures/
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A Special Music Performance
Please join us for an evening of string music inspired by Chinese ethnic folk melodies performed by faculty and students from East China Normal University, partner of Confucius Institute at China Institute since 2006. Proudly presenting a group of musicians who have won numerous international music awards, the performance will feature：
- Cello Solo "Sound from Ancient Times"（composed by XU Mengdong）
- Cello Quartet "Saliha"（composed by HUANG Xiaolong）
- Violin Solo "Beautiful Riverside"（composed by SHI Guangnan）
- Viola Solo "Why Are the Flowers So Red"（composed by HUANG Xiaolong）
Founded in Shanghai in October 1951, East China Normal University is one of the most prestigious universities in China. As the first normal university founded in the country after 1949, ECNU has kept teacher training as one of its main features since its establishment.
Wednesday, December 4, 2013 ~ 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Held at China Institute, 125 East 65th Street, New York, NY 10065
$10 member/$15 non-member
Seating is limited.
To register online, please click HERE.
For questions, please contact Yan Shneider at yshneider@chinainstitute.org or call 212-744-8181 ext. 130. |
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Zhang Daqian, Emerging from the Grottoes, probably mid-to-late 1960s, splashed ink and color on paper, 40 x 98.7 cm, photo by Perry Hu |
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Curator's Lecture
Inspired by Dunhuang
Re-creation in Contemporary Chinese Art
with Willow Weilan Hai and Jerome Silbergeld
Friday, December 13, 2013 ~ 6:30 - 8:00pm
China Institute, 125 East 65th Street, New York, NY 10065
The curators of the exhibition, Willow Weilan Hai and Jerome Silbergeld, will offer insights into the role
of Dunhuang as a source of inspiration for contemporary Chinese artists. Dr. Silbergeld will also give a
talk entitled, Inspiration, Influence, Imagination：The Role of the Past in Chinese Art.
Willow Weilan Hai is the Director of China Institute Gallery and a curator and author of many Chinese
art exhibitions and publications. Jerome Silbergeld is the P.Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Professor of Chinese
Art History and the Chair of the Department of Art & Archeology at Princeton University. He is also
Director of Princeton's Tang Center for East Asian Art.
TICKET INFORMATION
Single tickets：$10 member / $15 non-member
To register online, please visit www.chinainstitute.org/gallery/exhibition-related-programs
For questions or to register by phone, please contact 212-744-8181 ext. 121 or ewen@chinainstitute.org.
This exhibition and its related programming is made possible, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and by the generous support of the W.L.S. Spencer Foundation and China Institute Friends of the Gallery.
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