Confucius Day celebration planned for UH Manoa campus

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Contact:
Daniel Tschudi, 956-8891
Center for Chinese Studies
Posted: Sep 26, 2007


UH Mānoa‘s Confucius Institute has planned several activities for this Friday, Sept. 28th which has been officially designated as Confucius Day in the State of Hawai‘i.

The public is invited to the events at the Shidler College of Business, Room A-101, starting at 3:00 p.m., which include:

· Presentation of the inaugural "Distinguished Teacher Award" to UHM Emeritus Professor John DeFrancis, internationally respected in the Chinese language and education field for his publication of a widely used Chinese language text and numerous dictionaries. He is 96 years old and still publishing.

· Wushu and Tai-chi demonstrations, Chinese poetry reading, quotations from the Confucian Analects, and Chinese music performance by UHM students, most of them former Study Abroad students with the UHM summer program in Hainan, China, known as the Hawai'i of China.

· World Premiere screening of the documentary film "Living Chinese Philosophy" by Roger Ames, a member of the UH Mānoa Philosophy Department, followed by a discussion led by Ames. Filmed on location in the provinces of Hubei, Sichuan, and Shandong, and in Shanghai and Beijing, "Living Chinese Philosophy" stresses the relevance of an understanding of Confucianism and Daoism in assaying China‘s responses to the pressing issues of modernization.

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Event parking in Zone 2 (entrance off of UniversityAve. just mauka of the Architecture School) for $3.00.