2014 Chinese New Year Celebration 2014 年 USF 春节晚会

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1 2014 Chinese New Year Celebration 2014 年 USF 春节晚会 January 30 (Thursday) MSC Oval Theater Co-sponsors: USF Confucius Institute, Chinese Students and Scholars Association, Chinese Culture and Language Club, INTO USF, and USF World

2 Lion dance is a form of traditional dance in Chinese culture and some other Asian countries. The lion dance is usually performed during the Chinese New Year and other Chinese cultural and religious festivals. Mt. Song Martial Art Academy

3 Rui Yang 杨瑞 & Luo Wu 吴珞

4 The Erhu 二胡 The bow is made of horsetail hair inserted between the two strings. The tube resonator is covered with snakeskin. The erhu is one of the most representative Chinese traditional musical instruments. The Gaohu 高胡 It is developed from the erhu, and it is used in Cantonese music and opera. It belongs to the huqin family of instruments, its name means "high-pitched huqin". The Banhu 板胡 It is used primarily in northern China. The banhu differs in construction from the erhu in that its sound box is generally made from a coconut shell rather than wood, and uses a thin wooden board.

5 Guzheng 古筝 The Guzheng, also called Zheng, can be traced back to 300 B.C. Along with the Erhu, it remains one of the most popular Chinese traditional instruments. The Guzheng has 21 strings and a range of 4 octaves. The strings are stretched over wooden bridges that move for tune and pitch adjustment. The right hand is used for plucking with fingernails. And the left hand executes pitch, vibrato, and sliding maneuvers.

6 The music piece Joy and Peace is very popular in southern China, especially in Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macao. The music expresses people s happiness when seeing the lightning and the dark clouds during the day after the long drought. Joy and Peace Instruments: Gaohu and Guzheng

7 Gongs and Drums in Festival 喜庆锣鼓 Instruments: Erhu and Guzheng The music imitates the percussion sounds of gongs and drums, and sets a festive feeling of people singing and dancing.

8 This music piece depicts the beautiful spring scenery of the Tibetan plateau, and expresses the Tibetan people s infinite love for life. The prelude of this music describes the spring scenery: snow-capped mountains are beginning to thaw. The music incorporates the Tibetan toasting song, and adopting the melody of local folk dance. It shows a warm scene of Tibetans in the song and dance celebration. The Spring Dawn of Snowy Mountain Instrument: Guzheng

9 Silent Mountain Bird Song 空山鸟语 This music was composed by Huatian Liu in It describes the Silent Mountain as No man is seen, But voices of birds are heard. Instruments: Erhu and Guzheng

10 The music is characteristic of the local music of Shandong province, birthplace of Confucius. As the name implies, the purpose of this song is to give you a sense of a small village in rural China. As you listen to this, imagine yourself surrounded by the natural Chinese landscape, going about your life as a rural Chinese citizen. Village Scenery 山村小景 Instruments: Erhu and Guzheng

11 Chinese Yoyo 空竹 Chinese yo-yos were traditionally made of bamboo, which was very easy to break and not convenient for complicated tricks. The sticks used with the yo-yo continue to be made of wood. Performer:Casper Yan 颜世欣

12 梁祝 Butterfly Lovers The Butterfly Lovers is a Chinese legend of a tragic love story of a pair of lovers, Liang Shanbo ( 梁山伯 ) and Zhu Yingtai ( 祝英台 ), whose surnames form the title of the story. The title is often abbreviated to Liang Zhu ( 梁祝 ) and regarded as the Chinese equivalent of Romeo and Juliet. Instruments: Gaohu and Guzheng

13 Bind a red hair ribbon 扎红头绳 Instruments: Banhu and Guzheng In the past, ordinary Chinese people were poor and could not afford anything beyond their bare necessities except during Chinese New Year. The music is about a girl who received a red hair ribbon and was overcome with joy and gratitude.

14 音乐之声 Do-Re-Mi, Edelweiss Instruments: Erhu and Guzheng

15 查尔达斯 ( 匈 ) Czardas (by Vittorio Monti) Instruments: Erhu and Piano

16 Best wishes to everyone for a successful Year of the Horse!