Xia ma, a concoction consisting ot ground pork and vegetables, proved a popular dish at China Night.
Annual China Night honors
Year of the Horse in style
■ me yearly celebration
features food, dancing, games
and martial arts exhibitions
By Danielle Gillespie
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Chinese Student Associa
tion brought Chinese culture to
campus during its China Night
held Sunday in celebration of the
Year of the Horse. The year’s name
comes from the zodiac legend of
Buddha inviting all creatures to
celebrate the new year with him.
Only 12 animals came, and in
their honor, Buddha named a year
after each animal. People are said
to possess the traits of the animal
represented by the year in which
they were born.
To begin this year’s annual event,
the CSA served ma po tofu, vegetar
ian curry, beef and scallions and a
number of desserts and appetizers.
They also had two tables set up to
sell Chinese decorations, cards,
bookmarks, decorative rocks and
other cultural items.
A lion dance choreographed by
CSA member Adam Liang opened
the performance portion of the
evening as a sign of good fortune,
prosperity and longevity. A lion
dance is often performed during
the Chinese New Year’s celebration.
Following the lion dance, five
CSA members did a three-series
jump rope routine choreographed
by A. J. Yin. In the first routine,
two members jumped rope togeth
er, and than all five members
came together to do a double
dutch routine. To end their per
formance, Yin did an individual
jump rope routine.
“Jump roping is a traditional
pastime for children in China,”
Yin said. “I learned to jump rope
in elementary school, and China
Night is an opportunity to perform
and have fun.”
University graduate student
Rose Wang had plans to sing some
traditional and modern Chinese
songs, but because of a recent ill
ness, she did a piano duet with
Linda Hwang. Wang and Hwang
played three Chinese children’s
songs, “Lily Flower,” “Open the
Veil ” and “The Boat Song. ” They
also played two Chinese folk
songs, “Love of Kung-Ting ,” and
“Offspring of the Dragon.”
“Chinese folk songs usually de
scribe the scenery to reflect our
emotions,” Wang said. “Some
times the scenery is used to pres
ent love and other times honor for
one’s country.”
For the final performance, six
members of the University’s
Wushu Club team did a series of
martial arts routines to music.
They used straight swords, broad
swords, spears and chain whips
in their performances, and they
also demonstrated the southern
fist and long fist as two different
empty-handed styles of contem
porary Wushu.
To end their performance, they
did a sparring set, which is a chore
ographed fight scene between two
members of the group.
"We have performed at every
China Night since our club started
in 1994,” Wushu Coordinator Lyn
nette Buchanan said. “It has been a
tradition for us.”
To end the evening’s events,
CSA had a game room for audi
ence members to participate in
children’s games. The children’s
games consisted of a dice game
that is similar to blackjack and a
Tang BoHu Dian QuiXiang game,
which is similar to Jenga. Other
games included a memory game
where people try to match Chi
nese characters, Bottle Up, which
requires a person try to make a
bottle on a string stand up, a blow
ing paper game, where a person
tries to blow a piece of tissue pa
per as high as possible and a hoop
toss game, which is a ring toss
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