TAG-Confucius Institute Organizes Chinese Folkloric Musical Shows

TAG-Confucius Institute Organizes Chinese Folkloric Musical Shows

AMMAN - December 10, 2015 - Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Confucius Institute (TAG- Confucius) organized an exciting Chinese folkloric show by Shanghai University band, entitled Three Tour Performance, at the Bishops School in Amman.

The show was attended by Mr. Moeen Haddad, head of school, Mr. Luay Abu- Ghazaleh, executive director of TAG-Confucius Institute and deputy chairman of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAG-Org), Mr. Araz Mahserejian, director of the Institute, Mr. Zhang Chengyu, TAG-Confucius Dean, and the administrative and teaching faculty of the Institute and fans of the Chinese culture.

Mr. Haddad expressed his thanks and appreciations for the efforts and cooperation of the TAG-Confucius, hoping to continue working and cooperating with TAG-Org and TAG- Confucius.

Traditional Chinese dances and music colored the atmosphere and highlighted certain eras of the Chinese civilization which gave a calm and beautiful image of the Chinese culture.   Mid-Autumn Festival, a harvest festival, celebrated by Chinese people for more than 3000 years was also celebrated.

The festival consisted of a celebration of the Chinese national day and Confucius Institutes Day. This event is within the cultural activities aiming at showing the Chinese civilization and culture to the local community.

Moreover, the festival included a number of activities in which students and invitees participated, such as paper cutting art, Caricature art, green tea festival and Tai Gee Sport supervised by Prof. Han.

TAG-Confucius Institute

Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Confucius Institute was established in September 2008 to promote the Chinese language and culture, in order to reach a better mutual understanding between Arab and Chinese cultures. This is one-of-a-kind initiative based on the cooperation agreement between Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAG-Org) and the Confucius Institute in China.

 Shanghai University Band

The band consists of teachers and students, of different specializations, came from Shanghai University to visit the branches of Confucius Institute around the world to present traditional Chinese music, audio music, piano, dancing and Martial Arts.