2010 Sacramento
Chinatown Mall Culture Fair
and Eastwind Books of Berkeley Proudly Presents
Women Hold Up Half the Sky:
Stories of Chinese Women
Just as informative
and exciting as previous year's
2008 Stories from Chinatown Speaker Series and the
2009 In the Shadows of Exclusion: From Angel Island to Chinatown.
The 2010
Chinatown Mall Culture Fair is honored to have some the most
renowned pioneers in today's Chinese-American society for our
"Women Hold Up Half the Sky: Stories of Chinese Women"
Speaker Series. So claims an ancient Chinese proverb "Women
Hold up Half the Sky" evokes a picture of women fully bringing
their unique gifts to the advent of empowerment. Each noteable
author, filmmaker, and speaker will discuss various topics of
a women's experience in contemporary Chinese culture.
Sun Yat Sen Speakers Scheduled
September 19, 2010
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Sun Yat Sen Orchestra
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12:45 pm - 1:30pm Margaret Lum
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1:30 pm - 2:30pm Maggie Gee: Sky High (with supporting comments from Carl Angel and Marissa Moss)
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2:30 pm to 4:00 pm Autumn Gem: Qiu Jin, (see the film and meet the filmmakers Rae Chang and Adam Tow)
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Margaret Lum
Margaret Lum, born and raised in Sacramento, will be doing
a presentation of growing up in Chinatown. Ms. Lum went to the
famed Donaldina Cameron House were Chinese American teenage girls
were assimilated to US customs. Growing up Sacramento's Chinatown,
Margaret Lum never went to a formal ball as was a custom of American
society or ate at an American banquet which she learned at Cameron
House.
As earlier Chinese Americans were excluded and denied citizenship
because they were deemed non-assimilable by American society,
her story highlights the challenge of Chinese-Americans after
World War II as they struggled with assimilation and cultural
identity.
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Maggie Gee | Sky
High
Maggie Gee, one of
two Chinese American Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) to
serve in WWII and a Congressional Medal of Honor awardee by President
Barack Obama, will join noted author by Marissa Moss and acclaimed
illustrator Carl Angel to discuss their book Sky High: The True
Story of Maggie Gee.
As a girl, Maggie
dreamed of flying across oceans and deserts just like her favorite
pilot, Amelia Earhart. But in the 1920s and 1930s, few girls
were allowed to fly. But when the United States entered WWII,
Maggie's world changed overnight. Highlighting the stories of
three generations of Chinese American women, this inspirational
tale beautifully demonstrates that determination and bravery
are not bound by race or gender. Maggie Gee is the true story
of a girl who refused to let obstacles stand in the way of her
dreams.
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Qiu Jin | Autumn Gem
Rae Chang and Adam Tow will be showing their 60 minutes docudrama
"Autumn Gem," the life of China's first feminist revolutionary
staring former China National Wushu Champion and Hollywood stunt
actress Li Jing. Qiu Jin (1875-1907), an accomplished writer,
women's rights activist, and cohort of Sun Yat Sen who attempted
to overthrow the corrupt Qing government. Qiu Jin boldly challenged
traditional gender roles and redefined what it meant to be a
woman in early 20th-century China.
At a time when women's lives were often marked by footbinding,
arranged marriages, and denial of education, she envisioned a
future where women would free themselves from the confines of
tradition and arise as strong and active citizens of a new and
modern nation.
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Chinese
Performing Artist from Across California
This years
Chinatown Mall Culture Fair is honored to present exciting and
talented Chinese performers from across California. Note: Schedule and line-up may change.
Performing
Arts Stage Schedule
First session 11:00 ~ 12:45
Lion Dance
Master of Ceremony
| Rung-Fong Hsu and Amy Tong
VIP Greetings from California State
Assemblymember Mariko Yamada, County Supervisor Jimmie Yee, Councilmember Ray Tretheway,
and Councilmember Robert King Fong
Folk Dance - Good Life | Ai Hua Dance Group
Wang Zhou Jun | Vivien Lee
Sinkiang Dance
| Widen Chinese School
Moon River
| Belinda Li
Folk Dance - Happy Guide
| Ai Hua Dance Group
Kung Fu |
Chinese Confucius School
Folk Dance - Hat Dance |
Wong Center
Second
Session 1:00 ~ 2:30
- Ladies From Yellow Soil Bank
| Yaling Wei
- Solo Vocal –Bottom Up
| Harry Lai
- Harvest Festival Dance
| Wisdom Chinese School
- Tai Chi Fan/Brush
| Tong Xin Tai Chi
- Solo Vocal - Commelina
| Lynn Fu
- Jazz dance "Stop"
| Christina Yan
- Yangtze River/ Yellow River
| Wong Center
- Dance Play– Ping Pong
| Flow Crew
- Solo Vocal - Shanghai Beach
| Glena Jue
- Chinese Fashion Show
| Director: Christine Gee
Third
Session 2:45 ~ 4:00
- Mongolian Dance
| Red Maple Culture Connection
- Qing Zhang Highland
| Leah Xu
- Folk Dance- Remotest Places |
Director: Weihong Ji
- Folk Dance - Spring Tea Harvest |
Flow Crew
- Words from My Heart |
Lynn Fu
- Solo Zither – Fisherman Song
| Zi Mei Gao
- Folk Dance - Peking Melody |
Flow Crew
- Flowery Stick Dance
| Wong Center
- Romeo and Juliet
| Chinese Confucius School
- Thousand Hands
| Red Maple Culture Connection
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Childrens
Chinese Cultural Activities
Fun for the whole family! Bring your
children to the Sacramento Chinese Culture Foundations
Chinatown Mall Culture Fair Childrens Activity
Area to participate in free educational Chinese cultural activities
and win unique prizes. This years theme is based on the
traditional Chinese Moon Festival. With free activity booths,
this is a fun and exciting way to learn Chinese language and
culture.
Inter-cultural understanding
is key to peace and understanding. To make the world a better
place for our children, we need to make the world smaller by
immersing our children in cultural diversity.
Ping
Yuen China Arts Courtyard
Come and visit the Ping Yuen Courtyard
to enjoy Chinese paper folding or zhezhi, the art of paper folding
that originated in China. This year we are supporting the Cranes
for Peace. Every year many thousands of people around the world
fold paper cranes as an expression of hope for a world at peace,
where non-violent means are used to resolve conflicts, and where
people can live without fear. The cranes will be taken to the
Childrens Monument in the Peace Park in Hiroshima. Also,
enjoy creating up to three different types of Chinese lanterns
in the shade of the Ping Yuen courtyard. And, theres calligraphy
which led to Chinese brush painting starting around 4000 B.C.
and continuing for more than 6000 years.
Cultural
Demonstration Area
Learn
more of ancient Chinese culture with demonstrations of Tai Chi,
not only a Wu Dang Quan or an internal Chinese martial art, the
exercise promotes health and longevity.The practical exercises
of Tai Chi are also situated in a wider philosophical context
of Taoism. This is a reflective, mystical Chinese tradition first
associated with the scholar and mystic Lao Tsu, an older contemporary
of Confucius, in the 6th century B.C. and authored the seminal
work of Taoism, the Tao Te Ching. As a philosophy, Taoism has
fundamentally espoused a calm, reflective and mystic view of
the world steeped in the beauty and tranquillity of nature.
- 11:30 - 12:5
- William Bi | Chen Tai Chi Chuan
- Alice Kwok | 24 Yang Tai Chi Chuan
- Hon Lok Tai Chi | Pearl Ball - Tai Chi Fan
- Hon Lok Tai Chi | Chen Tai Chi Chuan
- Hon Lok Tai Chi | Tai Chi Sword
- 12:15 - 12:45
- Lu Ming Mei | Kung Fu Fan Dance
- Kim Choy | Wudang Tai Chi Sword
- OCA | Tai Chi Double Fan
- 1:30 - 2:00
- ACC | Line Dance
Chinatown
Maketplace Offers Mooncakes and More
Visit
the Chinatown Maketplace throughout the Chinatown Mall Culture
Fair. With exciting products and valuable information vendor
booths offer a great sightseeing adventure and rare finds.
While your at the
Marketplace be sure to get some Autumn Moon mooncakes; more than
just a food item but the iconic symbol of the moon festival.
These palm-sized round cakes symbolize family unity and perfection.
In China and throughout many Asian countries people celebrate
the Harvest Moon on the 15th day of the eighth month of their
lunar calendar. This year, it falls on Saturday, October 3, 2009.
The Harvest Moon or Mid-Autumn Festival (Zhong Qiu Jie) is a
day of family reunions much like a Western Thanksgiving. Chinese
people believe that on that day, the moon is the roundest and
brightest signaling a time of completeness and abundance. During
the Mid-Autumn Festival, children are delighted to stay up past
midnight, parading multi-colored lanterns into the wee hours
as families take to the streets to moon-gaze. It is also a romantic
night for lovers, who sit holding hands on hilltops, riverbanks
and park benches, captivated by the brightest moon of the year!
This years
vendor booths and participants (with booth number) includes:
1 - Asian Community Center
2 - Asian Pacific Islander Family C/S
3 - Sacramento Chinese Community Service Center
5 - Paris Perfumes
6 - Asian American Curriculum Project
7 - Capitol Lions Club
8 - Chinatown Mall Culture Fair Kiosk
9 - Crossings TV
10 - Sacramento Chinatown: Lawrence and Brian Tom
11 - Chinese American Council of Sacramento
12 - Organization for Chinese Americans
13 - Wells Fargo Bank
14 - Farmers Insurance and Home Security
15 - SF Consumer Action Inc.
16 - Chinatown Mall Culture Fair Mooncakes and Tshirts
17 - APAPA/CC Yin
18 - Sacramento Chinese Catholic Community
19 - Tian Chao Herbs/Acupuncture
20 - East Wind Books of Berkeley
21 - Jinan Sacramento Sister City
22 - Simmi Su | Susan Lee
23 - Cathay Bank
24 - City of Sacramento Water Conservation
24 - City of Sacramento Neighborhood Services
25 - Taiwan Economic and Culture Office
26 - True Buddha Temple
27 - Happy Time Gifts
28 - Inspir-Asian
29 - Happy Day Spa
30 - Advance Home Health Inc.
31 - Liver and Life
32 - Liver and Life
33 - Golden State Donors Service
34 - Confucius Church - Chinese Benevolent Assn.
35 - My Sisters House
36 - State Farm Insurance
37 - CA Telephone Access Program
38 - Sacramento Municipal Utilities District (SMUD)
39 - Capitol Chinese Orchestra
Chinatown
Mall Driving Directions
From San Francisco:
Take I-80 E toward OAKLAND - 81.0 mi
Keep LEFT to take US-50 E/CAPITAL CITY FWY toward SACRAMENTO/SOUTH
LAKE TAHOE. - 3.3 mi
Merge onto I-5 N toward CA-99/REDDING. - 1.2 mi
Take the J STREET exit toward DOWNTOWN. - 0.3 mi
Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto J ST.
From Reno:
Take I-80 W toward SACRAMENTO (Crossing into CALIFORNIA). - 121.5
mi
Merge onto CAPITAL CITY FWY via EXIT 95 toward SACRAMENTO. -
5.0 mi
Merge onto CA-160 S toward DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO. - 3.6 mi
CA-160 S becomes 12TH ST. - 0.2 mi
Turn RIGHT onto I ST. - 0.7 mi
Turn LEFT onto 3RD ST. - 0.1 mi
Turn LEFT onto J ST.
From Stockton:
Take I-5 N. - 46.1 mi
Take the J STREET exit toward DOWNTOWN. - 0.3 mi
Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto J ST.
From Marysville:
Take CA-20/CA-70/9TH ST. - 0.1 mi
Turn LEFT onto CA-70/E ST. Continue to follow CA-70 S. - 33.8
mi
Merge onto I-5 S/CA-99 S toward SACRAMENTO. - 6.4 mi
Take the J STREET exit toward DOWNTOWN. - 0.3 mi
Stay STRAIGHT to go onto J ST.
For a detailed
map click
here.
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