2023 New Hong Kong and Macau Chinese New Year Calligraphy Competition Exhibition: Young Calligraphers’ Talents Bloom, Chinese Culture Passes down the generations

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In order to actively promote Macao’s cultural and educational activities, and to enhance young people’s interest and attainment in calligraphy, the Centre for Chinese History and Culture of the University of Macau participates in the “Chinese New Year Calligraphy Competition” organized by the Macao Calligraphy Education and Research Association, China Travel Service (Macao) , and the National Calligraphers Association of Macao, and so on, and puts together a touring exhibition of award-winning works of calligraphy from Singapore, Hong Kong, and Macao, exhibiting the traditional art and culture of the Chinese nation, and letting young calligraphers of the three places to share with the world. This year, the format of the competition is different from previous years. This year, on the basis of the previous competition system, the Greater Bay Area element was added to include students and young people from Foshan, Shunde, Zhuhai, etc., and at the same time, to promote the excellent Chinese culture, cultivate and promote the youth’s love of Chinese Calligraphy and improve the standard of the art.

The award presentation ceremony was held on 16th June , and the guests attending the ribbon-cutting ceremony included Ms.  Loi Mei Tim, representative of Education and Youth Affairs Bureau, Dr. Ao Peng Kong, Director of Alumni Association of University of Macau Students’Union, Mr. Chin Chiu, Vice-President and Secretary General of the Zhuhai Research and Study Travel Agents’ Association, Mr. Yu Wan Hsiung, Executive President of the Hong Kong Educational Tours Association, Dr. Hau Mu Tien, General Manager of the Home goods store in the Municipality of Macau, Macao, Dr. Gung Po Mei, Honorary President of Macau Calligraphy Education and Research Association, Mr. Koo Sio Wa, Vice Chairman of Associação Nacional dos Calígrafos de Macau, Mr. Dean Annison, Director of Tiger Education, Mr. Lui Kuei Heung, Director of Tiger Education, Mr. Wong Lai Ying, President of China Education Group, and Ms. Yin Yan Ying, President of Rotary Club of Central District.

The winning students of the competition will be directly qualified to participate in the China National Mitty Cup Finalist Competition, and will have the opportunity to participate in the Final Competition in Nanjing and Zhenjiang, and some of the outstanding students will be recommended for exhibitions in Korea, Malaysia, and Mainland China, which will further promote the art of calligraphy to the international arena by young people. The awarded works will be exhibited at E34-G016, Cultural Building of the University of Macau for half a month (from 16th June to 30th June, 2023), and teachers and students are cordially invited to visit the exhibition.

 

The Collision of Tradition and Technology: “An Academic Seminar on Chinese Culture and the Future of New Chinese Poetry ” Held at the Centre for Chinese History and Culture of the University of Macau

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On the morning of 13 April, 2023, the “Academic Seminar on Chinese Culture and the Future of New Chinese Poetry – A Summary of the First 70 Issues of “Contemporary Poetry”, co-organized by the Centre for Chinese History and Culture and the Chinese-Portuguese Bilingual Teaching and Training Centre of the University of Macau, was held at the Cultural Building of the University of Macau. Nearly 30 experts and scholars from Macau and abroad discussed the development of Chinese poetry from the perspectives of history, culture, poetry, fiction, technology, and medicine, as well as the influence and impact of ChatGPT on Chinese poetry. The speech was delivered by Guru, well-known scholar of yogic thought; Prof. Agnes Lam, Director of Centre for Macau Studies, Prof. Yuan Yulin, Head of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Distinguished Professor Ouyang Jianghe of Beijing Normal University, renowned poet Xiao Xiao, and Prof. Zhang Qinghua , Associate Dean of the School of Chinese Language and Literature of Beijing Normal University.

 

(Prof. Zhu Shoutong, Centre for Chinese History and Culture of the University of Macau)

(Prof. Yao Jingming, Chinese-Portuguese Bilingual Teaching and Training Centre)

(Guru Anand, a renowned scholar of yoga thought)

(Prof. Lam Iok Fong, Centre for Macau Studies)

(Prof. Yuan Yulin, Department of Chinese Language and Literature)

(Prof. Ouyang Jianghe, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai)

(Prof. Yu Xingzhong, Dean of Institute of Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences)

(Prof. Yu Xingzhong, Dean of Institute of Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences)

(Prof. Ouyang Jianghe, Distinguished Professor of Beijing Normal University)

(Xiao Xiao, renowned poet)

The ” Academic Seminar on Chinese Culture and the Future of New Chinese Poetry ” focused on the strength of new Chinese poetry when facing technology. The experts and scholars agreed that Chinese poetry has to and is capable of maintaining its cultural confidence in the face of the challenges of technology and artificial intelligence.

The guests who participated the forum included Prof. Ouyang Jianghe, Distinguished Professor of Beijing Normal University; Prof. Zhang Qinghua, Associate Dean of school of Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing Normal University; Prof. Fu Tianhong, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai; Prof. Wu Yan, Director of the Research Center for Science and Human Imagination, Southern University of Science and Technology; Guru, a noted scholar of yogic thought; Prof. Cheung Kwok Cheung, Interim College Master of Moon Chun Memorial College, University of Macau; Prof. Tam Sik Chung, Interim College Master of Shiu Pong College; Prof. Jiang Yi, Associate Master of Henry Fok Pearl Jubilee College; Prof. Yuan Yulin, Dean of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature; Prof. Yu Xingzhong, Dean of the Institute of Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences; Prof. Agnes Lam, Director of the Centre for Macau Studies; Prof. Chen Zhong, Associate Dean of Confucius Institute, and other experts and scholars.

“The MOU Signing Ceremony and Press Conference on 2023 Essay Competition for High School Students at UM” was successfully held

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On 3rd August , 2023, the Centre for Macau Studies of the University of Macau , Well link Bank and the Centre for Chinese History and Culture of the University of Macau successfully collaborated to hold the “the MOU Signing Ceremony and Press Conference on 2023 Essay Competition for High School Students at UM”. The MOU was signed by Prof. Agnes Lam Iok Fong, director of the CMS, and Chong Sio Fai, executive director and chief executive officer of Well Link Bank, under the witness of Long Wai Lam, registrar of UM, and Lao Pun Lap, independent non-executive director of Well Link Bank. Ms. KUAN Sio In, Leona also attended the ceremony to represent for the Centre for Chinese History and Culture of the University of Macau.

Group photo

During the ceremony, Prof. Agnes Lam Iok Fong, director of the CMS, expressed that The CMS, as one of the member units of the Macao Base for Primary & Secondary Education in Humanities & Social Sciences, organised the essay competition with the aim of encouraging youth people in Macao to reflect on Macao’s past and future in light of the 5000 years of civilisation of the country. It is hoped that the participants will explore, from their perspectives, how Chinese civilisation can play a role in today’s society in order to contribute to national development and the progress of human civilisation.

The essay competition is co-organised by the CMS, Well Link Bank, and the Centre for Chinese History and Culture (CCHC) of UM. It aims to enable young people in Macao to gain a better understanding of Chinese history and culture, while leveraging their creativity and imagination to combine their knowledge of history with real-life experience. This essay competition is also an important milestone in the cooperation between the two organizations.

The CCHC will be in charge of the judging process of the competition. For more details, please visit the event website:https://cms.um.edu.mo/wlbankessaycontest/?lang=zh-hant.

Signing Ceremony

2023 Greater Bay Area Visual Arts Group Exhibition Successfully Held at the Centre for Chinese History and Culture of the University of Macau

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On 5th August , 2023, the “2023 Greater Bay Area Visual Arts Group Exhibition (Macao Region)” was officially opened by the Centre for Chinese History and Culture of the University of Macau, the Macao Calligraphers Association, the Addy Yiu Visual Arts Research Association, the Hong Kong Multi-Visual Arts Association in collaboration with Macao Digital Photogaphy Association, the Shenzhen Young Photographers’ Association（SZYPA）, the Shenzhen Tianli Huifang Vision Company Limited, and Foshan City Women Literary and Artistic Artists’ Association.

Prof. Zhu Shoutong, Director of Centre for Chinese History and Culture of the University of Macau, delivered a speech at the opening ceremony.

The organizer presented a souvenir to Prof. Zhu Shoutong.

Ribbon Cutting

The exhibition was held in the Multifunctional Exhibition Hall G016, Cultural Building (E34) of the Centre for Chinese History and Culture of the University of Macau, and attracted many artists from the Greater Bay Area. Professor Prof. Zhu Shoutong, Director of Centre for Chinese History and Culture of the University of Macau, expressed that visual art is a Chinese historical and cultural art worthy of promotion, and that the exhibition was inspired by different artistic fields that can be tolerated and worked together to truly sublimate the arts for the benefit of the future. The President of The Macao Calligraphers’ Association, Ms. Kung Po Mei in her speech said that the Outline of the National 13th Five-Year Plan proposes to support Hong Kong and Macao to play an important role in the Pan-Pearl River Delta (PPRD) regional cooperation, and to promote the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA). The Bay Area has great potential for development in industry, commerce, finance, innovation and arts and culture. The organizer hopes to promote the development of the Greater Bay Area through this event. At the same time, the organizer hoped to promote the interaction and unity of visual artists in the Greater Bay Area through the event.

Group photo of opening ceremony guests

 

Guests visited the exhibition