UM launches Festival of Chinese Culture

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The launch ceremony for the 4th Festival of Chinese Culture and the 8th Macao Forum on Chinese Culture, organised by the University of Macau (UM), was held today (19 November). The events aim to promote patriotism among Macao’s education sector and the wider community, while also serving as a platform for cultural exchange and mutual learning between China and the West. Running until December, the festival features a wide range of lectures, forums, and exhibitions on Chinese culture. Activities will take place at UM, other universities in Macao, various promotion bases of UM’s Centre for Chinese History and Culture (CCHC), as well as local primary and secondary schools.

At the launch ceremony, Yonghua Song, rector of UM, noted that this year’s festival provides diverse opportunities for young people to deepen their understanding of Chinese culture, enhance their cultural confidence, and further strengthen the cultural ties between Macao and the mainland. Zhang Yan, director of CCHC, introduced the festival’s highlights, which include immersive activities such as film appreciation sessions and study tours on revolutionary history, traditional handicraft workshops, and interactive competitions celebrating traditional culture.

The festival is presented by CCHC and the Macao Base for Primary & Secondary Education in Humanities & Social Sciences at UM.

Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War: Launch Ceremony of “Epic and Soul Stirring” Patriotic Film Sharing Series Successfully Held at University of Macau

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Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War: Launch Ceremony of “Epic and Soul Stirring” Patriotic Film Sharing Series Successfully Held at University of Macau

On the afternoon of October 30, 2025, the ” Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War: ‘Epic and Soul Stirring’ Series Activities—Launch Ceremony of Patriotic Film Appreciation and Classic Film Review Sharing Sessions and Inaugural Film Screening” was grandly held at Cultural Building E34, University of Macau (UM). Organized by the UM’s Centre for Chinese History and Culture (CCHC), the event aimed to promote patriotic education for Macao through a combination of film appreciation and academic seminars, deepening young people’s understanding of national history and the spirit of the Chinese nation.

At the opening of the event, Prof. Xu Jie, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) at the UM, delivered a welcome address. The UM has consistently regarded the inheritance of excellent traditional Chinese culture and the cultivation of patriotic sentiments as an important mission. He noted that the ” Epic and Soul Stirring ” project innovatively adopts a model combining film and academic seminars, transforming grand historical narratives into vivid classrooms, representing an important practice for UM in advancing patriotic education for Macao. The project features carefully selected films such as “The Eight Hundred” and “The Red Detachment of Women,” guiding young students to appreciate the national spirit and strengthen national identity.

Subsequently, the guests of honor cut the ribbon for the launch ceremony, marking the official opening of the “Epic and Soul Stirring” series of events. Prof. Zhang Yan, Director of the CCHC, emphasized in his speech that this project is a key focus of the Centre’s five-year plan, with red historical education as its main thread, using the art of film to lead young people in appreciating the spiritual power of the nation’s struggles. He stated that the Centre will continue to integrate resources to develop “Epic and Soul Stirring” into a distinctive Macao patriotic education platform, contributing to the practice of “One Country, Two Systems.”

Afterwards, the CCHC presented a painting to Prof. Peng Yina, Honorary Dean of the Guangdong Southern Red Culture Research Institute (granddaughter of revolutionary martyr Mr. Peng Pai), and appointed her as “Supervisor of Ambassador for the Promotion of Chinese Culture” in recognition of her long-term dedication to promoting patriotic spirit and passing on the legacy of revolutionary heritage.

Finally, Prof. Li Jun, Head of Department of Arts and Design, delivered a keynote lecture exploring the development of war of resistance film narratives through the lens of “Grand History on Screen.” He pointed out that current narratives of the war of resistance present a more magnificent framework, emphasizing the national spirit embodied in the 15-year struggle against aggression. Meanwhile, using films such as “Dead To Rights” as examples, he illustrated that localized artistic perspectives can equally convey profound historical emotions, and emphasized the crucial role of “emotional authenticity” in historical representation.

The event also received support and participation from numerous distinguished guests, including Mr. Gu Zhijie, former Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Shenzhen Legal Daily; Associate Prof. Wang Lan from the Faculty of Humanities and Arts at Macau University of Science and Technology; Ms. Chan Pui Lan, President of Tea Art Professionals Association of Macao; Mr. Lin Jiangshan, Chairman of Guangzhou Biyutang Art Co., Ltd.；Prof. Kwok-cheung Cheung, Master of Moon Chun Memorial College, UM;Prof. Leung May Yee, Janny, Master of Choi Kai Yau College; Prof. Tam Sik Chung, Interim Master of Shiu Pong College; Associate Master Prof. Fung, Ka Wai Gary of Ma Man Kei and Lo Pak Sam College; Resident Fellow Ms. Alice Hong of Moon Chun Memorial College; Dr. Cheang Neng Ian, Deputy Director of the CCHC and Ms. Kuan Sio In, Leona, Principal Admin Officer of the CCHC. The ” Epic and Soul Stirring ” project will continue to conduct a series of film sharing and academic seminar activities, dedicated to becoming an important platform for patriotic education and national identity among Macao’s youth.

2024 Full Love Macao Short Video Contest

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On the afternoon of November 25, 2024 (Monday), the award ceremony for the “Shifen Macau” short video creation competition, one of the series of events for the 3rd China Culture Festival, was grandly held at the Chengwen Building (E34) of the University of Macau. This event was jointly organized by the Chinese History and Culture Center of the University of Macau and the Humanities and Social Sciences Education Base for Primary and Secondary Students in Macau. The theme of the event was “Shifen Macau,” aiming to promote and inherit the excellent traditional culture of China, showcase Macau’s unique characteristics of mainstream Chinese culture coexisting with diverse cultures, and deepen local students’ confidence and sense of identity in their own culture.

Since the competition started, it has attracted enthusiastic participation from numerous university students in Macau and ambassadors of Chinese culture, who submitted a series of outstanding works. After two months of rigorous evaluation, one first prize team, two second prize teams, four third prize teams, and two merit award teams were selected.

During the award ceremony, guests presented honor certificates and prize money to the winners, and the first prize work, “New Discoveries of ‘Cool’,” was played on-site for the audience to enjoy.

The event was honored to invite several distinguished guests, including Professor Mo Qiming, Vice President of the University of Macau; Professor Xu Jie, Dean of the Faculty of Arts; Professor Lin Yufeng, Director of the Macau Research Center; Professor Zhu Shoutong, Director of the Chinese History and Culture Center; Dr. Zheng Ningren, Deputy Director; and Professor Shao Chaoyang, Director of the Academic Research Department.

AwardWinner(s)Work Title
First PrizePeng Jiani, Lu Zhiling“New Discoveries of ‘Cool'”
Second PrizeChen Ziyan, Zhang Xiaolan, Wang Wenjing, Ye Huimin“Hidden in the Character ‘Macau'”
He Tiannuo, Ye Kailin“Exploring the Source of Tan Zi”
Third PrizeHuang Yongtong, Zhang Ruohan, Tong Xinru, He Minheng“The Temple Culture of Macau”
Li Qinhao, Luo Hanjun, Liu Fangyuan, Lin Ziyin“Macau: A City of Cultural Gathering”
Wang Xianjun, Zheng Junran“New Tales of Old Streets in Macau”
Chen Xintong“Flourishing Lotus, Brilliant Macau”
Merit AwardWei Zihan, Wu Yantong, Chen Ziqi, Long Shuhan“Mirror of the Bay: Harmony”
Cai Yue“Macau Time Capsule: Zheng Family Mansion”

 

 

 

 

 

Festival of Chinese Culture Launches Themed Activities in Nanjing

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To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Macao’s return to the motherland, on the afternoon of November 1st, 2024, the main campus of Jiangsu Second Normal University hosted the themed activities of the Macao Festival of Chinese Culture: “Understanding a Different Macao.”

Prof. Zhu Shoutong, Director of the Centre for Chinese History and Culture at the University of Macau, was invited to give a lecture titled “Telling a Different Macau from a Literary and Cultural Perspective” for the university’s “Soul Casting and Soaring: Literature, Culture, and the Literary Mind – A Series of Humanities General Education Lectures“. The lecture provided a literary and cultural interpretation of Macao’s history and the social psychological reality of Macao. Hosted by Secretary Peng Lin, she concluded that this not only presents a Macao that is different in historical and current cognition but also offers cultural insights that cannot be found in books.

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.

A youth delegation from Zhejiang visited the Centre for Chinese History and Culture (23/09/2021)

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The 2021 Plan to Cultivate the Masters of Humanities&Social Science Education finished successfully

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To strives to enhance the outstanding qualifications and abilities of school teachers in Macao, the Education and Youth Bureau , the Centre for Chinese History and Culture and the Macao Base for Primary&Second Education in Humanities& Social Science co-organized the “Plan to Cultivate the Masters of Humanities&Social Science Education” during January to February.The target students are school teachers in Macao.

The courses “Macao Drunken Dragon Festival” “Macao Cantonese pinyin system”  of Prof. TAM Mei Leng ,who is of Department of Chinese Language and Literature . “The reveal of Chinese characters at World Heritage Sites in Macao” of Prof. TANG Keng Pan, who is of Department of Chinese Language and Literature . “A  study of Contemporary Chinese Ink painting: The possibilities of The Digital age for Chinese ink art” of Prof.Lampo LEONG,who is of Centre for Arts and Design. “Dynamic vision in language teaching” of Prof.  Jose Fernando Lino Pascoal ,who is of Chinese-Portuguese Bilingual Teaching and Training Centre， “Chinese analysis in multi-layer context” of Prof. SIO Chio Ieong, who is of Department of Chinese Language and Literature are welcomed by school teachers in Macao. In total, there are about 30 students in each class and mora than 200 teachers participated in the 14 hours’ courses.

 

 

 

 

 

UM kicks off forum on Chinese history and culture and celebration of Confucius’ birthday

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UM kicks off the forum on Chinese history and culture and celebration of Confucius’ birthday

To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China and the 20th anniversary of the handover of Macao, the University of Macau (UM) today (19 September) kicked off the Forum on Chinese History and Culture and Celebration of Confucius’ Birthday. The forum, cultural activities, and exhibitions aim to let the public experience traditional Confucian culture and enhance their cultural confidence. Experts and scholars from China and abroad attended the event to celebrate the birthday of Confucius. They also discussed traditional Chinese culture and its development in the contemporary society.

Rector Yonghua Song

UM Rector Yonghua Song gave a speech, in which he said that the relationship between Confucian thought and Macao goes back a long time, adding that the great philosopher left an indelible mark on Macao as part of his long-lasting impact on human civilisation. According to Song, the event aims to promote understanding of the five traditional Chinese virtues, namely humanity, integrity, propriety, wisdom, and sincerity, among UM faculty members and students, so that they will acquire the wisdom from Confucianism and history and find inspiration through the comparison of Chinese and Western cultures for achieving world peace and sustainable development. Song added that people from different countries should work together to create a harmonious world and a win-win situation for everyone.

Cheng Lin

Cheng Lin, vice chairman of the Shandong provincial committee of the People’s Political Consultative Conference, said that Shandong is the hometown of Confucius and the birthplace of Confucianism, adding that the event showcases the beauty of traditional Chinese culture, especially the beauty of Confucianism.

A group photo

At the opening ceremony, Rector Song and other guests presented flower baskets to a painting of Confucius and bowed to the painting four times. Afterwards, members of the Cultural Ambassador Programme of the Confucius Institute conducted a ceremony, during which they performed a traditional ritual dance in traditional robes to express their understanding of the five virtues.

The forum on Confucian culture

On the same day, UM kicked off a forum on Confucian culture and numerous exhibitions, including an exhibition of Confucius culture, an exhibition of the landscape paintings of Zhang Zhimin, an exhibition of the works of Mao Hongwei, Zhang Qinzhi and Dong Gang, an exhibition of intangible cultural heritage from Suzhou, an exhibition of Guqin art from Changshu, and a sharing session by two young bamboo flute performers from Macao, who are also UM students. These exhibitions are open to the public. All are welcome. For more information, please visit https://go.um.edu.mo/pjjw9jqr.

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Academicians attend forum on science, arts, and humanities at UM

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The Centre for Chinese History and Culture, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Macau, recently organised a forum on science, arts, and humanities. Academicians in the related fields from mainland China and Hong Kong, as well as professors from UM, attended the forum. They explored the close relationship between science on the one hand, and arts and humanities on the other, as well as the future of these disciplines. Participants also had an in-depth discussion on the core values of human civilisation.

For the full version, please refer to the Chinese version.

Academicians attend a forum on science, arts, and humanities at UM

The inscription written by the academicians for UM

A group photo