{"id":5566,"date":"2025-05-17T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/?p=5566"},"modified":"2025-05-21T12:21:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T11:21:08","slug":"celebrating-dragon-boat-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/2025\/05\/17\/celebrating-dragon-boat-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Dragon Boat Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Melodies of the Chinese Zither and the Perfume of Books<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><strong>\u7434\u97f5\u4e66\u9999\u8fce\u7aef\u5348<\/strong><br><strong><br><\/strong>Friday 30th&nbsp;May 2025<br>13:00 &#8211; 15:00<br>Auditorium, The McClay Library<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/05\/CCF2025-Dragon-Boat-Festival-DengGao-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/05\/CCF2025-Dragon-Boat-Festival-DengGao-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/05\/CCF2025-Dragon-Boat-Festival-DengGao-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/05\/CCF2025-Dragon-Boat-Festival-DengGao-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/05\/CCF2025-Dragon-Boat-Festival-DengGao-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/05\/CCF2025-Dragon-Boat-Festival-DengGao-1-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/05\/CCF2025-Dragon-Boat-Festival-DengGao-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Speaker\/Performer<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wei DENG (\u9093\u7ef4), QUB alumna from School of Arts, English and Languages<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chen GAO (\u9ad8\u5bb8), visiting PhD candidate at School of Arts, English and Languages, from Minzu University of China<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Outline<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This special forum consists of two sections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first half, Wei will introduce her proposed project with Ludo Dao CIC which is committed to exploring the development of an intercultural approach to musical performance, focusing on the dialogue between the Chinese traditional guzheng and Northern Irish musical instruments. 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