{"id":5699,"date":"2025-09-18T11:35:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T10:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/?p=5699"},"modified":"2025-09-25T23:35:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T22:35:06","slug":"mid-autumn-welcome25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/2025\/09\/18\/mid-autumn-welcome25\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration and Welcome Event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello September,  we hope all will settle in quickly and have a great start! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the start of the new academic year, we are delighted to host a special welcome event that brings together staff and students to connect, share knowledge, and celebrate intercultural experiences. This gathering marks the Mid-Autumn Festival, a time of reunion and appreciation, with the chance to enjoy mooncakes and experience cultural performances. We warmly invite all students and staff to join us for this festive celebration at Queen\u2019s!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/09\/Mid-Autumn-2025-poster-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/09\/Mid-Autumn-2025-poster-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/09\/Mid-Autumn-2025-poster-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/09\/Mid-Autumn-2025-poster-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/09\/Mid-Autumn-2025-poster-1536x1086.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/09\/Mid-Autumn-2025-poster-2048x1448.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/09\/Mid-Autumn-2025-poster-424x300.jpg 424w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Date: Friday 3rd October 2025<br>Time: 13:30 &#8211; 16:00&nbsp;<br>Venue: Auditorium, The McClay Library<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/e\/rKxAQ85br8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Registration<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Due to limited capacity of the room and high demand, we are only able to accommodate up to 50 people, on a first-come-first-serve basis. People who are informed on a waiting list will be contacted if vacancies appear.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope you will enjoy the event!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Call for volunteers<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We are looking for talented students and staff members to volunteer for our Chinese language and cultural events at Queen\u2019s. It could be in the form of a variety of cultural performances, or language\/culture-related topics and skills, and is open to both Chinese-speaking and non-Chinese speaking volunteers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We look forward to working with you in our future events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/09\/2411338034a3a1fbfc54766e9b54146.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/09\/2411338034a3a1fbfc54766e9b54146.png 791w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/09\/2411338034a3a1fbfc54766e9b54146-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/09\/2411338034a3a1fbfc54766e9b54146-768x467.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/09\/2411338034a3a1fbfc54766e9b54146-493x300.png 493w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/0Xj7M3MtJX\">Volunteering<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello September, we hope all will settle in quickly and have a great start! 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