Shining of Huaxing Chinese Culture Festival

"Our missions are to showcase the traditional Chinese culture and arts, to help the Cape Town Chinese community integrate into the local society and to promote the cultural exchange between China and SA. We are proud of our Chinese culture and art and we love Cape Town, we love SA. We are very happy to be part of the cultural diversity of Cape Town."

- Gang Dong (Group Leader and Head of the SA Chinese Cultural Development Centre).

Thank you to Cape Town HuaXing Arts Group, for proudly hosting the inaugural ‘Shining of Huaxing Chinese Culture Festival’ at the Lourensford Wine Estate’s Twilight Market in Somerset West on Friday 29th March 2019.

Promotional material credit: Courtesy of Cape Town Hua Xing Arts Group.

Also for inviting:

M.J. Li's students to showcase their Kung Fu and Tai Chi skills (Read more here); and
Confucius Institute of Stellenbosch University (CISU) staff and members to demonstrate traditional paper-cutting, calligraphy and other arts and crafts (Read further here and here).

Photo credit: Courtesy of Henk Kruger / African News Agency (ANA) / Cape Times (Monday, 1st April 2019) newspaper.

Photo credit: Courtesy of the 'Confucius Institute of Stellenbosch University' (CISU).

Over 6,000 visitors enjoyed six acts covering the whole market space throughout the evening, including Ansai waist and Xing Shi drumming, fan and flower dancers, Beijing opera, Qipao show, martial arts demonstrations, lion and dragon dancing. Extra stalls selling traditional Chinese tea, food and clothing were also open.

Click here to read more about the festival in the full 'Cape Times' (Monday, 1st April 2019) newspaper digital article.