Local library celebrates culture during book fair
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THE annual Shanghai Book Fair attracted millions of readers and hundreds of publishers to the Shanghai Exhibition Center last week. Shanghai Yangpu Library also hosted a variety of reading and cultural side-events in conjunction with the week-long fair.
Lecture on Buddhist master
Shanghai Yangpu Library presented a memorial lecture on Nan Huai-chin, a late noted Buddhist master in China last Saturday.
The lecture invited the master’s son Nan Guoxi and Gu Guozhi, an apprentice of the master. These special guests made a retrospective speech on the trajectory of Nan’s life and career, and highlighted his dedication to the revival of the great minds of China.
The lecture attracted the audience members from around the country. Some even came from as far away as Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Anhui Province. Others arrived hours before the lecture opened. Others also simply sat on the ground as there were not enough chairs.
The library also presented a retrospective exhibition of Nan’s works during the lecture.
Music awards explained
Local residents were recently treated to an informative lecture on the Grammy Awards at Shanghai Yangpu Library. The Grammy Awards have long been one of the most prestigious honors in the English-speaking music industry.
Guo Xin, a professor who specializes in pop music at Shanghai Conservatory of Music, gave a detailed lecture about the awards at the library last Thursday. He introduced the origin of the Grammys, the setting of its categories, the selection of nominees and the choosing of judges, and explained how the Grammys maintains their equality, professionalism and authoritativeness.
Guo also discussed several Chinese musicians who have attracted attention from the mainstream music award, including Tan Dun, pianist Lang Lang and diva Song Zuying. He played several Grammy-Award winning songs during the lecture to offer the audience an insight into the awards and the music.
Sharing sports knowledge
Shanghai Yangpu Library invited volunteers from a local university to host a lecture on the origin of sports terms and the Olympics for local children last Friday.
The lecture took place while the Rio Olympic Games were still in full swing.
The lecture, hosted by volunteers from the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, began with a presentation of terms using pinyin and Mandarin.
Then the volunteers began to explain the basics of sports including hurdling, swimming, gymnastics and table tennis.
Through two animated video clips, the children also learned the origins of Arabic numbers and the yellow and red cards used in football matches.
This was the fourth lecture organized by the library to encourage local children to explore new fields and broaden their horizons.
Fun with dough modeling
Local children recently experienced the delights of dough modeling under the tutelage of a noted craftsman at Shanghai Yangpu Library.
Dough modeling is celebrated today as an exquisite folk art in China. Craftsman use colored glutinous rice to create colorful figurines and characters.
Last Saturday, students from local primary and secondary schools attended a fun-filled class led by master craftsman Chen Xuegao, as part of activities aimed at promoting traditional Chinese culture among children.
By combining traditional dough-modeling skills with modern techniques, Chen has developed his own unique style. Creating a figure from start to finish takes less than 10 minutes.
During the class, Chen presented his works and introduced the history of dough-modeling to the children. They also created their own dough figures under the instruction of Chen.
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