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          匹兹堡大学孔子学院2018新春庆如约而至

匹兹堡大学孔子学院汉语教师志愿者 黄瑞琦 彭梦蝶 邓昊

2月16日，美国匹兹堡大学孔子学院(Confucius Institute at the University of Pittsburgh, CI-Pitt )联合匹兹堡大学中国学生学者联合会( PITT CSSA )在匹兹堡大学举行了“2018新春”系列庆祝活动。此次庆祝活动包括年夜饭和“狗年春晚”两个部分，活动历时六个小时，吸引了美国民众及华人华侨近千人参与。

晚5点到7点，中外来宾共进“年夜饭”，牙牙学语的孩童，头发花白的老者，久居海外思乡心切的华侨，对中国文化充满兴趣的美国民众围坐在象征团团圆圆的红色大圆桌上，共同享用了一顿暖暖的香香的年夜饭！

晚7点半到10点，近千名美国民众及华人华侨一起观看了由匹兹堡地区各文化团体共同组织的“狗年春晚”。匹兹堡大学的中国学生带来了创意乐舞《梁祝》，动人的钢琴曲与优美的舞蹈和书法相结合，把现场观众迅速吸引到了精彩的表演中。匹兹堡大学的中国学生还表演了中国民乐合奏Despacito

他们将西班牙语歌曲与中国乐器相结合，让观众体验到了不同文化的精彩。匹兹堡中华文化中心艺术团的华人华侨表演了《旗袍秀》

在清雅的丝竹声中，把观众带回了美丽的江南水乡。特别是表演《中华功夫秀》的小朋友们，动作整齐划一，表情灵动可爱，赢得了观众的阵阵掌声；舞狮队的表演也精彩绝伦，令观众目不暇接。

今年是匹兹堡大学孔子学院(CI-Pitt)第九次联合匹兹堡大学中国学生学者联合会( PITT CSSA )在匹兹堡大学举行中国新年庆祝活动。匹兹堡大学孔子学院(CI-Pitt)创立十年来，在匹兹堡地区持续开展中华文化活动，已成为匹兹堡

地区中美文化交流的重要平台。

CI-PITT 2018 Chinese Spring Festival Celebration Successfully Held

CI-PITT volunteer Chinese teachers:  Ruiqi Huang, Mengdie Peng, Hao Deng

The “2018 Chinese Spring Festival” series were held at the University of Pittsburgh on February 16^th by the Confucius Institute at the University of Pittsburgh (CI-Pitt), in           conjunction with the PITT CSSA. The event lasted for six hours, including “New Year's Eve Dinner” and “Spring Festival Gala”, and attracted nearly a thousand local folks as  well as overseas Chinese.

Chinese and foreign guests joined the "New Year's Eve dinner" between 5pm and 7pm.From babbling children to elderly people with gray hair, from overseas Chinese who live  aboard so long to the American people who are interested in Chinese culture, they all sat around the big round red tables, enjoying a warm, delicious dinner!

Following was the Spring Festival Gala, organized by some cultural groups in the Pittsburgh area. Chinese students at the University of Pittsburgh performed a creative dance     and music "Butterfly Lovers", a moving piano piece combined with graceful dance and calligraphy quickly bring all the audiences to exciting shows. Chinese students at the       University of Pittsburgh also performed Despacito, which combines Spanish song with Chinese musical instruments to make the audience experience the variety of different        cultures. Overseas Chinese from the Pittsburgh Chinese Culture Center of Performing and Arts held a “Cheongsam Show”, creating a peaceful atmosphere in the hall with           elegant music. In particular, the children performing the "Kung Fu Show" with neat movements and vivid expressions won the applause of the audience. The performance of the Lion Dance Team was also fantastic and the audience was so excited about that.

This year is the ninth joint of CI-Pitt and PITT CSSA to hold the Chinese New Year celebration at the University of Pittsburgh. Since its establishment 10 years ago, CI-Pitt has  continued its Chinese cultural activities in the Pittsburgh area and has become an important platform for Sino-U.S. Cultural exchange in this region.