Cal State Long Beach will play host to its second annual Chinese Film and Culture Festival from October 20-26.The free event focuses on treasures of Tianjin province in China, and includes screenings of recent Chinese films and a cultural heritage and craft exhibit that features bottle painting, paper cutting and fabric sculpture.
The opening ceremony will be on Thursday, October 20, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Carpenter Performing Arts Center. It will include a performance by the Peking Opera and a Bian Lian performance. Bian Lian is a dramatic part of Chinese opera in which performers wear bright costumes and masks that they change quickly.
Among those in attendance will be Qiu Shaofang, consul general of China to Los Angeles, officials from Tianjian province and Cal State Long Beach representatives.
During the festival, eight films exploring how Chinese media producers envision their society for domestic and international audiences will screen in the Beach Auditorium at the University Student Union, room 115.
A cultural heritage and craft exhibit will be held in the University Student Union
Ballroom, where artists will demonstrate traditional Chinese handicrafts such as papercutting and Yangliuqing Spring Festival Pictures, and the fabric sculptures of Chinese artist Chang Cheng will be on display.
The event is open to the public.
For more information regarding the festival and the film schedule, visit www.ccpe.csulb.edu/ChineseFCF or call Heidi Zhang at 800-963-2250, ext. 54060.
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