Lantern Festival Screening: London’s CNY Documentaries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9_vtQvZg5w&t=6s In a vibrant finalé to the China Exchange Chinese New Year celebrations, a curious crowd joined us for a special lantern festival screening of the short documentaries made in our Doc-in-a-Day challenge with London Documentary Network. Film-makers – some very experienced, some totally new to the game – had just 36 hours to create […]
丝竹报春 – Silk and Bamboo: Music for the arrival of Spring
The Silk and Bamboo concert we co-hosted with the UK Chinese Music Ensemble attracted 100 enthusiastic audience on 9th February. Two renowned musicians, Dr Cheng Yu and Liu Menglin performed a well-selected list of classical Chinese music. Dr Cheng Yu is specialised in guqin 古琴 (seven-stringed zither) and the pipa 琵琶 (four-stringed lute) and talented Liu Menglin played the hulusi 葫芦丝 (a gourd flute); and the […]
Explore Chinese Contemporary Dance
The energy was flowing through this night of insight and understanding into Chinese dance, from the importance both socially and culturally of classical dance to the progression of its influence from the West as well as how Chinese dance has affected the West. With mesmerising performances from Aonan and Xiaowen, demonstrating the skill and evolution […]
Deb8 China
The evening was full of conversation, inspiration and lots of debate. Dr Vivienne Lo started the night giving an insight and levelled view of why and how traditional Chinese medicine is important in working alongside western medicine, followed by Dr Kerry Brown giving some amazing facts about Chinese investment in the west which shocked the audience and gave way […]
Doc in a Day: Chinese New Year
We welcomed in the Year of the Rooster on Saturday 28 January with Doc in a Day: Chinese New Year – our collaborative event with London Documentary Network. 6 teams came together to create a short documentary about Chinese New Year (CNY), based on the theme ‘Ritual’. To start the day, the China Exchange team […]
Happy Chinese New Year! 新年快乐！
We wish all our visitors, subscribers and curious passersby a very happy Chinese New Year. We’re welcoming the rooster with events throughout the Spring Festival detailed below and will be open on Sunday 29 January from noon-4pm to welcome visitors. #snapCNY17 Instagram Competition Saturday 28 – Monday 30 January Free Our […]
#SnapCNY Exhibition
We challenged Londoners and visitors alike to submit their photos of Chinese New Year incorporating elements from a China Exchange produced interpretation guide. Eight images were selected for display at China Exchange in a small public exhibition. The winners: Download our #snapCNY Inspiration Guide.
Spring Festival Programme 2016
Nine hundred and fifty visitors came to China Exchange during our 2016 Spring Festival programme as we welcomed the Year of the Monkey. Events included: Circle Lines Exhibition: The Hurun Art Foundation launched at China Exchange with Circle Lines, a 10-day exhibition of contemporary Chinese artists. Nine of the artists featured attended the show from […]
#snapCNY
Join us in celebrating Chinese New Year via Instagram, by entering our #snapCNY Instagram Competition. We want to see your snaps of anything that represents your experience of CNY. Instagram us your photo, hashtagging ‘#snapCNY‘ and you will automatically be entered in to our competition to have your picture displayed at our #snapCNY popup exhibition […]