The Year of the Horse
Dublin Chinese New Year Festival 31st January-14th February 2014
Welcome Building on the success of DCNYF (Dublin Chinese New Year Festival) in the past six years, we are delighted to launch our 7th Festival celebrating the year of the Horse, in the 4712th year of the Chinese calendar. DCNYF is committed to celebrating Sino-Irish relations showcasing Chinese culture and heritage to a new and wider audience while promoting integration. As we say farewell to the Snake, we enter 2014 with hope and encouragement for positive developments and improvements in the year ahead. We are very pleased to welcome the new Irish Ambassador to China Mr. Paul Kavanagh and we wish him the very best of luck and success in the years ahead. In 2014 we greet the Wood Horse. This is considered a fortunate year that brings luck and good things. In Chinese Mythology the special white celestial cloud Horse is sacred to the Chinese Goddess Kwan Yin whose white horse flies through the heavens, bringing peace and blessings. As relationships between China and Ireland grow and deepen, DCNYF hopes these blessings will follow us as we continue to seek out evidence of past Sino-Irish connections creating new expressions of intercultural contact and exchange and further developing existing intricate rich connections between our nations. This is your Festival. This is your city. Welcome to the Dublin Chinese New Year Festival 2014. May the year bring you blessings of great fortune! From all the members of the Dublin Chinese New Year Festival Committee ‌
Xin Nian Hao!
The official website for the Festival is www.cny.ie
Detail from Chinese wallpaper in Westport House, courtesy of David Skinner
2014 Year of the Wood Horse Seventh in the Twelve Year Cycle, people born during the Year of the Horse have a pleasant, amiable, easy going disposition which guarantees popularity and a large following of friends. Blessed with good humour and geniality, they are charming and cheerful and the Horse is an extremely likable character. Hard working, self-possessed and sharp however their sometime-appreciated frankness can be tactless. The Horse’s impatient pursuit of success may become selfish and predatory. Horses can be obstinate. In truth, they are more cunning than intelligent, and they know it. With the Horse, movement is everything. Freedom and independence are as essential to Horse-born people as the air they breathe. A low boredom threshold, both in terms of interests and friendships, is characteristic of those belonging to this sign. Consequently, they tend to act on impulse, and they can be unpredictable. Like the symbol by which they are represented, Horse-born people are high-spirited and lively. Their vivacity and enthusiasm make them very popular. With a deft sense of humour, Horses are masters of repartee. They love to take centre stage and delight audiences everywhere. Sometimes rash and wilful, they can be prone to rapid changes of mood and, although seldom really explosive of temper, when they do see red, it is not a pretty sight. Those who have suffered a Horse’s rage will never feel quite the same about him again. Famous Horse People: Kangxi Emperor of Qing Dynasty 1654, Yongzheng Emperor of Qing Dynasty 1678, Rembrandt, Frédéric Chopin, James Dean, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Clint Eastwood, Harrison Ford, Ang Lee, Denzel Washington, Jerry Seinfeld, John Travolta, Kathleen Turner, Oprah Winfrey, Rene Russo, Rita Hayworth, Robert Wagner, Sean Connery, Paul McCartney, Jackie Chan, Elvis Costello, Sinead O’Connor, Jesse Metcalfe and James Franco. The Horse gets on best with those born in the year of the Tiger and Dog but does not get on with those born in the year of the Rat. The years of the Horse are 1906, 1918, 1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014.
“An able horse will never come back to feed in the same stable” Chinese Proverb
LORD MAYOR OF DUBLIN OISÍN QUINN As Lord Mayor and First Citizen of Dublin, I extend my best wishes for a Happy New Year to the Chinese Community in Ireland. The year 2014 is important for Dublin and Ireland as it is the year of the Horse, a very special animal close to our hearts. Our twinning relationship with Beijing continues to flourish and we aim to build and develop this in the coming year especially in the area of cultural exchange. I want to acknowledge the positive contribution made to our city over several years by our Chinese Community and I also want to thank and pay tribute to the DCNYF Committee for their hard work in continuing this unique Festival which is growing every year. I wish our Chinese friends here and all over the world a very Happy New Year and I hope 2014, the Year of the Horse, brings good health and good fortune to all!
TAOISEACH, MR. ENDA KENNY, TD It is my great pleasure to extend my best wishes for a Happy New Year to the Chinese community in Ireland. In this, the Year of the Horse, we celebrate the deepening friendship between Ireland and China. I recall the visit by President Xi Jinping to Ireland in 2012, and my visit to China shortly thereafter. During my visit, our two countries agreed a Strategic Partnership for Mutually Beneficial Cooperation, which has become a key foundation for our bilateral relationship. Since then, we have been pleased to see very many high level visits between our countries, including that of the Tánaiste, Mr. Eamon Gilmore, TD, and three other Cabinet Ministers to China; and of Chinese Vice Premier Ma Kai to Ireland, last year. The Dublin Chinese New Year Festival, now in its seventh year, is a wonderful opportunity for Irish and Chinese people, both those who live in Ireland, and those who are visiting, to come together and celebrate the Chinese New Year. I want to acknowledge the positive contribution made by the Chinese community in Dublin and elsewhere in Ireland. It is these ‘people to people’ links that are the best expression of the friendship between our two countries. I wish the Festival every success and would like to congratulate Dublin City Council on its organisation of this important event.
AMBASSADOR LUO LINQUAN The Year of the Snake (2013) is coming to an end with a happy note – with increasing signs of economic recovery in Ireland and with the Chinese nation embarking on an exciting journey of ‘comprehensively deepening reforms’. This year’s Spring Festival is to be celebrated in a joyous atmosphere, with a lot to look forward to – Ireland’s bold and steady strides towards prosperity, and China’s new accomplishments of vigorous, deepened reforms. As Chinese Ambassador to Ireland, I would like to express my best wishes for, as well as my strong confidence in, the Irish Government and the Irish people. Let me also take this opportunity to place on record my sincere appreciation of the kind help and staunch support accorded to me in the past few years by my innumerable and constantly increasing Irish friends, who have indeed made my life in Dublin easier, meaningful and memorable. As always, I profoundly acknowledge the contributions made by Dublin City Council and DCNYF in enhancing Sino-Irish relations. At a time of family reunion, optimism and hope, my Embassy colleagues join me in wishing each and every member of the Chinese community in Ireland good health and success in their respective endeavours in the Year of 2014. Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Ireland
AMBASSADOR KAVANAGH As the Ambassador of Ireland to China, it gives me enormous pleasure to see DCNYF go from strength to strength. Since taking up my post five months ago, I have been deeply impressed by the range and depth of the links between Ireland and China, particularly at the people to people level. DCNYF in bringing Irish and Chinese together in celebration, is at the very heart of this. I know that it will be a particular honor for the capital city to welcome the China Conservatory for a Chinese New Year’s Day concert in the Chester Beatty Library – a very special event and one which highlights the great success of the Dublin-Beijing twinning. I look forward with great anticipation to the Year of the Horse. It holds great promise for the further strengthening of Ireland-China relations – not least because Ireland’s horse industry is the envy of the world, and we are working to build a close relationship with China in this area. I am confident we can also continue to see great strides forward in our bilateral trade and investment, cultural and education linkages, food and agriculture cooperation, and, of course, in those people to people exchanges which underpin it all. On behalf of Team Ireland in China, I wish the Chinese community in Ireland, and all at DCNYF a very happy, successful and enjoyable Year of the Horse. Ambassador of Ireland to the People’s Republic of China
DCNYF ARTS & MUSIC PROGRAMME Hugh Lane – The Horse in Perspective Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane has some beautiful expressions of the horse in visual art. Degas’ ‘Thoroughbred Horse Walking’, Barry Flanagan’s ‘Horse, Mirrored: Sheep Boys: Cow Girls’, the influence of Eadweard Muybridge’s horses on Bacon and the horses painted by Jack Yeats are but some of the masterpieces to be seen in the city’s gallery. These exhibits, along with lectures, tours, film screenings, children’s workshops and family sketching will take place during the Festival season. This will coincide with the exhibition of the Huan Ying Chinese Ireland National Photo & Video Competition. With over 600 submissions by Chinese people capturing various themes including Irish landscape, Irish tourist attractions and Chinese people enjoying themselves in Ireland. The winning photographs and a special collection of the entries will be exhibited in the Education Gallery at The Hugh Lane during the festival. Full information at www.cny.ie
Degas ‘Thoroughbred Horse Walking’ 1865-81 Bronze Mrs. J.H. Twigg Bequest, 1937
‘NIGHT OF BEIJING’ China Conservatory of Music Chinese New Year’s Day Concert in association with Kildare Village Friday 31st January, 7pm Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Castle In a very special event for the Spring Festival the China Conservatory of Music (est. 1964 in Beijing) will perform a concert ‘Night in Beijing’ on Chinese New Year’s Day. They will be joined by the Dublin Institute of Technology Conservatory of Music who will perform complementary Irish traditional music. The concert programme will include ‘Bull and Tiger Fight’ and ‘Go to the Flower Fair’ performed on classical instruments such as the guzheng and the Shanxi Jiangzhou Drum with Irish traditional music performed on the bodhrán and fiddle. The conservatory will be accompanied by members of the Beijing Foreign Affairs Office and Beijing TV Station. In association with Kildare Village. Tickets are strictly limited and must be reserved, please check www.cny.ie
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Lunchtime Lecture Thursday 27th February, 1.10pm Cultural Amnesia: China and the West, Jerusha McCormack and John G. Blair, Visiting Professors of Beijing Foreign Studies University. Free, no booking required.
Intercultural Tour Saturday 8th February, 1pm Guided tour in Mandarin with Community Ambassador Tiedong Yang (as part of the Chinese New Year Festival). Free, no booking required.
Public Art Demonstration of Chinese-inspired painting with Hoi-Shan Mak Friday 14th February, 1-3pm Free, no booking required.
Chinese-style Painting Workshop for Adults with Hoi-Shan Mak Sunday 16th February, 1-4pm Create your own work with Dutch-based artist Hoi-Shan Mak who will introduce participants to Chinese-inspired painting. €25 per person, materials provided; limited to 15 places. Booking essential. See www.cbl.ie under ‘Book Workshops Here’.
DCNYF CHINESE NEW YEAR CARNIVAL brought to you by DCC Sunday 2nd February 2014, 12-5pm Temple Bar Meeting House Square, Dublin 2 To welcome in the Chinese New Year of the Horse, DCNYF together with Dublin City Council, Temple Bar and Asia Market present the traditional Spring Festival Chinese Carnival. A host of authentic Chinese performances with dragon and lion dances, Tai Chi and martial arts displays, special musical and dance entertainment will help ring in the New Year of the Horse. The Asia Market ‘Secrets of the Chinese Kitchen’ will present a special Asian cooking demonstration with Chef Liu Guangcheng from London’s Chinatown. Along with children’s craft and art workshops this fun day for all the family is not to be missed. Full details available at www.cny.ie
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CHINESE NEW YEAR’S CHILDREN’S PROGRAMME Dublin City Council Libraries
Irish and Chinese people share the love of storytelling. Two of Dublin’s finest storytellers, Seosamh Ó’Maolalaí and Aideen McBride tell Chinese-inspired stories for schoolchildren in the local libraries of Ballyfermot, Walkinstown, Marino, Ringsend, Coolock, Donaghmede and City centre on 5th and 6th February.
Raheny Library, Tel: 01 8315521 Saturday 8th February, 11am
Storyteller Aideen McBride will entertain all the family with tales from Irish and Chinese traditions.
Central Library, Tel: 01 8734333
Artist Kitty Rogers: Chinese Lanterns and Crafts Workshop. See www.cny.ie for other special literature themed events and workshops.
CHESTER BEATTY LIBRARY Family Activity Packs and Adult and Teen Drawing Packs Saturday 8th – Sunday 9th February, 1-4pm Free, no booking required.
Storytelling for Families funded by the Community Programme of Dublin City Council Chinese Dragon Stories Sunday 9th February, 1.30pm and 3pm Celebrate Chinese New Year with storyteller Xanthe Gresham and musician Sherry Robinson. Free, no booking required.
Chester Beatty’s Creative Lab for Teens Chinese Painting Saturday 15th February, 2-5pm
Join Dutch-Chinese artist Hoi-Shan Mak and create your own painting. Booking essential. See www.cbl.ie ‘Book Workshops Here’.
DUBLIN CITY GALLERY THE HUGH LANE Saturday 1st February, 2pm Children’s Workshop ‘A day at the Races’. Looking at horses in the collection. €5 per child. 3pm: Film Screening, Ink drawing and Calligraphy. Free.
Sunday 2nd February, 2pm Sunday Family Sketching ‘Bronze Horses’. Free. Full details on the Children’s Programme at www.cny.ie
VOICES FROM CHINA – CHINESE NEW YEAR LECTURES DCNYF are delighted to promote a series of lectures in 2014 in association with key institutions across the city:
Tuesday 11th February, 6.30pm The Westbury Hotel, Dublin 2 Lord Mayor’s Lecture: ‘Horses for Courses’ in association with Kildare Village Ireland is world renowned as the ‘Land of the Horse’ and we are hosting a very special evening of conversation on the Horse in Irish Culture, in the Irish Horse Industry and the growing connections with China. In conversation will be Tracy Piggott, John Oxx, Derek Iceton (Chairman, Irish Thoroughbred Breeders Assoc) John Osborne (Irish National Stud), Nick Nugent (Goffs), Eimear Mulhern (Chairman Goffs), Damien McDonald and Dr. Paddy Wall (Horse Sport Ireland) among others. In aid of the Charity the Irish Horse Welfare Trust. Booking at www.cny.ie
Wednesday 22nd January, 8pm United Arts Club, 3 Fitzwilliam Street Irish Chinese Cultural Society Lecture: An Introduction to Inner Mongolia By Mr. Yuyang Wang and Dr Yuhui Gao. Ph: 01 4971505 to book. Saturday 1st February, 12 noon Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane Special ‘Lecture-Recital at Noon’ “From Irish-American Mezzo to ‘Chu Tian’ Scholar” Aylish Kerrigan, Mezzo-Soprano/Dearbhla Collins, Pianist Prof. Dr. Kerrigan, ‘Chu Tian’ Scholar, has been performing, giving Master Classes and lecturing in the Wuhan Conservatory of Music since 1994. A specialist in German Lieder and Contemporary Vocal Music, Dr Kerrigan will present performances of Irish Melodies, German Lieder, contemporary works and Chinese Songs and explain their reception in China over twenty years. Dearbhla Collins, one of Ireland’s finest and most versatile pianists will accompany the Lecture-Recital. Free, no booking required.
Wednesday 5th February ,11am Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane Coffee Conversation, Barry Flanagan’s ‘Horse, Mirrored: Sheep Boys: Cow Girls’. €5 including tea/coffee.
Saturday 8th February, 3pm Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane Film Screening – Chinese Decorative Arts. Free. Sunday 9th February, 2pm Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane Barbara Dawson, Director of Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane Constant Motion – Bacon and Muybridge. Wednesday 12th February, 11am Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane Coffee Conversation – Jack B Yeats’ There Is No Night. €5 including tea/coffee. Wednesday 26th February, 8pm United Arts Club, 3 Fitzwilliam Street Irish Chinese Cultural Society Lecture: Deborah Wilson Chinese Watertowns. Tel: 01 4971505 to book. Thursday 27 February, 1.10pm Chester Beatty Library Cultural Amnesia: China and the West, Jerusha McCormack and John G.Blair Visiting Professors of Beijing Foreign Studies University. Free, no booking required.
Wednesday 12th of February, 6.30 pm Georges Hall, Dublin Castle ‘From Canton to Carton: Chinese wallpapers in eighteenth-century Ireland’ David Skinner
Courtesy of David Skinner
IRISH DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS SOCIETY (IDFAS) AND DCNYF LECTURE
Most of the lectures are free and open to all, but please check especially where booking may be required. Full details at www.cny.ie
‘HORSE DRAWN’ CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS STUDY THE FORM Thursday 30th January – Sunday 9th February Gallery of Photography Temple Bar How does the horse look to contemporary eyes? For thousands of years a fundamental part of life, more recently the horse has been removed to the realms of sport and leisure. And yet these wonderful animals still exert a powerful draw on the imagination. Equally, as a staple of art since people first painted the walls of their caves, what do today’s leading artists make of the form? These questions will be explored and celebrated at the Gallery of Photography Temple Bar in a fascinating exhibition specially curated for DCNYF 2014. This free exhibition includes photography, video, painting and works on paper by Christopher Barr, Yong Jin, Anita Groener, Simon Reilly, and other leading artists. Workshops with Yong Jin will also take place during the Festival. Further information www.cny.ie or www.galleryofphotography.ie
Photograph courtesy of Chris Barr
From the early days of exploration, the Orient has had a major influence on fashion and interiors. Chinoiserie is a recurring theme in European design since the seventeenth century, when oriental silks, porcelain and lacquer began to be avidly collected and became a major influence on European manufacturers. Among the trade goods imported from China by the East India Companies were sets of sumptuously painted wallpaper, superb examples of Chinese artistry and a fascinating record of life in the Qing dynasty. Linking with the Irish Decorative and Fine Arts Society, this illustrated lecture by David Skinner, specialist in wallpaper conservation and reproduction, will explore the history and use of imported Chinese wallpapers in Georgian Ireland, illustrated with many images of those which still adorn the walls of Irish houses. Booking essential www.cny.ie or www.idfas.ie
DCNYF SINO-IRISH BUSINESS SEMINAR The DCNYF Sino-Irish Business Seminar in association with the Irish Chinese Business Associatian and Arthur Cox Solicitors. Thursday 6th February 2014, 8.30am -1pm The Westbury Hotel, Dublin Passion, Procedure, Payments and Pandas: Intricacies of Doing Business in China DCC in special partnership with Arthur Cox Solicitors and in association with ICBA, FEXCO, Connolly’s Red Mills, Panda Waste, OCE Technology, Royal Atlantic Gold (Rockabill Shell Ltd and Atlanfish) and SAMCO present a seminar on Sino-Irish business. An experienced panel will share their knowledge of and insight into the intricacies and challenges which can arise when doing business in China. Strictly by reservation only rsvp@cny.ie marking the subject business seminar.
A TASTE OF CHINA Chinese New Year is a time to celebrate and gather with family. In Chinese culture, food plays a central part in the celebration. Explore and experience the delicious and regional aspects of Chinese cuisine with Eva Pau from Dublin’s renowned Asia Market. This year’s exploration of the food of China will include a two-day dumpling tasting festival and personal tours of the Asia Market. We will also have traditional Chinese recipes on www.cny.ie each day of the festival.
Dumpling Tasting Festival Friday 31st January & Saturday 1st February, 12 noon-5pm Asia Market, 18 Drury Street, Dublin 2 Asia Market tour ‘Secrets of the Asian Kitchen’ Friday 31st January & Friday 7th February, 5.30pm-6.30pm Asia Market, 18 Drury Street, Dublin 2 €10 booking required, limited spaces. Please email evap@asiamarket.ie
DCNYF EMERALD SPORTS TOURNAMENT Initiated in 2008, Emerald Sports in association with Dublin City Council Sports & Leisure Services Section and Chinese Students & Scholars Association Ireland, is presenting a full range of sports events during the Chinese New Year Festival period. Competitions in Badminton, Basketball, Swimming and Soccer will take place in the following venues:
Badminton: Saturday 1st February, 10-6pm Swan Leisure Centre Rathmines, Dublin 6 Soccer: Sunday 2nd February, 10-2pm Dublin City Council Irishtown Sports Stadium, Dublin 4 Basketball: Saturday 8th February, 10am-2pm Dublin City Council Aughrim Sports Centre Dublin 7 Swimming: Sunday 9th February, 2pm-5pm Guinness Swimming Pool Watlin Street Dublin 8
THE UCD CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE FOR IRELAND ‘SPRING FESTIVAL GALA’ Tuesday 28th January, 7pm National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2 The UCD Confucius Institute for Ireland present a ‘Spring Festival Gala’ with the Liaoning Provincial Arts Troupe on Tuesday 28th January 2014 at 7pm. The troupe will give its debut performance in the National Concert Hall providing a wonderful occasion for Chinese communities and Irish friends to jointly celebrate the Year of Horse before the New Year dawns. The troupe will represent various art fields including Peking Opera, dance, vocal music, folk music, magic and acrobatics. For full details and tickets please contact the UCD Confucius Institute, Tel: 01 716 3000; Email: china@ucd.ie
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS DCNYF Committee would like to express its sincere thanks to all the institutions, organisations, groups and individuals who have been an enormous help in bringing this Festival into being. While we cannot mention all here in name, a full acknowledgement list is on our official website www.cny.ie We wish to express special thanks to our main sponsors: Dublin City Council, Kildare Village, Arthur Cox Solicitors, Brown Thomas, Asia Market, Emerald News, Lycamobile and Select Ireland. A special word of thanks must go to the following individuals and institutions for their support, patronage and dedication: The Lord Mayor of Dublin Oisín Quinn, His Excellency, Luo Linquan, Ambassador of The People’s Republic of China to Ireland and his officials at the Embassy, His Excellency Paul Kavanagh, Ambassador of Ireland to the People’s Republic of China and his officials at the Embassy, Dublin City Council especially Dublin City Libraries, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Press Office, Department of Community and Social Development, Sports Section and the Office for Integration, Office of the Promotion for Migrant Integration, Lord Rosse Birr Castle Demesne, Chester Beatty Library, Wei Rong and the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture, The China Conservatory of Music, The Irish Chinese Cultural Society, The Irish China Society, Dr. Gordon Munroe and The DIT Conservatory of Music, Ireland Chinese Information & Cultural Centre, Confucius UCD, Confucius UCC, Emerald News, Chinese Scholars and Students Association, Ireland China Business Association, FEXCO, Connolly’s Red Mills, Panda Waste, OCE Technology, SAMCO, Royal Atlantic Gold (Rockabill Shell Ltd and Atlanfish), Tracy Piggott, John Oxx, Derek Iceton and the Irish Thoroughbred Breeders Assoc, John Osborne and the Irish National Stud, Nick Nugent, Eimear Mulhern & Goffs, Damien McDonald, Dr. Paddy Wall and the Horse Sport Ireland, Lung Ying Dragonsign Kung Fu Academy, Dr. Barbara Dawson, Sile McNulty Goodwin, Tanya Kiang and the Gallery of Photography, Varvara Shavrova, Yong Jin, Anne Gannon, Prof. Aylish Kerrigan, Dearbhla Collins, Prof. Deborah Kelleher and the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Prof. Jerusha McCormack and Prof. John Blair, David Skinner, Julie O’Neill, Zhao Chengmin, Temple Bar Cultural Trust, IDFAS, EQ Audio Events and Limelight Design. The information in this brochure is correct at time of printing but is subject to change. Please check the website www.cny.ie and follow us on facebook and twitter for updates and information.
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