Irvine Global Village Festival SCCCC's Performances Are a Hit

The 23rd "Irvine Global Village Festival," hosted by the City of Irvine, kicked off on October 5 at the Great Park, attracting tens of thousands of visitors to its vibrant atmosphere across five stages. The South Coast Chinese Cultural Center showcased several captivating performances on stage, along with interactive booths featuring calligraphy workshops, guzheng lessons, student exhibitions of Chinese paintings, and badminton activities, making it one of the event's main attractions.

The "Irvine Global Village Festival" is the largest multicultural arts and cultural event in Southern California, organized into three main areas with five stages. Attendees enjoyed a diverse range of global cuisine and cultural exhibitions from Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America, allowing everyone to experience different cultures and celebrate the artistic season in Irvine, truly embodying the spirit of America as a "melting pot."

To promote Chinese culture, the South Coast Chinese Cultural Center has actively participated since the festival's inception. This year, under the leadership of CEO Yulan Chung, the center presented a variety of traditional performances, including dance, drumming, martial arts, a Chinese orchestra, and instruments like the erhu, pipa, and flute, with a total of thirteen acts that delighted the audience.

To give attendees a firsthand experience of Chinese culture, the South Coast Chinese Cultural Center set up booths for calligraphy, guzheng performances, student exhibitions of Chinese paintings from the Irvine Chinese School, and badminton activities. The calligraphy and guzheng demonstrations attracted enthusiastic participation from many families, with parents and children joyfully learning to write Chinese characters together. Some foreign children even had the opportunity to try playing the guzheng for the first time under the guidance of teachers, and they were thrilled.

Additionally,  "Legends,"Original Musical produced by the South Coast Chinese Cultural Center, which will be performed on the evening of October 12 at Segerstrom Hall. This marks the first time that music, dance, Chinese martial arts, and artistic gymnastics are combined to portray three historical Chinese figures: MuLan, the Monkey King, and NeZha. During the festival, the SCCCC distributed promotional posters for the event, which drew many attendees eager to inquire and collect them.

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由爾灣市政府主辦的第23屆爾灣「世界地球村文化節」(Irvine Global Village Festival)10月5日在大公園(Great Park)盛大舉行，當天活動現場有五大舞台，吸引各族裔數萬民眾湧入，熱鬧非凡。

南海岸中華文化中心除在舞台上表演多項精彩節目，現場還有書法習作、古箏教學、爾灣中文學校學生國畫作品展示與羽毛球遊戲等攤位，成為當天活動的熱門焦點。

爾灣「世界地球村文化節」活動，是南加州最大型的多元族裔文化與藝術活動，當天分三大區、5個舞台，現場除有全球各族裔美食，還有來自歐洲、亞洲、非洲與南美洲各地的文化展覽，讓參與民眾可以體驗到各國不同文化，並一起歡慶爾灣社區文藝季，真正體悟到美國是「民族大熔爐」的氛圍。

為推廣中華文化，自世界地球村文化節開始舉辦以來，南海岸中華文化中心就一直積極參與並提供精彩節目。今年在執行長鍾幼蘭帶領下，接連在主舞台表演傳統舞蹈、大鼓、武術、國樂團、二胡、琵琶、笛子、紅舞鞋等十三個節目，精彩連連，也讓台下觀眾紛紛鼓掌叫好。

為讓參與民眾也能親身體驗和感受中華文化的內涵，南海岸中華文化中心今年也在活動現場設置書法習作、古箏彈奏、爾灣中文學校學生國畫作品展示及羽毛球遊體等攤位，其中書法習作、古箏彈奏與示範，更吸引許多外籍家庭熱烈參與，只見家長和孩子一起拿起毛筆來學習寫中文的溫韾有趣畫面，有幾名外籍小朋友甚至在老師指導下，首度試彈古箏，感到非常開心。

南海岸中華文化中心當天也在活動現場攤位設置文化中心各社群平台QRCode 看板，許多到訪攤位民眾得知可透過中社群平台掌握中心推出各項活動，也都爭相拿出手機關注。

此外，由南海岸中華文化中心精心籌劃製作的“Legends”原創音樂劇，10月12日晚間7點即將在Segerstrom Hall登場表演，因為是首度結合音樂、舞蹈、中華武術與藝術體操等元素，來演繹花木蘭、美猴王與哪吒等三位中國歷史人物故事的大型音樂舞台劇，SCCCC工作人員在活動現場散發宣傳海報時，也吸引很多民眾主動來索取和詢問。

有興趣觀賞的民眾，可到南海岸中華文化中心購買取票或  上網購票   ：

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