Phoenix Chinese School celebrates the New Year with a lion dance!

Phoenix Chinese School celebrates the New Year with a lion dance! Phoenix Chinese School reported by Xie Jianming Edited by Qiu Xiang Principal Pan rewarded the auspicious lion Phoenix Chinese School's...

Phoenix Chinese School Reported by Xie Jianming Edited by Qiu Xiang

Principal Pan rewarded the auspicious lion

The Spring Festival garden party of Phoenix Chinese School was successfully held at Mesa Community College at noon on February 10th. There were more than 200 participants. At 11 a.m., guests have arrived to taste the authentic Chinese dishes and Taiwanese snacks carefully prepared by the parents, such as fried rice, carrot cake, Taiwanese sausage, braised pork rice, meat soup, stinky tofu, tofu curd, braised meat, tea eggs, Boba milk tea?#31561;, etc. At nearly noon, the loudspeaker played Red Hot Salsa with a strong rhythm, and the fiery dynamic broke out immediately. The hot beauties, led by teacher Wen Linglin, performed a graceful line dance. Their all-red tops and skillful dance steps won applause from the audience. Then came the lion awakening to celebrate the New Year, and the distinguished guests were filled with joy as they gave red envelopes to reward the auspicious lions. The emcee of the conference, Mr. Chen Yanwen and his wife, Ms. Huang Yali, officially announced the start of the garden party performance after greeting the entire audience in Chinese, Cantonese and English. Then Mr. Xie Jianming, the new convener of the board of directors, was introduced and delivered a speech. Director Xie first thanked the VIP guests for coming. The distinguished guests at the venue were all heavyweights, including Dr. Pan Shou'an, the president of Mesa Community College, many overseas Chinese businessmen such as Mr. Yu Wenjin, Mr. Qiu Shunxiong, Ms. Zhang Huafang, Mr. Deng Chaoju, etc. Dr. Mark Page, the ophthalmologist who has generously sponsored the school for many years, Ms. Xu Kailai, the president of the Alberta Times and the representative of the Sunbird website. What's even more rare is that Ms. Huang Shuangshuang, the chairman of Hope Chinese School, Mr. Li Jianmin, the former director, and Shuai Zhiruo, the former principal, also came to support, which shows that the two Chinese schools are in the same spirit. After thanking the distinguished guests, I would like to thank the school board for its support, the school administrators for their full cooperation, the volunteer staff for their help, the parents for their persistence in the Chinese school, the teachers for their contributions and the principal's leadership. Then the time for the speech was given to the "superb principal" Ms. Cheng Xiuling. In order to show respect to the teachers and praise their contributions, Principal Cheng introduced the teachers of each class one by one to appear in the lineup. Principal Cheng's face showed joy and pride, hoping that students would receive the message of respecting teachers. After the principal's speech, the school invited five distinguished guests to give speeches. First, President Pan Shou'an's speech briefly explained the relationship between Mesa Community College and Phoenix Chinese School. President Pan reiterated that he would continue to fully support Chinese schools and promote Chinese culture. Next is Mr. Yu Wenjin, a senior overseas Chinese leader. At the age of 86, Mr. Yu is still keen on social activities and has a special affection for Phoenix Chinese School. Mr. Yu’s selfless spirit of giving back to the society is a model for the Chinese. Mr. Qiu Shunxiong, who appeared third, called the other four distinguished guests the Four Heavenly Kings. His own speech was not important. This kind of humble attitude maximizes the noble sentiment of the Chinese tradition of not being exaggerated and being practical. Then Ms. Zhang Huafang came on stage. She reminded children born and raised in the United States not to lose themselves. No matter where their parents are from, it is an honor to have the blood of the Chinese nation flowing in their bodies. The descendants of the dragon are an excellent nation. The Chinese people present listened with enthusiasm, and an uncontrollable sense of superiority arose spontaneously. The guest of honor at the end, Mr. Deng Chaoju, called on everyone to work hard to train the next generation of successors and build up society so that the Chinese people in the United States can shine more brightly and achieve the effect of passing on the torch from generation to generation. After listening to the distinguished guest's speech, the students from each class performed one after another, some singing, some playing music, some dancing, some tongue twisters, and even introducing and demonstrating traditional folk children's games. Although each class only performed on stage for a few minutes, the teachers and students had been practicing hard for a long time. The school also arranged for two young martial arts enthusiasts, Wilson Wong and Justin Lee, to perform machete performances. Even though they were relatively new to martial arts, they wielded their swords with determination and authority. Mr. Yang Yongqing, a famous Tai Chi master, also led many senior students to demonstrate Tai Chi and Tai Chi sword. The horse's steps were steady and powerful, the punches were soft and hard when released, and the breathing and breathing were free, fully demonstrating the essence of Tai Chi. After more than two hours of wonderful performances, Principal Cheng thanked everyone present and wished everyone good luck in the Year of the Snake. The garden party ended successfully in a joyful atmosphere. If you want to know more about Phoenix Chinese School or want to join this big family, please contact the principal Cheng Xiuling (480-620-1982) or visit the school website ( http://clsphoenix.org/ ).

Principal Cheng and distinguished guests