On Sunday afternoon, Purdue students attending the Chinese New Year Gala will get a chance to celebrate China’s most important holiday with friends and classmates. The second event is the Chinese New Year Gala, Sunday, Feb. 18, from 3 to 6 p.m., in Purdue Stewart Center’s Loeb Playhouse, Center, featuring about a dozen performing groups. Purdue students and the Lafayette community will celebrate Chinese New Year with traditional dance, comedy, fashion, poetry, hip-hop and even kick-boxing. Baked Chinese New Year Cake-Safety & Good Fortune. From Chowhound: In Mandarin, the Chinese New Year cake is known as “nian gao,” which means “higher year.” According to tradition, if you eat a piece of this cake (which has a similar texture to mochi), your luck is supposed to improve in the coming year. Dumplings-Togetherness and Reunion casapurdue on January 29, 2025: " Happy Chinese New Year! Join CASA as we celebrate the Year of the Snake with an unforgettable evening! Get ready for incredible performances, delicious food (check for allergen info + snacks), exciting raffles, and fun activities for everyone to enjoy! Swipe to see the full lineup! You might also notice something new—our profile pic has changed from last To celebrate the Chinese New Year, students and members of the community joined together at a gala on Sunday. New Student Edition 2024; Parents' Guide 2023; Feb 10, 2-5 p.m., Chinese New Year Gala, in Loeb Playhouse, with entertainments of songs, dances, comedy and Chinese music instruments, presented by Purdue University Chinese Students and Scholars Association (PUCSSA). For ticket information, contact Yang Zhang, PUCSSA president, at zhang424@purdue.edu. Feb. 12, 7:30 p.m., And at 3 p.m. Sunday, The Purdue University Chinese Students & Scholars Association will host a Chinese Lunar New Year Gala in Stewart Center's Loeb Playhouse. It will feature stage plays, dancing Officially founded in January 2011 as a volunteer organization, PCPAT is affiliated with College of Language and Culture at Purdue and consists of faculty, staff, students, and alumni of Purdue University and residents in the Greater Lafayette area. Purdue University celebrated the Chinese New Year on Feb. 15 in the Purdue Memorial Union’s South Ballroom with refreshments, performances and activities such as calligraphy and lantern-making. Chinese New Year to celebrate Year of the Dog Chromatic accordion virtuoso Tian Jianan plays at 8 p.m. in the PMU Ballrooms brought to campus by Purdue Convocations. Part of Chinese New Year celebrations. Chinese New Year gala by PUCSSA Spring Festival Gala 2025 will begin with a worldwide live telecast on Tuesday (January 28) at 8:00 pm Beijing time. The Chinese community from across the globe and others will watch the Chinese - taped by Xiaodong/Yan Ping with pro camcorder On Saturday about 650 students and locals, including President France Córdova, rang in the Chinese New Year with a three-hour gala event at Loeb Playhouse. 千纱墨舞 Performed by PCPAT@2019 Purdue Chinese New Year Gala at Loeb Playhouse, Purdue University-Recorded by Prof Wei at second floor Founding PUCSSA was founded in April 1991. Its original name is Purdue Zhonghua Club, which means Purdue Chinese Club in English. It was later renamed as PUCSSA in 1995. The number of members has been increasing every year. Now, PUCSSA has a total of about 300 members who work together to create events like career fairs Leaving your home country to attend a college 6,000 miles from everything you’ve ever known sounds like a daunting undertaking, yet thousands of Purdue students make this decision every year. Purdue’s Chinese New Year celebration, which is free and open to the public, will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. “While the students from China and from PUCSSA 2013 Purdue Chinese New Year Gala 少儿现代舞蹈《快乐宝贝》 PUCSSA 2013 Purdue Chinese New Year Gala 少儿手语合唱《感恩的心》
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