We met a delegation from Youxie in the Chester Beatty on Wednesday
29th November. Mr. Hao Zhongwei, Director General of European and
Asian Department, CPAFFC (Chinese People's Association for
Friendship with Foreign Countries), and Ms. Wang Fan, Staff of
European and Asian Department, CPAFFC, were in Dublin to attend
the United Cities and Local Governments Summit which was held over
3 days in the Dublin Royal Convention Centre. The Summit
emphasised that culture is an integral part of sustainable cities,
and promoted the sharing of experiences and innovations from
cities across the world. The symbol for the #UCLGCultureSummit is
the word for ‘Culture’ written in the ancient pre-medieval
language of Ogham.
We took our visitors around the Chinese Collection where they were
interested to see the Emperor's Yellow Dragon Robe, which was
created from fur-lined yellow silk, and dates from the era of the
Qing court(1820 -1850).
We had tea/coffee in the Silk Road Cafe and discussed the fact
that Youxie will be celebrating their 70th Anniversary next year.
I got to use the word 'huanying', which has featured on the front
page of the ICCS web site for many years! Subsequently, a member
of the embassy staff came to collect our guests for a meeting with
the Chinese Ambassador.
We are back in the United Arts Club! A wonderful evening of
Chinese culinary education and enjoyment brought to us by Shurong
and Yanyi ( Wednesday 26th April 2023).
Updates on future plans will follow in the coming weeks.
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