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講座 - 4月20日(星期日)
下午一至三時在本博物館李秉樞中心舉行
"中國洗衣店在美國歷史上的意義"
由CHINESE LAUNDRIES作者John Jung博士主持與書本簽名
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JOHN JUNG is a retired psychology professor from California State University, Long Beach. He received his BA from U. C. Berkeley in 1959 and his Ph.D. in experimental psychology from Northwestern University in 1962. Over a long academic career, he balanced teaching and conducting research in diverse areas including memory, addiction, and health psychology. For 25 years, the National Institute of Mental Health funded his program for mentoring minority students to pursue doctoral training in psychology. Under a new grant from the same federal agency, he still directs a mentoring program to assist young faculty researchers in obtaining grants.
As he entered retirement, he reflected on how the lives of his immigrant parents and his siblings, the sole Chinese family in town, were influenced by operating a laundry in Macon, Georgia, from the 1920s to 1950s during the pre-civil rights era. These reflections about what it means to be “Chinese” when everyone else around you is either “black or white” led to the 2005 publication of “Southern Fried Rice: Life in A Chinese Laundry in the Deep South.”
Writing this memoir stimulated more extensive research and led to the 2007 publication of, “Chinese Laundries: Tickets to Survival on Gold Mountain.” It documents the significant role of the laundry in Chinese American history by blending the historical events and developments related to Chinese laundries with narratives of the personal experiences in the lives of laundrymen and their families. He is currently writing “Chopsticks in the Land of Cotton,” a social history of the immigrant Chinese who ran grocery stores in the Mississippi Delta during much of the past century.
Special Presentation for Chinese New Year
Wood Block Print Workshop
Sponsored by: PARAGON BOOK GALLERY
February 16, 2008 (Saturday) 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. at the
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In rural China, hanging wood block prints are a must for celebrating the Chinese New Year. They are placed on every important spot of the house, such as the gate, the living room, the kitchen, storage room, the well, and the stable. For average Chinese farmers, hanging these brightly colored prints brings festive joy and delight and is used to express wishes for peace and happiness.
Wuqiang Prints is noted as one of China’s seven major New Year Print genres, dating back 500 years. During its height of popularity, Wuqiang city annually produced some 100 million pieces of wood block prints, accounting for one-third of the country’s total. Traditional Wuqiang print creation includes three procedures – painting, carving, and printing, all handcrafted. The Wuqiang genre features vivid structures, bold brushwork, vibrant coloring, decorative patterns, and simple scenes with a single highlighted theme. Its lines are steady and natural, giving prominence to simplicity and antiquity. Its coloring, usually featuring one color, is minimal but full of varying shades. The passionate and harmonious coloring creates a joyful and festive atmosphere. Wuqiang New Year Printing Museum was established in 1985, the first of its kind in China. Since then they have hosted visitors from all over the world and have been praised as a world cultural heritage site.
The artist will be available to demonstrate and work
