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THE DRAGON’S EYE
Official
Publication of US-China Peoples Friendship Association, Chicago Chapter, www.uscpfa.org/chicago
Roger Noback, Chapter President and Edito=
r,
630/762-8225, rogernoback@msn.com=
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sp; SEPTEMB=
ER
21
Scheduled venue, time, topic, and activity for the USCPFA Sept.
21, 2008 meeting
Free Day, Sun. Sept. 2=
1
&nb=
sp; Find
out more about Tibet by visiting the Field Museum’s permanent exhibit=
on
Tibet, Upper Level, on this free general admission day at the Museum. Permanent exhibits on China and Ja=
des
are also available on this level.
The Tibet exhibit allows you to explore items relating to the religi=
on,
art and daily life of people who live at the highest inhabited altitude on
earth. Starting at 3:15 pm or=
so,
attendees may gather at the Ground Floor Restaurant area (McDonald’s)=
to
share observations about the exhibit until 4 pm.
Some of this exhibit was obtained during the 1933 Chicago World’=
;s
Fair, which showcased a Tibetan Buddhist Lama Temple at the China
Pavillion. [Such Temple is Ch=
icago
evidence China then considered Tibet to be part of China, as also does the
prominent Tibetan Buddhist White Dagoba shrine in Beihai Park behind the
Forbidden City, built early in the Ching Dynasty on one of the highest site=
s in
Beijing, and which is silhouetted in the Beijing sunset.]
This activity continues the USCPFA-Chicago Chapter’s series of
activities on Tibet in China, and follows our May 25 and June 22 tal=
ks
on this topic by professors at the University of Chicago and Renmin Univers=
ity
in Beijing. One premise of th=
is
series is that there is much ignorance about Tibet in China and that such
ignorance allows the public to be misinformed and manipulated regarding this
important topic. Members and
friends are encouraged to attend to help better inform themselves on this
topic, which is expected to continue its importance for the foreseeable fut=
ure.
For transportation, parking and other information, see www.fieldmuseum.org. Public transportation is av=
ailable
on the following routes:
** CTA Orange, Red =
or
Green Lines: Exit the trains at the Roosevelt stop. From there, you can take CTA bus #=
12
Roosevelt Road, which will drop you off right across the street from the
Museum.
** CTA bus #146
which stops on State Street south of the Chicago River and on Michigan Ave.
north of the river and drops you off right across the street from the Museu=
m.
** CTA bus #6, =
the
Jeffrey Express, which also stops on State street between Wacker and Congre=
ss
and stops at Roosevelt Road and Columbus Drive (walk east through the Museum
Campus to reach the Museum).
Parking is $15 =
at
the Museum Campus Parking Garage. Take Lake Shore Drive or Columbus =
Drive
to 18th Street Exit (from north or south) and continue as it ben=
ds
left, becoming Museum Campus Drive.
Entrance to the parking garage will be on your left on Museum Campus
Drive.
The Chapter’s Sa=
t.
eve., August 16 Annual Ch=
ina
Harvest Moon/Park/Poetry Celebration, was enjoyed b=
y a
nucleus of members and friends under a full moon at the Chinese landscape a=
nd
Pavilion at Ping Tom Park in Chinatown, where we combined the following
activities: (1) a “Sing-Along” of Harvest Moon songs of the U.S.
and China, (2) activity seen today in China’s parks (e.g., spontaneou=
s ballroom
dancing and tai-chi), and (3) spontaneous reading of Chinese poetry in Chin=
ese
and English translation (as Tang and Song Dynasty Chinese did under the
moon). Press and Political Af=
fairs
Consul Zhang, of the Chinese Consulate, and his wife joined us, and Consul
Zhang treated us to his singing of some Chinese folk songs. These activities were preceded =
by a
dinner and talk on a topic of Chinese literature at the House of Fortune
Restaurant by University of Chicago Professor Emeritus and Chapter member,
Pei-Lee Ho.
Volu=
nteers
(members or friends) for the following activities should contact Roger Noba=
ck,
at above contact:
** To serve on a Committee to help plan the 2009 China Harvest Moon/Park/Poetry Celebration, currently targeted for Sat. night, Au=
gust
8, 2009.
** To speak to the Chapter about a fa= mous historical Chinese figure, including persons in government, literature, art= s, or other fields. &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; CfaDE92108EmaFINAL