Stephen Jackson, secretary-general of the United Nations in China, presented readings in both English and Chinese, including Irish poet W.B. Yeats' The Song of Wandering Aengus and Tang Dynasty (618-907) poet Du Fu's Strolling Alone Among Flowers by the Riverside.
Other performances included a reinterpretation of the ancient Chinese poem Hou Ren Xi Yi by Wang Yabin and composer Wang Chenxu, as well as a bilingual recitation of Radici in Italian and Chinese by Italian Ambassador to China Massimo Ambrosetti and host Andy Chen.
Cultural Exchange
Shanghai tea salon in London brews cultural ties
Intangible Cultural Heritage
Chinese people at home and abroad bond together in ritual ceremony