Celebrate Duanwu Festival and uncover its customs and culture through various events and activities!
SFCCA-SCCC Annual Duanwu Celebration
Look out for an exciting series of activities such as an art contest, gaming tournaments, online mini games and a traditional food exhibition for you to be engaged with the festival this year!
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Wan Qing Dragon Boat Festival
Revel in the rich historical and cultural significance of the festival with a line-up of activities including a brand new escape game activity, live performances, cultural workshops, a brand-new heritage walking tours, storytelling sessions, and more during the weekend open house.
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Looking for more events and activities to take part in during the Duanwu Festival? Check out things to do in Singapore that will make you see local Chinese culture in a whole new light.
One of Us, All of Us
Based on the well-received video series One of Us, this exhibition provides insights and perspective into our local Chinese dialect cultures through the showcase of individuals who are making waves in dialect culture. This exhibition is available at SCCC Concourse, Level 1.
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SINGAPO人:
Discovering Chinese Singaporean Culture
Chinese culture in Singapore has evolved in a way unlike other communities around the world. Visit this exhibition at level 2 of Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre to join in the conversation and discover (or rediscover) what it means to be a Chinese #SINGAPO人.
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兔gether
See inflatable sculptures, life-sized illustrations and light show on SCCC’s Rooftop Garden celebrating the year of the Rabbit. Cartoon characters Tu Zai, Nian Mei, and Ong Lai depict the Chinese Singaporean way of Chinese New Year celebration.
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Eating Table
Banquets have a deep history in Chinese culture. Through this exhibition, explore the origins of local Chinese banquet caterers and how these feasts have evolved to incorporate diverse cultural influences, resulting in a unique and dynamic culinary landscape in Singapore.
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100 Years of Singapore Art
As part of Lianhe Zaobao centennial celebration, this exhibition brings together different generations of artists from the past century through Qiu Zhai Art Studio’s collection of paintings and calligraphic works by renowned local artists and Zaobao’s private collection. This programme is a part of Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre’s Cultural Extravaganza 2023.
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Intimate Intricacies
A multidisciplinary journey to relive the disappearing cultural heritage of Singapore focusing on Chinese handicrafts such as giant joss-stick making and embroidery. This programme is a part of Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre’s Cultural Extravaganza 2023.
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Living Legacy - CE TV Festival
Featuring iconic local-produced TV films such as Titoudao, Old Taste Detective to showcase the preservation of Chinese arts and culture in modern day Singapore. This programme is a part of Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre’s Cultural Extravaganza 2023.
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Who Says It First
Blending Mandopop tunes and Teochew opera elements, this musical showcases the lives of a local Chinese family while shedding light on the challenges of generational communication and an ageing society, through the lens of dementia. This programme is a part of Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre’s Cultural Extravaganza 2023.
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For Our Dreams: Wang Chenwei Composition Showcase
Enjoy this performance presented by Singapore Chinese Orchestra, SCCC’s next door neighbour! The showcase features the Singapore premiere of the works of SCO’s Composer-in-Residence Wang Chenwei, under the baton of Conductor Emeritus Maestro Tsung Yeh. This concert features works such as For Our Dreams the world’s first virtuosic diyin sheng concerto Taoyuan Wonderland, Postcards from Macao and percussion concerto Bronze Age of Shang.
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SNYCO20: Legacy
Under the baton of SNYCO Associate Conductor Moses Gay, SNYCO will perform Wang Danhong’s Eight Tones and SCO will perform concertos The Lord of Western Qin and As Thus featuring soloists SNYCO Co-concertmaster Koh Yu Jie and guzheng member Sim Kee. The mega orchestra of SNYCO and SCO presents Chen Si’ang’s Endless and Peng Xiuwen’s The Terracotta Warriors Fantasia led by SNYCO Music Director Quek Ling Kiong.
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