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The Secret Keepers
Book Launch
Sunday, February 26 | 2-4pm
at Hall of One Hundred Rivers
Music, Refreshments, Book Signing and Sale
Please join us! On February 26, Governor General's Award Winner Paul Yee will be at the Garden to launch his latest publication The Secret Keepers, a haunting novel set in San Francisco's Chinatown during the catastrophic earthquake of 1906.
Paul Yee, raised in Vancouver's Chinatown, is one of Canada's most celebrated writers for young people. He is the author of the prize-winning Saltwater City and other acclaimed books on Canadian-Chinese culture and history.
Juno-nominated world music composer and musician Qiu Xia He will present a special Pipa (Traditional Chinese lute) performance at the book launch.
This is part of Meet with the Authors Series 2012, brought to you by our Eight Treasures Shop located inside the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. Entrance to this event is by donation.
Year of the Water Dragon:
Dragons & Dragon Boats
January 5 - February 29
Tuesdays - Sundays
10am-4:30pm
Entrance Included with Garden Admission
FREE for Garden Members
The dragon image remains a recognizable symbol, popularized by cultures across the globe and through the centuries. Its symbolic meaning shifts over time and place. In the East it is often revered as a symbol of fertility and good fortune; in the West, it often represents humankind's primeval nature which must be subdued by bravery and discipline in order to gain a chosen treasure. Regardless of where and when the dragon form appears, it has always been characterized by a quality of immense power, it has captured our imagination as it challenges us to find its hidden meanings.
This exhibition celebrates dragons and dragon boating throughout the world and heralds the year 2012, which is, in the Chinese Zodiac, also the Year of the Dragon. The exhibit presents dragons in their myriad forms: in shapes traditional and contemporary, as respected icons and simple toys. The dragon's manifestations are truly without number. Many of these artefacts have travelled to exhibitions accross Canada, US and Asia.
Part of Canadian International Dragon Boat Festival Legacy Collection, exhibited at festivals over the years with the assitance from the Canadian Society for Asian Arts.
