Confucius Institute to Present Cultural Show,
Talk on Acupuncture at Pitt-Bradford
The cultural shows will be presented at noon and 6:30 p.m. and each will last about an hour in the Mukaiyama University Room of the Frame-Westerberg Commons. They will feature traditional performance arts of lion dance; a solo, “The Prairie” on the suona, a Chinese oboe; folk dances, “The Snow” and “The Flowers”; kung fu performance of “Mighty Glory” and kung fu with weapons, “The Swords”; as well as traditional musical instruments performing “Happy China.”
A lunch buffet with Chinese menu options is available for purchase before or after the noon show in the KOA Dining Hall. Cost is $7.75.
Ian Appleyard will present a lecture, “Traditional Chinese Medical Theories and Modern Science in Acupuncture Research” at 2 p.m. in the University Room.
His lecture will argue that while Chinese medicine theory may not be viewed by some as a science, it is still of great value to science and practitioners.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in acupuncture from Westminster University in London and has worked as an acupuncturist in private practice for four years. He spent 3 ½ years in China learning the language and continuing his acupuncture training. During this time, he studied at the Shu Guan Hospital and the Meridian Research Institute, both of which are in Shanghai. In addition, he completed a year of postgraduate clinical training at the Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Nanjing, which is recognized by the World Health Organization as a training institute for Chinese medicine. He also studied acupuncture in Chiba, Japan, for one year.
The visit is sponsored by the Confucius institutes of London South Bank University and the University of Pittsburgh.
For disability-related needs, contact the Office of Disability Resources and Services at (814)362-7609 or clh71@pitt.edu
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