[Bcma-l] Sun-Yat Sen Press Release

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Subject: 	Sun-Yat Sen Press Release
Date: 	Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:30:21 -0700
From: 	Jamie Edwards <marketing@vancouverchinesegarden.com>



Dear Media Contacts,

Please find enclosed the PSA for the Mid Autumn Moon Festival. If you 
have any questions or would like to be involved in media coverage please 
contact us as soon as possible.

We hope to see many of you at our Open House Public Day on September 23, 
2007. I also wish to advise all media that a private invitation for the 
‘Mid Autumn Moon Festivals VIP Evening Event’ on September 21^st will be 
sent out in the first week of September and will include newsworthy 
information in addition to the invitation. Please watch for the 
announcement of this new and important Community Event.

Sincerely,

Jamie Edwards

August 24, 2007

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Mid-Autumn Moon Festival Celebration

at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden

/ Sunday, September 23, 2007; 10am-4:30pm /

/ Admission by Donation/

/Vancouver//, BC (August 24th, 2007)/ - The Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical 
Chinese Garden will host the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival to celebrate the 
second biggest holiday in the Chinese calendar. We invite everyone to 
take part in this exciting event on Sunday, September 23rd from 10:00am 
until 4:30pm. Admission is by donation.

The Garden’s celebration will include moon cake sampling (traditional 
round pastry served especially for this festival filled with red bean, 
lotus paste, egg yolks, or nuts) generously donated by Keefer Bakery and 
craft activities for the young and young-at-heart. Fascinating fortunes 
will be told using joss sticks and an introduction to the game of 
Mahjong will take place – visitors can try their hand! Cultural 
performances, such as demonstrations of different forms of Tai Chi 
performed by our local master group. The Garden’s art exhibit areas will 
feature artist Jill McRae and her exhibit called, “Old Souls”.


Backgrounder on the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival

In Chinese culture, the roundness of the full moon symbolizes 
togetherness, harmony, and family unity. The Mid-Autumn Moon Festival is 
held on the fifteenth day of the lunar calendars eighth month when the 
moon appears the largest and brightest. This is when Chinese families 
around the world gather to celebrate the Fall Equinox at the end of the 
harvest season. This ancient tradition allows time for the family to 
unite in a perfect circle like the moon - unbreakable, never-ending, and 
harmonious.

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For more information or images please contact:

Kathy Gibler, Executive Director Ext. 201

Jamie Edwards, Marketing Manager Ext. 204

Telephone: 604.662.3207

sunyatsen@telus.net

www.vancouverchinesegarden.com