“Discover Chinese and Korean cultures through ancient maps and Korean classics” seminar and exhibition opening ceremony &

We would like to invite you to cover the following event:

Event: “Discover Chinese and Korean cultures through ancient maps and    Korean classics” seminar and exhibition opening ceremony &

          Traditional Korean wedding ceremony demonstration

Date: 20 March 2009 (Friday)

Time and venue: (Exhibition opening ceremony) 11am @ Library, City University of Hong Kong

(Wedding ceremony demonstration) 1pm @ Purple Zone, 4/F, Academic Building, City University of Hong Kong

Officiating guests:

Mr Lee Young-ho, Deputy Consul General of Consulate General of the Republic of Korea

Professor Way Kuo, President, City University of Hong Kong

Professor Cheng Pei-kai, Director of Chinese Civilisation Centre

Professor Steve Ching Hsianghoo, University Librarian

Professor Jonathan Webster, Head of the Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics

City University of Hong Kong (CityU) will open the “Discover Chinese and Korean cultures through ancient maps and Korean classics” seminar and exhibition on 20 March. Twenty-three ancient maps (with some reprints) drawn between the 16th and 19th century depicting China, Korea and surrounding areas, and two collections of classical Korean works written in Chinese, will be shown at the Run Run Shaw Library.

A traditional Korean wedding ceremony demonstration will also take place on the same day after the opening ceremony. CityU’s teachers and students and the local Korean community will don traditional Korean wedding costumes and perform Korean wedding rituals, with traditional music as the backdrop. The rituals include Jeonanlye (presentation of wild goose), Gyobaerye (bowing) and Hapgeunlye (drinking).

Along with the exhibition of ancient maps and Korean classics, CityU Library will hold two seminars on 20 March. Ms Joy Kim, Librarian of the Korean Heritage Library at University of Southern California, and Professor Piao Zhengyang, Librarian of Yanbian University, will talk about the changing images of Korea and China as represented in Western maps and the value of Korean classics written in Chinese.

For media enquiries, please contact Zoey Tsang (2788 9411 / 9550 1503) of the Communications and Public Relations Office, CityU.