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“Together as One” PKU 120th Anniversary International Students and Alumni Gala held
May 05, 2018
Peking University, April 28th, 2018: In the evening of April 24th, “Together as One” Peking University 120th Anniversary International Students and Alumni Gala was held at PKU Centennial Memorial Hall.

The performance was designed in chronological sequence, presenting stories of international students in PKU in different historical periods. Based on the experience of several representative figures, the stories were displayed by the oversea students in various forms of performance, showing the unique culture and positive spirits of international students in PKU.

Featured in Eastern European culture, solos Valurile Dunarii,
Bella ciao and Katyusha lifted the curtain of this celebration, recurring the scenes of the 1950s and 60s. Next, international students showed their fluent Chinese in a sketch entitled A Dialect Class, making audiences burst into laughter. In the 70s, international students moved from campus to countryside and factories for social practice, which is presented in the performance Oversea Students in ‘Hongxing Community’. Besides, the lifestyle of international students in the 80s was displayed in the drama Grand Dining Hall.

The story of 90s was presented by a selection of Influential International Students at PKU. The first candidate, a Canadian student named Da Shan performed crosstalk related to campus life with his partners coming from Malaysia. The second candidate, an American student Ai Siwen, champion of the martial art competition of national university students, played Chen's Taijiquan and Chinese traditional cudgel. The third candidate, a Japanese student, Li Guangjiang, sang a beautiful Chinese song I Only Care About You and impressed the audiences a lot.


After 2000, much more international students came to PKU. Students coming from Thailand, Japan as well as Latin America showed dances respectively, and blessings coming from global alumni are played later. Mr. Jimmy, the delegate of PKU alumni, delivered a speech about his youth in PKU and performed a section in Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy. At last, the gala ended in the original campus music Together as one.






Prelude


Group Photo

Written by: Li Haiyue
Edited by: Fu Wenyun
Source: PKU News (Chinese)

http://news.pku.edu.cn/xwzh/2018-04/26/content_302227.htm
 
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