Chinese Lion, with traditional leader wearing big dolly head
© StephenWaller.com, courtesy Ling Chinese Entertainments
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Chinese Festival in the Royal Pavilion Gardens
Sunday 24 August
Free 1-5pm
All the family can enjoy this free festival of Chinese arts and culture. The festival features a vibrant and colourful array of performances, demonstrations and have-a-go activities, with professional artists and groups from the local Chinese community.
Look out for lion and dragon dance demonstrations, Cantonese opera, acrobatics, martial arts and dance displays. Join in the fun workshops and try your hand at calligraphy, brush painting, ribbon dance and lantern making.
For further information telephone 01273 292820
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My Pavilion
Have you ever visited the Royal Pavilion?
Can you remember your first impression of seeing the Royal Pavilion?
Was there an unusual object or favourite room that you remember best? Could you imagine living there?
As part of the ‘My Pavilion’ project, we would like to hear your memories of visiting the Royal Pavilion. Your stories will help us create a record of how people have encountered this unique palace. Whether you have found it inspiring or eccentric, we would like to hear about your experience.
Find out more here
You can share your memories by emailing Kate Richardson, Curator of Community History at kate.richardson@brighton-hove.gov.uk or contacting 01273 292845.
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The Chinese Drummer Boy Clock, c1787-90 On loan from the Royal Collection (c) 2007 HM Queen Elizabeth II
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Chinese Whispers: Chinoiserie in Britain 1650 -1930
A major exhibition at Brighton Museum and the Royal Pavilion
3 May to 2 November 2008
Chinoiserie is exotic, stylish and, above all, fun. Glamorous and visually stunning, the style has provided a backdrop for women behaving badly across the centuries!
In a chinoiserie interior, fantastic mountainous landscapes with fanciful pagodas and fabulous birds are peopled with exotically clothed mandarins and haunted by dragons and phoenixes. Brighton’s flamboyant Royal Pavilion provides a suitably hothouse flowering of the style and provides the inspiration and focus for this major exhibition.
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