From November 18, 2022, until April 23, 2023, the British Library will host an exhibition in London called “Chinese and British” to commemorate 300 years of Chinese culture. This exhibition will feature handwritten documents, pictures, and oral histories.
The exhibition honours the pioneers who immigrated from China in the late seventeenth century to Liverpool, which in the 1950s became the first Chinese neighbourhood in Europe. It also highlights how Chinese people, who uphold their heritage, have played significant roles in British society for more than 300 years.
The exhibition also celebrates the permanent impact of Chinese societies in the United Kingdom, from service in wartime and contributions in the popular cuisine to achievements in literature, sports, music, fashion and films. Along with books, manuscripts, and maps from library collections, it exhibits the personal narratives and handicrafts of Chinese British societies.
An intricate doll’s house model of a Chinese ready-made dinner is on show at the exhibition together with a hand-drawn map of China created by Shin Fawzong, the first Chinese visitor to the United Kingdom in 1687.
Virginia Wolf will display Linghoa’s resume for the year 1953, ancient melodies, a fan made of bamboo slices and paper from the berries bark in Hangzhou, and a hand-embroidered shoe that belongs to Cathy Hall, a Chinese opera practitioner Traditional in London. Virginia Wolf encouraged Linghoa to write and have offered advice on draughts of her notes.
Cigarette cards in which Frank Soo depicts the first Chinese footballer to play in the English Football League and the trench art created by Chinese Labor Corps members during the First World War.
“The Chinese and British language in the British Library is a great opportunity to celebrate the various contributions of the British society by the active societies an incomplete representation through personal stories of survival and success,” said Dr.
English literary expert Lucian Lu, coordinator of the Chinese and British languages at the University of Liverpool
From Aberdeen, Exeter, to Bournemouth, and Palfast, public libraries will also host the Chinese and British exhibition around the United Kingdom through a series of offers that open simultaneously in more than 30 towns and cities via the living knowledge network.
The rich history of British-Chinese communities throughout the United Kingdom will also be displayed in the regional events programme.
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