Dragon Boat Festival, June 2022

About this event

Our Artist-in-Residence Elaine Cheng, along with her Project Coordinator Yuke Huang have engaged with the Mandarin and Cantonese speaking communities in the Southside area. For the Dragon Boat Festival, where Elaine premiered her sound piece ‘Hear My New Life’, she worked with The Confucius Institute for Scotland at The University of Edinburgh, who provided poetry and music and food. She also worked with the Edinburgh Chinese School, the Edinburgh Chinese Community Orchestra, and the Southside Community Orchestra to create a spectacular programme of music and dancing for the Dragon Boat Festival. Furthermore, Elaine and Yuke engaged with the local community through food, attending local restaurants and cafes and speaking to shop owners about their experiences of being someone of Chinese heritage in Edinburgh. They both have also held 2 Chinese knotting workshops on the 13th and 20th March 2022 at the Southside Community Centre, where they welcomed anyone from the Chinese community or have a Chinese heritage to drop in, have fun and share their experiences living in Edinburgh.