Museum of Chinese in America Hosts Taiwanese, Hakka and Teochew Dialect Sharing Session; Four Speakers Discuss Dialect and Nostalgia
The Museum of Chinese in America and the Accent Sisters group held a dialect sharing session from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Nov. 14 in Manhattan's Chinatown, focusing on Taiwanese, Hakka and Teochew, three often-overlooked Chinese dialects. The event, called Dialect Corner, was held at the Museum of Chinese in America, 215 Centre St., and lasted two hours, covering pronunciation, vocabulary and family memories in the three dialects, with four speakers sharing family stories and migration memories behind their respective dialects. The speakers included director and playwright Lee Yueh-yeh from Ruifang, Taiwan, Zhou Xiaorong, and Chen Jieying, founder of a New York Teochew organization. The organizers said these dialects traveled overseas with families and can still be heard at the dinner tables of many Chinese families today. General admission was $28.50, with discounted tickets at $23.35 for students, seniors and members. After 6 p.m., the organizers also arranged a self-paid dinner, with the location to be determined, where speakers and audience members could continue their conversations. The Museum of Chinese in America reminded those interested in attending to confirm the time, speakers and ticket price in advance through the official event and ticketing pages.
Source: Museum of Chinese in America
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
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