The Confucius Institute at Angeles University Foundation (CI-AUF) is set to celebrate its second anniversary and the Spring Festival with Chinese Embassy Charges D’ Affaires Bai Tian and Fujian Normal University Vice President Prof. Xu Ming as guest speakers on January 13, 2012.

The celebration will be held at the Grand Ballroom of the Century Park Hotel in Manila, it was announced by AUF President Atty. Joseph Emmanuel L. Angeles.

The celebration is also in thanksgiving after CI-AUF was cited as one of the 30 most outstanding Confucius Institutes in the world in awarding rites personally attended by Angeles in Beijing last December 12.

As part of its Spring Festival, CI-AUF is slated to formally open the Experience China Exhibit at SM City Clark on January 18, 2012 where Angeles City Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan and his wife, Mrs. Herminia Pamintuan have been invited to lead the ceremonial cutting of the ribbon.

The weeklong exhibit will showcase China Experience, an interactive way of learning China’s culture; Peking Opera photo-me section with the Peking Opera as backdrop; displays which contain literature and graphics on China’s history, language, art, culture and people; on-the-spot Chinese calligraphy; and on-the-spot traditional tea-making.

The AUF Performing Arts, meanwhile, will stage the Chinese New Year Cultural Extravaganza with a complete repertoire of Chinese traditional songs and dances on January 21, 2012, 5:00 pm at the SM City Clark Events Centre.