Colorful activities for National Day holiday in Zhangjiagang

( chinadaily.com.cn )

Updated: 2014-09-22

With the National Day holiday approaching, the city of Zhangjiagang in Jiangsu province has prepared various activities to help locals enjoy the festivities.

The activities are as follows

Time	Place	Activity	Sponsor
Sept 20	Zhangjiagang Broadcast and Television Center	Zhangjiagang Youth Singer Contest themed "China Dream"	Zhangjiagang Cultural Center
Oct 1	Wenhui Square	Artistic performances themed "Happy Weekend"
Oct 2	Huayuan Square	Artistic performances themed "Happy Weekend"
Oct 1-7	Zhangjiagang Library	National Day-themed reading activities, including parent-child reading and Zhangjiagang knowledge contest	Zhangjiagang Library
Oct 7	Zhangjiagang Library	Chinese classics reading
Oct 7	Zhangjiagang Library	Storytelling
Oct 4	Wenhui Square	Wuxi opera – part one	Zhangjiagang Art Center
Oct 5		Wuxi opera – part two
Oct 6		Variety show
Oct 7		Variety show
Aug 21 – Sept 20	Zhangjiagang Museum	Exhibition of flower and bird paintings from Changshu Museum	Zhangjiagang Museum
Sept 30 – Mid-October	Central area and Jingang town	2014 Zhangjiagang Health Festival	Zhangjiagang Broadcast and Television Center
September - October	Nursing homes and communities	Operas and movies	Zhangjiagang Giant Star Culture Co
Oct 1	Zhangjiagang Science and Technology Museum	National flag-making activity	Zhangjiagang Cultural Center
Oct 2	Zhangjiagang Science and Technology Museum	Science fiction-themed painting competition
Sept 3-16	Zhangjiagang Art Museum	Chinese painting exhibition
Mid-September –? Mid-October	Zhangjiagang Urban Exhibition Hall	A photography contest themed “Zhangjiagang in Eyes of Foreign Merchants”
Oct 1 - 7	Zhangjiagang Urban Exhibition Hall	Excellent film exhibition
Oct 1 - 7	Zhangjiagang Comprehensive Exhibition Center	Motherland-themed film exhibition	Zhangjiagang Cultural Center
Oct 1 - 7	Zhangjiagang Comprehensive Exhibition Center	Volunteer activity to measure blood pressure and blood glucose levels for residents	Zhangjiagang Cultural Center
Late September – Mid-October	Zhangjiagang Museum	Wuxi and Zhangjiagang calligraphy and painting exhibition	Zhangjiagang Federation of Literary and Art Circles
July – Early October	Zhangjiagang	Online hard-pen calligraphy contest	Zhangjiagang Federation of Literary and Art Circles
Sept 20	Century Square	A celebration ceremony of the 65th anniversary of the PRC	Yangshe town
Sept 26	Heping Square	Art performances to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival
Sept 27	Nanhuyuan community	Art performances
Sept 30	Nanhuyuan community	A party for theatre fans
Oct 1-7	Dongxingyuan community	Lecture on moral promotion
September	Tangshi Middle School	Tai chi performance
October	Senior center in Tanglian village	Artistic performances
Sept 28	Beihai community	Patriotic film show
Sept 29	Donglai Culture Square	Volunteer activities
Oct 1 - 15	Nonglian village	Pingtan (a form of storytelling and ballad singing in the Suzhou dialect)
Sept 23	Wenti Square	Book reading
Sept 20	Zhangjiang Hong Kong and China Gas Co	“National Day Holiday” artistic performance	Tangqiao town
Sept 27	Chengfeng community	Artistic performance
Sept 30	Jinrun community	Artistic performance
Sept 20 – Oct 10	Xiangshan Mountain	Wushu contest
Sept 20 – Oct 10	Xiangshan Mountain	Calligraphy and painting exhibition
September to October	Tangqiao town	Artistic performance
Late September – Early October	Zhangjiagang Museum and Tangqiao town	Wuxi and Zhangjiagang calligraphy and painting exhibition
Late September – Early October	Tangqiao town	Photography contest
September to November	Hutong community and Seniors College	Training courses for seniors on music, square dance and calligraphy
Late September – Early October	Wenti Square	Artistic performance	Jinfeng town
Sept 20	Wenti Square	Square dance competition	Jinfeng town
Oct 2	Nursing homes	Celebration of Double Ninth Festival	Fenghuang town
Sept 20	Heyang Folk Song Museum	Patriotic songs
Oct 1-7	Heyang Folk Song Museum	Folk songs
Sept 29	Gangkou community	Calligraphy activity
Late September	Culture Square	Closing ceremony for the eighth reading festival	Leyu town
Sept 28	Culture Square	Preliminary of Zhangjiagang square dance contest
Oct 1	Culture Square	Kite flying
Oct 1-7	Culture Square	Free movies
Sept 23	Binguan Square	Nanfeng square dance contest	Nanfeng town
Sept 27	Scientific and cultural center	Artistic performance	Nanfeng town
Sept 28	Fitness Square	Sports activities	Daxin town
Oct 1	Changyinsha Primary School	Opening ceremony for Changyinsha sports meeting	Changyinsha Modern Agriculture Demonstration Park
October	Changyinsha holiday resort	Happy autumn tour	Changyinsha Modern Agriculture Demonstration Park