The 2nd Cultural Week of China kicked off yesterday in Macau to serve as an opportunity for the city’s Portuguese-speaking public to get in touch with Chinese culture.
Organized by local newspaper Hoje Macau (“Today Macau”) in collaboration with local publisher Livros do Meio, the event, which runs until Saturday, with a break on Friday, features the launch of new books and a lecture, among others.
The book “Li Bai – The Immortal’s Way,” by António Izidro, is about the famous Chinese poet from the Tang Dynasty, which was launched yesterday.
Izidro said at the launching ceremony: “I hope this book can serve as a reference book for those studying Chinese-Portuguese translation.”
The book “Nine Points in the Mist – texts about China,” by Carlos Morais José, director of Hoje Macau, will be launched tomorrow.
The book “Chinese Inquisitions,” by Paulo Maia e Carmo, focuses on Chinese landscape paintings, which will be launched on Thursday.
The book “Chinese Quatrains,” translated by the Cape Verdean poet Zerbo Freire, marks the first time that a Cape Verdean has translated poems from the Tang Dynasty directly from Chinese into Portuguese. The book will be launched on Saturday.
Today, the International Women’s Day, a lecture will be given on the socio-political and legal evolution of the situation of Chinese women. – Xinhua, MPD
