【加拿大乐活网LAHOO.CA 讯】日前，BC省省督詹妮特•奥斯汀(Janet Austin)发布公告，宣布2024年7月22日至28日为“BC省中华传统文化周”。
公告称，鉴于在过去的200年中，华人移民为BC省社会带来了丰富的文化遗产，促进了BC省社区和经济发展，并深深地融入了该省的历史中，为BC省成为一个文化多样性和繁荣的省份做出了巨大的贡献，同时，由于加拿大华人联合总会（CCSA）将于7月22日至28日举办中华传统文化周，所以特别发布公告，确认2024年7月22日至28日为“BC省中华传统文化周”，增加省民了解华裔加拿大人故事的机会，庆祝几代华裔加拿大人艺术、烹饪、音乐和文化的重要贡献。
以下为公告全文：
WHEREAS British Columbia is a culturally diverse province comprising many peoples and communities, and
WHEREAS over the last 200 years, Chinese immigrants have brought a rich cultural heritage representing many languages, ethnicities and religious traditions to British Columbian society, and despite facing discriminatory laws, Chinese Canadians have helped to enrich British Columbia’s communities and economy, with their achievements firmly woven into the province’s history, and
WHEREAS the Chinese Canadian Museum Society of BC was founded in 2020 and has launched temporary, permanent and travelling exhibits, with a grand opening of Canada’s first public Chinese Canadian Museum on July 1, 2023, in honour of the past and present contributions of people of Chinese descent in British Columbia, and
WHEREAS the Canadian Community Service Association (CCSA) hosts the week-long Chinese Cultural Heritage Festival to celebrate the significant contributions made to arts, cuisine, music and heritage in British Columbia by generations of Chinese Canadians, with themes celebrated during this week that include traditional Chinese medicine, economics and trade, marital arts, poetry and antiques, and
WHEREAS Chinese Cultural Heritage Week is an opportunity for everyone to learn more about the many stories of Chinese Canadians who, throughout history, have done so much to make British Columbia the culturally diverse and prosperous province it is today, and
WHEREAS the proclamation respecting Chinese Cultural Heritage Week, issued on the tenth day of June, two thousand twenty-four, is rescinded;
