Islington Chinese Association


Haringey Chinese Centre
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聖誕及新年假期通告

聖誕及新年假期通告

2011年12月26日及27日(星期一、二) ;2012年1月2日(星期一)為公眾假期,本會服務暫停,敬希垂注。

X’mas and New Year Public Holiday Notice

Islington Chinese Association will be closed on Public Holiday 26th & 27th December 2011 (Monday & Tuesday); and 2nd January 2012 (Monday). Thank you for your attention.

Lady Precious Stream

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Kin Fun Lee's Volunteer Award Nov 2011

Our long-standing volunteer Ms Kin Fun Lee was presented the Volunteer Award by the Islington Mayor at the Ceremony organised by Voluntary Action Islington - November 2011

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依士靈頓華人協會追尋舊唐人街

old china scheme

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Opening Night of Snowflower and the Secret Fan

The Islington Chinese Association was fortunate to be given 25 pairs of complimentary tickets to the Opening Night of Snowflower and the Secret Fan on Friday, 4 November at 7pm at the Odeon Cinema, Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2.

ICA members were able to enjoy a timeless portrait of female friendship and how this was enchantingly translated to the big screen.  They were fascinated by the entire production - cast, photography, music........etc. As Kate Gardiner of Fox Searchlight Pictures told ICA:  "Interestingly, the entire score for the film (which was composed by the Oscar-winning English composer Rachel Portman) was recorded at the Angel Studio in Islington). What a pleasant local link!!  Mrs Wendi Murdoch, CoProducer of Snowflower and the Secret Fan, visited ICA some 10 years ago when the Association was still based in Giesbach Road.  So, it's very nice that ICA members had the opportunity to enjoy Mrs Murdoch’s first feature film.

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Synopsis 

Inspired by the bestselling novel SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN by Lisa See, the film is a timeless portrait of female friendship.

 

In 19th-century China, seven-year-old girls Snow Flower and Lily are matched as laotong – or “old sames” – bound together for eternity.  Isolated by their families, they furtively communicate by taking turns writing in a secret language, nu shu, between the folds of a white silk fan.

 

In a parallel story in present day Shanghai, the laotong’s descendants, Nina and Sophia, struggle to maintain the intimacy of their own childhood friendship in the face of demanding careers, complicated love lives, and a relentlessly evolving Shanghai.  Drawing on the lessons of the past, the two modern women must understand the story of their ancestral connection, hidden from them in the folds of the antique white silk fan, or risk losing one another forever.

 

What unfolds are two stories, generations apart, but everlasting in their universal notion of love, hope and friendship.