February 11th 2024
Ailin Xiong, Chinese Student Association

Lunar Gala is an annual celebration of Chinese Lunar New Year that the Chinese Student Association (CSA) hosts. This event was a semiformal event showcasing various chinese artforms (dance, singing, instruments, etc.), chinese foods (dumplings, egg rolls, etc.), and the opportunity for Chinese or Chinese-American students on campus to wear traditional Chinese attire if they wish. For our MC segments, our MCs announced everything in English once and then in Mandarin once, opening up the event to all students regardless of language barrier. We hope that through this event, students were able to learn more about not only Chinese culture in general but also about the history behind Chinese Lunar New Year.

November 5th 2023
Ailin Xiong, Chinese Student Association

Celebrasia is a cultural event hosted by Chinese Student Association (CSA) that involves many other cultural organizations on campus, including but not limited to Japanese Student Association, Michigan Sahana, and Filipino American Student Association. The event is two fold, with the first part being an Asian night-market inspired festival, where all the different organizations act as vendors selling food from their culture, and the second part is a series of performances by various performance groups with a focus on the cultural aspect of the art form. Through a combination of the night-market and performances, Celebrasia serves as one of the largest events CSA holds in the fall semester, and invites students to join the different organizations and learn more about a variety of cultures.

February 5th 2023
Annie Huang, Chinese Student Association

University of Michigan’s Chinese Student Association celebrated the Chinese New Year of the Rabbit at their annual semi-formal, the Lunar Gala, with catered food and Chinese performances!

February 2nd 2019
Chinese Students and Scholars Association

The UM Chinese Students and Scholars Association organized an event to celebrate the Chinese New Year, known as the “Spring Festival,” which is the most important festival celebrated by the Chinese at the turn of the traditional Chinese calendar. The UMCSSA Chinese New Year Celebration Gala is the only formal Spring Festival celebration event in Ann Arbor. It involved various forms of art performance such as traditional Asian dance performances, vocal performances, cross talk, and drama.