11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Sun Yat Sen Orchestra
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12:45 pm - 1:30pm
Margaret Lum
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1:30 pm - 2:30pm
Maggie Gee: Sky High (with supporting comments from Carl Angel and Marissa Moss)
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2:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Autumn Gem: Qiu Jin, (see the film and meet the filmmakers Rae Chang and Adam Tow)

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		Margaret Lum Margaret Lum, born and raised in Sacramento, will be doing a presentation of growing up in Chinatown. Ms. Lum went to the famed Donaldina Cameron House were Chinese American teenage girls were assimilated to US customs. Growing up Sacramento's Chinatown, Margaret Lum never went to a formal ball as was a custom of American society or ate at an American banquet which she learned at Cameron House. As earlier Chinese Americans were excluded and denied citizenship because they were deemed non-assimilable by American society, her story highlights the challenge of Chinese-Americans after World War II as they struggled with assimilation and cultural identity.
		Maggie Gee | Sky High Maggie Gee, one of two Chinese American Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) to serve in WWII and a Congressional Medal of Honor awardee by President Barack Obama, will join noted author by Marissa Moss and acclaimed illustrator Carl Angel to discuss their book Sky High: The True Story of Maggie Gee. As a girl, Maggie dreamed of flying across oceans and deserts just like her favorite pilot, Amelia Earhart. But in the 1920s and 1930s, few girls were allowed to fly. But when the United States entered WWII, Maggie's world changed overnight. Highlighting the stories of three generations of Chinese American women, this inspirational tale beautifully demonstrates that determination and bravery are not bound by race or gender. Maggie Gee is the true story of a girl who refused to let obstacles stand in the way of her dreams.
		Qiu Jin | Autumn Gem Rae Chang and Adam Tow will be showing their 60 minutes docudrama "Autumn Gem," the life of China's first feminist revolutionary staring former China National Wushu Champion and Hollywood stunt actress Li Jing. Qiu Jin (1875-1907), an accomplished writer, women's rights activist, and cohort of Sun Yat Sen who attempted to overthrow the corrupt Qing government. Qiu Jin boldly challenged traditional gender roles and redefined what it meant to be a woman in early 20th-century China. At a time when women's lives were often marked by footbinding, arranged marriages, and denial of education, she envisioned a future where women would free themselves from the confines of tradition and arise as strong and active citizens of a new and modern nation.

This year’s Chinatown Mall Culture Fair is honored to present exciting and talented Chinese performers from across California. Note: Schedule and line-up may change.

First session 11:00 ~ 1:20 Lion Dance | Eastern Ways Martial Arts Master of Ceremony | Rung-Fong Hsu VIP Greetings from California State Senator Darrell Steinberg, California State Assemblymember Mariko Yamada, County Supervisor Jimmie Yee, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, Councilmember Ray Tretheway, Councilmember Robert King Fong, and Richard Rich of Thomas Enterprises Honoring WWII Chinese-American Peace Drum Dance | SAFA Cantonese Opera | Connie Wei and Annie Kwong Chinese Folk/Ballet | Director Richard Shi and Company Huang Mei Folk Song | Hui-Ling Wang Chinese Wushu | Master Byron Brown Group Second Session 1:30 ~ 3:10 Traditional Costume Show | Wong Center Autumn Moon at Lake | Johnson & Elaine Zeto Yuan Ji Kung Fu Fan | Yuan Ji Group Cantonese Opera | Vivien Lee Folk Song and Dance | Wang Linan and Yan Jiamei July Flare Festival | Flow Crew Jasmine Blossom | Bel Canto Group Fire Phoenix | Red Maple Dancers Third Session 3:20 ~ 4:20 Chinese Yo Yo Demo | Wisdom Chinese School Chinese Fan Dance | Wong Center Beijing Opera | Howard Young Mushroom Girls | Red Maple Dancers Kang Ding Song | Bel Canto Group Hit Me Up | Yan Jiamei Cantonese Duet | Elaine Zeto and Annie Kwong Galloping Spirit | Flow Crew Yellow River | Wong Center

Fun for the whole family! Bring your children to the Chinatown Mall Culture Fair Children’s Activity Area to participate in free educational Chinese cultural activities and win unique prizes. This year’s theme is based on the traditional Chinese Moon Festival. With 30 free activity booths, this is a fun and exciting way to learn Chinese language and culture.

Inter-cultural understanding is key to peace and understanding. To make the world a better place for our children, we need to make the world smaller by immersing our children in cultural diversity.

Come and visit the Ping Yuen Courtyard to enjoy Chinese paper folding or zhezhi, the art of paper folding that originated in China. This year we are supporting the Cranes for Peace. Every year many thousands of people around the world fold paper cranes as an expression of hope for a world at peace, where non-violent means are used to resolve conflicts, and where people can live without fear. The cranes will be taken to the Children’s Monument in the Peace Park in Hiroshima. Also, enjoy creating up to three different types of Chinese lanterns in the shade of the Ping Yuen courtyard. And, there’s calligraphy which led to Chinese brush painting starting around 4000 B.C. and continuing for more than 6000 years.

Learn more of ancient Chinese culture with demonstrations of Tai Chi, not only a Wu Dang Quan or an internal Chinese martial art, the exercise promotes health and longevity.The practical exercises of Tai Chi are also situated in a wider philosophical context of Taoism. This is a reflective, mystical Chinese tradition first associated with the scholar and mystic Lao Tsu, an older contemporary of Confucius, in the 6th century B.C. and authored the seminal work of Taoism, the Tao Te Ching. As a philosophy, Taoism has fundamentally espoused a calm, reflective and mystic view of the world steeped in the beauty and tranquillity of nature.

12:45 - Sifu Janny Wu/Tongxin Tai Chi - 24 Yang Tai Chi

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Chinatown Maketplace Offers Mooncakes and More

Visit the Chinatown Maketplace throughout the Chinatown Mall Culture Fair. With exciting products and valuable information vendor booths offer a great sightseeing adventure and rare finds.

While your at the Marketplace be sure to get some Autumn Moon mooncakes; more than just a food item but the iconic symbol of the moon festival. These palm-sized round cakes symbolize family unity and perfection. In China and throughout many Asian countries people celebrate the Harvest Moon on the 15th day of the eighth month of their lunar calendar. This year, it falls on Saturday, October 3, 2009. The Harvest Moon or Mid-Autumn Festival (Zhong Qiu Jie) is a day of family reunions much like a Western Thanksgiving. Chinese people believe that on that day, the moon is the roundest and brightest signaling a time of completeness and abundance. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, children are delighted to stay up past midnight, parading multi-colored lanterns into the wee hours as families take to the streets to moon-gaze. It is also a romantic night for lovers, who sit holding hands on hilltops, riverbanks and park benches, captivated by the brightest moon of the year!

This years vendor booths and participants (with booth number) includes:

1 - Sacramento Water Conservation
2 - Asian Community Center
3 - Culture Fair, Census 2010 & Moon Cake Sales
4 - Sacramento Municipal Utility District
5 - Fair Information Kiosk
6a - Jinan Sacramento Sister Cities Corp. (JSSCC)
6b - World Journal
7 - KBTV8, Where Cultures Meet
8 - Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA)
9 - Chinese American Council of Sacramento (CACS)
10 - State Farm Insurance
11 - Comcast
12 - Golden State Donor Services
13 - CA Consumer Affairs
14 - Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs Assoc. (APAPA)
15 - Eastwind Book Signing Table
16 - Chomei Artworks
17 - Elsa & Connie Leung
18 - Our Chinese Daughters Foundation
19 - Sacramento Chinese Catholic Community
20 - Tian Chao Herbs and Acupuncture
21 - Sacramento True Buddha Temple
22 - China National Day Foundation (CNDF)
23 - Happy Time Toys
24 - Inspir-Asian
25 - California Health Collaborative
26 - California State Auto Association (AAA)
27 - CCAF-DDTP CA Telephone Access Program
28 - Vision Screening / Capitol Lions Club
29 - Social Security Administration / Ong Ko Met Family Assoc.
30 - Confucius Church/Census2010
31 - New Tang Dynasty Media
32 - California State Parks
33 - My Sister’s House
34 - Gateway to Gold Mountain Exhibit
35 - Lecture Series: In the Shadows of Exclusion
36 - Peace Crane, Lantern Making, Brush Painting
37 - Dharma Realm Orchestra

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Chinatown Mall Driving Directions

From San Francisco:
Take I-80 E toward OAKLAND - 81.0 mi
Keep LEFT to take US-50 E/CAPITAL CITY FWY toward SACRAMENTO/SOUTH LAKE TAHOE. - 3.3 mi
Merge onto I-5 N toward CA-99/REDDING. - 1.2 mi
Take the J STREET exit toward DOWNTOWN. - 0.3 mi
Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto J ST.

From Reno:
Take I-80 W toward SACRAMENTO (Crossing into CALIFORNIA). - 121.5 mi
Merge onto CAPITAL CITY FWY via EXIT 95 toward SACRAMENTO. - 5.0 mi
Merge onto CA-160 S toward DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO. - 3.6 mi
CA-160 S becomes 12TH ST. - 0.2 mi
Turn RIGHT onto I ST. - 0.7 mi
Turn LEFT onto 3RD ST. - 0.1 mi
Turn LEFT onto J ST.

From Stockton:
Take I-5 N. - 46.1 mi
Take the J STREET exit toward DOWNTOWN. - 0.3 mi
Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto J ST.

From Marysville:
Take CA-20/CA-70/9TH ST. - 0.1 mi
Turn LEFT onto CA-70/E ST. Continue to follow CA-70 S. - 33.8 mi
Merge onto I-5 S/CA-99 S toward SACRAMENTO. - 6.4 mi
Take the J STREET exit toward DOWNTOWN. - 0.3 mi
Stay STRAIGHT to go onto J ST.

For a detailed map click here.