【大澳门威尼斯人赌场官网1月18日讯】(大澳门威尼斯人赌场官网记者卓静芝加哥报道)二零零八年一月九日，芝加哥市议会及芝加哥市长共同通过决议，褒奖即将在一月二十五日和二十六日在芝加哥上演的由神韵艺术团带来的“新唐人全球华人新年晚会”。

　　芝加哥市议会的褒奖中不仅赞誉了中国善良、正直、礼义、智慧和忠诚等优秀的传统道德，更是赞誉了以“神话与传说”为主题的全球华人新年晚会呈现了纯粹的、没有共产党文化影响的正统中华文化，重现和复兴了丢失已久的中国文化瑰宝；并且“全球华人新年晚会为东西方跨文化交流提供了一个多彩的舞台，并成为联结所有对中国文化感兴趣的人们的纽带”。

　　据悉，这是第三次“新唐人全球华人新年晚会”带给美中地区的中西方观众们的顶级艺术演出，与往年不同的是，全球华人新年晚会还将同时在密西根州的底特律，明尼苏达州的首府上演，详情请查看：

　　神韵艺术团2008年将芝加哥地区演出3场，请您千万不要错过。

　　时间：2008年1月25日星期五，8：00PM

　　2008年1月26日星期六，2：00PM 和 7：00PM　

　　地点:芝加哥Arie Crown Theater at McCormick Place

　　订票热线：312-225-5120，312-808-9469

　　网址: www.BestChineseShows.com。

　　以下为市议会褒奖全文：

　　RESOLUTION

　　WHEREAS, the Chinese New Year Spectacular Organizing Committee in Chicago will

　　celebrate their 3rd annual Chinese New Year Celebration in January, 2008; and

　　WHEREAS, the Chinese New Year is the most colorful and important of China’s fetes

　　and the Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Japanese celebrate their ancient tradition

　　through family reunion and performing arts; and

　　WHEREAS, the Sound of Hope is a non-profit organization dedicated to facilitate

　　cultural communications between the East and the West, and to assist the public in their search for valuable cultural knowledge; and

　　WHEREAS, the Sound of Hope aims to enrich the lives of the public and to promote

racial harmony through media pluralism and cross cultural understanding; and

　　WHEREAS, the Sound of Hope has organized the 2008 Chinese New Year Spectacular

　　to perform three live shows here in Chicago on Friday, January 25, and Saturday, January 26, 2008 at Arie Crown Theatre at McCormick Place; and

　　WHEREAS, the core values of Chinese culture: benevolence, righteousness, propriety,

wisdom, and faithfulness have been discarded in China’s Cultural Revolution; and

　　WHEREAS, the Spectacular, entitled “Myths and Legends,” presents genuine Chinese

culture without Communist Party culture, showcases a renaissance and reclamation of the

long-lost treasures of China; and

　　WHEREAS, the Spectacular provides a platform for cross-cultural understanding

between the East and the West, and a unifying event for all people interested in Chinese

culture; and

　　WHEREAS, renowned international artists will be invited to perform in the same stage; now, therefore,

　　BE IT RESOVLED, that we, the Major and the members of the City Council of the City

of Chicago gathered here this 9th Day of January in 2008, do hereby extend to the members of the Sound of Hope Organization and the Chinese New Year Spectacular organizing Committee in Chicago our sincerest congratulations and support for the 2008

Chinese New Year Global Spectacular festivities, as well as our best wishes for continued success in all of their endeavors; and

　　BE IT FURHTER RESOVLED, that a suitable copy of this resolution be made available

to the Sound of Hope Organization and the Chinese New Year Spectacular Organizing

Committee in Chicago.

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