Sunday 11/11/2007 Grus monacha Dinner Party
Chinese Cultural Evening
Dinner, Singing, Martial-art Show, Cookery Lesson, Film
After much hard work towards caring for a rare species of crane in Asia, Jin Qian in London and Whitley Award Winner Dr. Guo Yumin have set up an NGO Grus monacha International Aid providing long-term support to saving the crane and advancing green education in rural China. Miss Jin is organising a Chinese cultural event and warmly welcomes all of you to attend.
Invitation from: Grus monacha International Aid;
Chinese contemporary art broker Joanna Liu
To: friends of Chinese cultures, nostalgic songs and rare birds
You are cordially invited to the Grus monacha Dinner Party 白头鹤晚会 on the enchanted Lotus, a floating restaurant greeted from time to time by water birds, with a breathtaking night view of Canary Wharf.
This will be an evening of enrichment and pleasures for those open to explore classic Chinese cultures, to learn about some of the challenges China is facing today and long to be touched once more by nostalgic Chinese songs and dishes while doing a kind deed for birds and our planet.
Date: Sunday 11/11/2007 (Memorial Day; Chinese Singles’ Day)
Venue: Lotus Chinese Floating Restaurant
Dress code: traditional, dresssuits.
17:00-17:30 Oriental drink and canapé reception
17:30-19:00 Cooking workshop with Chinese master chef Mr. Yu-lin
You will have a chance to participate and make food that Chinese people make during new years -- lots of joys & exotic healthy recipes.
19:00-21:00 Dinner with special warm sake and classic delights of China/Tibet
Relax and enjoy Chinese music and Martial-art show
Film of the crane by Chinese CCTV and Whitley Fund for Nature Award
21:00-22:30 Discover friends who love singing!
If longevity has been one of the most aspired forms of happiness throughout the oriental history, why not grant a day more, a year more, even a millennium more, to the birds that have always lifted our spirit and will lift those of our children’s?
Grus for “crane” and monacha for “crown”, this secretive and heavenly bird carries blessings of longevity and of life-long companionship in Japan and China yet is rarely seen by humans except in art works.
千纸鹤-明天会更好 — 1 pen + 1 crane = 1 child’s dream takes wings
One of GMIA’s objects is to advance “green” education in rural China. GMIA is inviting every dinner guest to take this chance to bring a small present and an optional greeting card for a school-age child in China (example: a pen). Your good wishes, accompanied by origami cranes, are to take their flight to schools in the hometown of Hooded Cranes and schools in the region of the highest lake in the world (Lake Namtsu). It will plant a seed of love, a seed of positive changes for tomorrow.
Contact: info@Grusmonacha.org | 
