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Article: SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY TO HOST RARE PUBLIC PERFORMANCE OF CHINESE DAOIST RITUAL ON NOV. 18
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 13, 2007
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San Diego State University issued the following press release:
On Sunday, November 18, San Diego State University will offer a unique glimpse into the living richness of Chinese religion and culture. In a very rare public performance, Celestial Masters Daoist priests from Taiwan will perform the "Pacifying the Dragon" ritual. The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place at 2 p.m. at Scripps Cottage.
Chinese scholar and Daoist Priest Li You-kun will lead the unique ceremony symbolizing the establishment of universal ecological harmony between humanity and nature.
"This ceremony would be a rare sight even for a Chinese audience," said Julius N. Tsai, Ph.D., professor of ...