CityU organises numerous cultural activities to encourage cross-cultural integration and enrich students’ campus life. Apart from participating in hall life to build friendships with the peers, students can seize the opportunities to appreciate cultural diversity in events like festival celebrations and Chinese cultural workshops; develop interests in sports, arts and various areas through activities like CityU Yoga Day and CityU Arts Festival; and eventually achieve all-round development.

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Hundreds of students and staff join CityU Yoga Day, a signature event organised by the University, to practise yoga every year. Master Yogaraj CP, CityU’s yoga-guru in-residence and holder of 5 Guinness records on yoga practice orchestrates the yoga demo and leads the mass yoga exercise with his team of professional instructors. With the aim of promoting yoga as a way to relieve stress and attain inner peace, Yoga Day brings peace, harmony and happiness to CityU campus.

CityU organises festival celebrations to enable residents, especially overseas students to learn more about the Chinese culture and enjoy a festive yet homelike time. Every year, students from different cultures and Halls celebrate Chinese New Year and Mid-Autumn Festival by setting up their booths to showcase delicate craftwork, delicious cuisines and interesting games. Incredible live performances including lion dances, dancing, singing and band performances are featured to enhance the festive atmosphere.

CityU Arts Festival, an annual arts event organised by the University since 2015, presents a series of exciting music programmes, including vocal concerts, orchestra performances and dancing performances by professional musicians, CityU Choir, CityU Chinese Orchestra, CityU Philharmonic Orchestra and alumni, etc. The highlight of the Festival is the musical shows – student performers receive comprehensive training of singing, dancing and acting to perform renowned Broadway musicals. The Festival bridges student performers with professional artists, nurtures a life-long appreciation of art, enriches the cultural atmosphere on campus and promotes CityU as a hub of arts for the community.

Ving Tsun Workshop, one of the popular workshops organised by CityU, invited Master Jerry Yeung to be the instructor. As a young master of Ving Tsun, besides having great talent and techniques, Master Yeung got the charisma to arouse and attain students’ keen interest in Ving Tsun throughout the whole teaching and learning period. Though Ving Tsun is a traditional form of Chinese martial art, Master Yeung adopted a modern approach and clearly explained and displayed the essence of Ving Tsun to the class.

In Go Workshop organised by CityU, while learning basic rules and techniques of playing the game, students were guided to develop analytical and logical thinking together with how to stay focused. The instructor, Mr Shiu Sai-kit is experienced in teaching Go. Under his in-depth explanations, participating students learnt, practised and enjoyed the fun of Go during the workshop.

Presented by CityU, the Windpipe Chinese Music Ensemble “Along the Silk Road” Touring Concert: Music Theatre “All Roads Lead to Rome” introduced the influence of the Silk Road on the development of world music. With the storyteller acting as the captain of the cruise, the audiences were led to sail from Hong Kong and travel to the countries along the Maritime Silk Road. The captain eliminated the hardships during the journey and finally reached Rome, Italy. The concert introduced local customs and musical characteristics with world-famous songs. With the musicians playing different Chinese musical instruments, such as dizi, yangqin and ruan, the concert ended with a big round of applause.