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“庆国庆、迎中秋” 环曼哈顿游轮赏月观景活动成功举行

    为庆祝中华人民共和国成立60周年和中华民族的传统中秋佳节，北京大学大纽约地区校友会和兄弟院校校友会、专业团体一起，于2009年10月3日举办了“庆祝国庆，喜迎中秋”环曼哈顿游轮赏月观景。

    虽然活动前天气预报当晚将会有雷阵雨，可这依然阻挡不了海外学生学者、华侨及他们的亲朋好友聚集在一起庆祝佳节的高涨热情，10月2日报名总数早就达到了400。最后参加者超过520人。

    活动当日，虽然曼哈顿的天空乌云压顶并夹杂着一丝丝秋日的寒意，可是天公作美，一到下午4点多，乌云渐渐淡去，太阳在西下时悄悄露出了云端，映亮了几抹红黄紫色的彩霞，从哈德深河西面灿烂地投射在曼哈顿。还没到预定的6点15分的登船时间，来自众多大纽约地区校友会和专业团体的同胞们就已经早早地排起了长队等待在码头准备登船，其中有50-60多岁的老人，也有刚会走路的小朋友；在黑头发黄皮肤为主的队伍中，竟然不时也能看到金黄头发的外国朋友。500多人聚集在一起，船只一下子变得热闹而拥挤。大家相邻而坐，一起说笑聊天。

    油轮缓缓驶离港口后，策划发起这次活动的天津大学校友会会长陈毅松博士和中国驻纽约总领事馆商务参赞徐兵分别发表了简短讲话，大家起立唱国歌，之后一起品尝月饼，欣赏曼哈顿灿烂的夜景和浩然明月，在大洋彼岸表达了对祖国、对故乡的思念。中国常驻联合国代表团科技参赞陈明也出席了活动。

    秦琼文 顾杰摄影

游船内人声鼎沸、热闹非凡/A Festival Atmosphere Spread throughout the Cruise with So Many People Gathered Together

夜色下的自由女神依然光彩照人/The Statue of Liberty Still Glows During the Night

一轮皓月照亮了夜光下迷人的赫德逊河/Mid-Autumn Moon Shed Lights on the Beautiful Hudson at Night

Celebrating New China's 60th Birthday and Moon Festival Manhattan Cruise held Successfully

Peking University Alumni Association of Greater New York (PKUAAGNY) co-hosted the Manhattan Cruise with brother and sister university alumni associations and professional organizations, to celebrate New China’s 60th anniversary and the traditional Moon Festival on October 3, 2009.

More than 520 Students, scholars, and overseas Chinese gathered together to warmly celebrate the Chinese traditional festival. Their enthusiasm was not affected at all by the weather forecast of thunderstorms, and the registered participants already exceeded 400 by October 2.

Although it was cloudy and modestly cold in the autumn Manhattan at first, the clouds faded after 4pm and gave way to the sunset with sunshine shed on Manhattan from the west of Hudson River. Before the scheduled boarding time of 6:15pm, many participants were already in the queue waiting for boarding on the pier. They were from alumni associations in Greater New York region and professional organizations, within which were 50-60 years old seniors, kids and foreigners. More than 500 people sat together and chatted with each other, making the boat a joyful place.

As the boat departed from the port, the president of Tianjin University Alumni Association Dr. Yisong Chen, who initiated and organized this event, as well as Bing Xu, Economic and Commercial Counselor of the Consulate General of PRC in New York delivered short speeches. Participants stood up singing China’s National Anthem and then enjoyed the moon cakes and the bright moon above Manhattan, to express their love to the motherland. Ming Chen, Counselor of Science & Technology of the Permanent Mission of PRC to the United Nations, was present at the event.

English Translation Rendered by Aaron Li, Pictures Courtesy of Jie Gu