The Fireside Room at Bakersfield College was standing room only and hosted the Chinese Student Gathering on March 3.
The all-around show was a two-hour teaching of Chinese culture and tradition.
The international student counselor, Shohren Rahman, put on the performances.
The highlight of the show was 13-year-old Samuel Lang, who played a 10-minute violin show of “Butterfly Love.”
“Butterfly Love” is the Chinese version of Romeo and Juliet.
Lang’s original performance was 26 minutes, but due to time restraints it had to be cut.
According to show master of ceremonies Li Kang Liu, a math professor on campus who introduced all the performers, Lang had put in “literally 100 hours of practice.”
“I have been playing violin since first grade, so about seven years,” said Lang.
The show started with a short film on China that was introduced by sophomore business major Karen Zhang, who is from China and has lived in Bakersfield since 2009.
The film consisted of facts about the Chinese people and their customs.
According to Liu the two languages of China are Mandarin, which is spoken in the northern part of China, and Cantonese, which is spoken in the southern part of China.
Liu also said that if you know Mandarin you could travel any where in the country and be able to know the language.
Sophomore Charmaine, a nursing major, spoke about the difference between Hong Kong and the rest of China.
She compared Hong Kong to New York in the fact that both cities are full of business buildings.
Sophomore nursing major Vivian Choong explained the different types of Chinese languages and explained to the audience the four different types of characters in the written language.
The show ended with final thoughts from Rahman, as she wished people had taken away some good knowledge and hoped to visit China one day.