Mid-Autumn Festival organised by Cardiff Confucius Institute draws 1,700+ visitors for a day of cultural exchange

On September 28, the Cardiff Confucius Institute attracted more than 1,700 visitors to its Mid-Autumn Festival celebration at the National Museum of Wales, turning the galleries into a lively hub of cultural exchange and community learning.

The day’s programme combined stage performances with hands-on workshops designed to bring Chinese traditions to life for families, students and the wider public. Confucius Institute tutors presented classical Chinese dance, The Play Says, and a demonstration of Baduanjin (Eight-Section Brocade), illustrating the aesthetics and wellbeing practices embedded in Chinese heritage. Across the museum, visitors engaged with a suite of interactive activities: tea ceremony tasters, lacquer bookmark making, calligraphy, lantern making, and Peking Opera mask painting, among others.

Professor Peng Zhou, Director of Cardiff Confucius Institute, commented that:

Co-director Professor Guoxiang Xia added that “As a festival of reunion, the Mid-Autumn celebration offered a timely platform to bring Cardiff’s diverse residents together.”

The Confucius Institute’s Mid-Autumn event bolsters Cardiff University’s “Our future, together” strategy to “act as an anchor institution in our city-region, delivering cultural, social, economic and environmental benefit for Cardiff, Wales and the world.”

Combining high-quality performances with hands-on workshops, the Institute created an inclusive learning environment that built cultural literacy, wellbeing, and international awareness—and will expand school outreach and public programmes with local partners in the year ahead.