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Members of the Ethnic Arts Troupe at Jishou University’s College of Music and Dance perform the humorous and rousing Red Umbrella dance during their show Sunday at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. The dance is a traditional one of the Miao people of Hunan Province, the People’s Republic of China. Central Carolina Community College’s Confucius Classroom, in partnership with North Carolina State University’s Confucius Institute, hosted the free performance. For more information about CCCC’s Confucius Classroom, visit www.cccc.edu/confucius or call (919) 718-7386 or (919) 718-7376.

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Members of the Ethnic Arts Troupe at Jishou University’s College of Music and Dance perform the humorous Red Umbrella dance during the troupe’s show Sunday at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. The dance is a traditional one of the Miao people of Hunan Province, the People’s Republic of China. Central Carolina Community College’s Confucius Classroom, in partnership with North Carolina State University’s Confucius Institute, hosted the free performance. For more information about CCCC’s Confucius Classroom, visit www.cccc.edu/confucius or call (919) 718-7386 or (919) 718-7376.

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Members of the Ethnic Arts Troupe at Jishou University’s College of Music and Dance perform ‘The Golden Pheasant Flying Out of the Mountain,’ during the troupe’s show Sunday at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. The song is traditional folk music played on cymbals by the Tujia Tribe of Hunan Province, the People’s Republic of China. It is on the U.N. World Culture Heritage List. Central Carolina Community College’s Confucius Classroom, in partnership with North Carolina State University’s Confucius Institute, hosted the free performance. For more information about CCCC’s Confucius Classroom, visit www.cccc.edu/confucius or call (919) 718-7386 or (919) 718-7376.

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Yang Li (left) and Qi Li, members of the Ethnic Arts Troupe at Jishou University’s College of Music and Dance, apply their makeup prior to the troupe’s show Sunday at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. The group performed, with dance, song, and instruments, 11 traditional songs, primarily from the Miao and Tujia ethnic groups in Hunan Province, the People’s Republic of China. Martial artists demonstrated kung fu as part of the program. Central Carolina Community College’s Confucius Classroom, in partnership with North Carolina State University’s Confucius Institute, hosted the free performance. For more information about CCCC’s Confucius Classroom, visit www.cccc.edu/confucius or call (919) 718-7386 or (919) 718-7376.

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Zhile Yue, a member of the Ethnic Arts Troupe at Jishou University’s College of Music and Dance, sings during the troupe’s show Sunday at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. Yue, a professor at the university, wears the richly decorated traditional costume of the Miao ethnic group in Hunan Province, the People’s Republic of China, and sings one of the group’s drinking songs. The troupe performed, with dance, song, and instruments, 11 traditional songs, primarily from the Miao and Tujia ethnic groups in the province, where the university is located. Martial artists demonstrated kung fu as part of the program. Central Carolina Community College’s Confucius Classroom, in partnership with North Carolina State University’s Confucius Institute, hosted the free performance. For more information about CCCC’s Confucius Classroom, visit www.cccc.edu/confucius or call (919) 718-7386 or (919) 718-7376.

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Tao Yu, Bo Jiang and Fei Han (not shown in order), members of the Ethnic Arts Troupe at Jishou University’s College of Music and Dance, perform ‘Tree Worship in the Basha Tribe’ during the troupe’s show Sunday at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. The trio wears the traditional costume of the Basha tribe in Hunan Province, the People’s Republic of China. The troupe performed, with dance, song, and instruments, 11 traditional songs, primarily from the Miao and Tujia ethnic groups in the province, where the university is located. Martial artists demonstrated kung fu as part of the program. Central Carolina Community College’s Confucius Classroom, in partnership with North Carolina State University’s Confucius Institute, hosted the free performance. For more information about CCCC’s Confucius Classroom, visit www.cccc.edu/confucius or call (919) 718-7386 or (919) 718-7376.