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华人协会新春晚宴Local, traditional Chinese medicinePage 7

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The Spring Festival is one of the mostimportant traditional festivities duringthe celebration of the Lunar New Year,and for the first time ever, Halifax gotto celebrate it with the star-studdedChinese New Year Festival Gala.The Gala, hosted at the Rebecca CohnAuditorium, featured the Culture ofChina — Festival of Spring perform-ance tour, which brings 36 of China's

biggest stars in pop music, folk songand dance, and the Peking Opera tocities throughout North America everyyear. The troupe’s 2014 North Americatour featured just one Canadian city —Halifax, their first time performinghere.“We're fortunate to have them to-night,” says Professor Jinyu Sheng,Chair of the Chinese New Year Festiv-al Gala's Organizing Committee. “Ibelieve this will be unique, and it willbe fantastic.”

To organize this event was no smallfeat, according to Sheng. Hundreds ofman hours were volunteered, many ofthose by students, and with the help ofsponsors, everything from high-end

catering during the reception, to up-dating the theatre's lighting was takencare of in order to bring the com-

A star-studded gala makesthis year's Spring Festivaltruly unique

BY CHRIS MUISE

“Culture of China, Festival of Spring” performing tour featured just one Canadiancity – Halifax, where they performed for the first time. Photo: Ziqian Wang

春节是最为重要的中国传统节日。新春佳节之际，哈利法克斯迎来了“文化中国•四海同春”艺术团，给在哈法的侨胞和留学生们带来了一台阵容强大、明星荟萃、艺术水准一流的精彩演出。

"文化中国•四海同春＂是由国务院侨办组织，于每年春节期间在全球五大洲华侨聚居的国家和地区开展的慰问华侨访问演出活动。艺术团由中国著名的歌唱家、京剧名家、民乐演奏家以及歌舞团等36名成员组成。2月19

日，艺术团首次走进海港城市哈利法克斯，在戴尔豪西大学艺术中心为观众们献上精彩演出。值得一提的是，哈法也是“四海同春”2014北美行中唯一的加拿大城市。

本次演出筹备委员会主席申锦瑜教授说：“我们十分幸运，能请来‘四海同春’艺术团。我相信这将会是一场独一无二、精彩绝伦的演出。”

申教授表示，本次慰侨访演能够成功举办, 离不开社会各界的鼎力相助。演出筹备委会成员由来自本地华人社区和中国留学生团体的志愿者组成，义务负责晚会的宣传、售票、赞助，和

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“文化中国•四海同春”慰侨演出于2月19日晚首次走进海港城市哈利法克斯。

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This year's annual Chinese New YearBanquet celebrated not just the arrivalof the Year of the Horse, but the 40th

anniversary of the Chinese Society ofNova Scotia as well.Back in November of 1973, the ChineseSociety of Nova Scotia was founded inorder to promote Chinese culture andfoster a greater multicultural presencein the province. Over the years, thelocal Chinese community has flour-ished as Nova Scotians became moreand more welcoming to their Chineseneighbours.“The community here is getting largerand larger each year,” says Dr. Yong-gan Zhao, President of the ChineseSociety of Nova Scotia. “I can feel it.People, especially the local people, thevery original local people from Eng-

land and Scotland, they are starting toappreciate the other cultures.”One way the CSNS shows gratitudetowards those who have helped theChinese community garner greaterlocal recognition is by hosting theirannual Chinese New Year Banquet, a

high-end black tie affair to share tradi-tional Chinese culture with the com-munity-at-large.“It provides a platform for us to show-case Chinese culture,” says Zhao. “Tomake a link, bridging Chinese culturewith the local community here, and

other cultures.”The banquet is jointly hosted in con-junction with the Hong Kong-CanadaBusiness Association Atlantic Section.Zhao, who also acts as banquet co-organizer, wanted this event to be theirbiggest yet, in honour of the moment-ous anniversary.“This one is bigger,” says Zhao. “I'vegot more people interested. Tickets areall sold out. The scale, it's a big scale.”The annual banquet is open to CSNSmembers and non-members alike. Forthe price of $75 a ticket, attendeeswere treated to fine wine and dining,followed by traditional Chinese per-formances including Lion and DragonDances, Chinese folk music, a fashionshow, and more. They ended the even-ing with ballroom dancing into theearly hours of the morning.The banquet also played host to distin-guished guests, including Deputy May-or Darren Fisher, MLA and formerbroadcaster Allan Rowe, and the Lieu-tenant Governor of Nova Scotia, J.J.Grant. Each of the special guests spokeand expressed their appreciation to theCSNS for its efforts to make NovaScotia a bastion of diversity.“Chinese New Year festivities arejoyous events of hope and good will,”says Grant, in an address to more than

Chinese Society rings in Year of the HorseBY CHRIS MUISE

This year’s Chinese New Year Banquet celebrated the 40th anniversary of the ChineseSociety of Nova Scotia. Photo: Ted Tam

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今年拿省华人协会新春晚宴迎来了协会建会40周年。

今年的拿省华人协会新春晚宴与往年有些不同。2014年新春晚宴不仅让大家共聚一堂喜迎马年来临，同时也迎来了拿省华人协会建会四十周年。

1973年11月，本着弘扬中华文化和促进拿省多元文化发展为目的，拿省华人协会正式成立。经过协会多年的努力，华人社群逐渐被当地主流社会接受和欢迎。

华协现任会长赵永淦教授介绍道：“当地华人社区日益壮大。”他深切地感受到，世代生在在拿省、大多数都有着英格兰和苏格兰的血统的当地老百姓，对外来文化的态度越来越与时俱进。

华人社区能在拿省被认可，少不了大家的支持。由华人协会主办的一年一度的新春晚宴，正是协会回馈社会各界人士、与其共享传统中华文化的平台。赵教授说：“新春晚宴为我们展现中华文化提供平台。它积极促进中华文化与其他民族文化的交流。”

这次的晚宴是华协和港加商会大西洋分会共同举办。作为本次活动的合办方，赵教授表示，他想把今年的晚宴办得尤为隆重来庆祝协会40岁的生日。“本次活动规模比往年更大。”赵会长表示，本届晚宴赢得更多关注，主要反映在入场卷迅速售罄，规模空前。

新春晚宴是华协向会员和非会员开放的年度最为重要、最具特色的活动。

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Feature • 特别报道 5及拿省省督J.J. Grant先生。他们各自为活动开场致辞，首肯华协为拿省多元文化所做出的贡献。

省督Grant先生在他的致辞中提到，中国春节是一个充满喜悦和希望的节日。哈法的华人社区能与世界上的其他华人社区共同庆祝这个隆重和祥和的中华传统佳节，对此我感到很欣慰。副市长Fisher先生说：“马象征着智慧和力量，俗话说‘马到功成’。

来宾花费$75可享受丰盛的自助餐、文艺表演以及由现场乐队伴奏的交谊舞舞场。本次晚宴还有幸邀请到了副市长 Darren Fisher先生, 省议员及曾担任电视新闻评论员的Allan Rowe先生, 以

马的精神特质很好地体现在了我们哈法的华人身上。”

“在这个特别的夜晚，我们欢聚一堂，庆祝过去一年的收获和喜悦，并共同迎接新一年的机遇与挑战。”赵会长在他的致辞中说：“我希望，不久的将来，争取在十年内，我们华人能够在此有一席之地。在这里大家可以真正地展现和弘扬中华文化。这就是我想要的，一个‘家’。”

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300 attendees that packed the ball-room of the Marriott Halifax. “I'mdelighted that Halifax is one of thecities of the world celebrating thismost important and auspiciousChinese holiday.”“The horse represents intelligence andstrength, and it is associated withleadership and success,” says Fisher.“Two attributes the Chinese com-munity in HRM exemplifies.”“On this special night, we gather to-gether to celebrate our accomplish-ments in the past year, and look for-ward to the challenges and opportunit-ies in the new year,” says Zhao. “I wishthat, in not that long, less than tenyears, I wish the Chinese would have aplace. Our own location, where youcan really show the Chinese culture.”“That's what I want - a home,” saysZhao. Photos: Ted Tam

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接待等工作。“他们付出了大量的时间和精力，有很多志愿者甚至为本次活动义务工作超过500个小时。”申教授还介绍，本次活动也离不开赞助商们的大力支持。赞助商们为活动精心地准备了餐饮，为演出会场灯光设备做出调整和更新等等。这样，招待会才能顺利进行，也才有了后来美轮美奂、精彩绝伦的演出。这点点滴滴都饱含着大家对中国文化的热忱。

表演当天，加拿大新斯科舍省省督约翰•詹姆斯•格兰特、中国驻加拿大使馆贺毅群公参、新斯科舍省省长代表尼娜•迪艾甫女士、哈利法克斯市市长迈克•萨维奇等到场观看了演出，并致辞肯定了本次演出的重要性和意义。

中国驻加拿大使馆贺毅群公参表示：“这次活动标志着中华文化已成为加国多元文化中不可分割的一部分，同时也体现了中加两国人民真挚的情谊。”

省长代表迪艾甫女士说，哈利法克斯是座独一无二的城市，这座城市有着与众不同的魅力，想必这也是主办方选择哈法作为表演城市的原因。本次活动将促进中加两国的交流与合作，她为“四海同春”艺术团的到来感到

欣慰。

当晚，演员们与现场观众倾情互动。他们有的走下舞台与观众亲切握手，有的和观众们合唱着耳熟能详的曲目。他们还向观众表达了首次来到哈法的感悟和体验，也向热情的观众表示了感谢。

中国著名青年歌手蔡国庆用流利的英文与台下的中外观众亲切交流。他感叹道：“哈利法克斯实在太美了! 这里的人们也是如此的热情友好。这真是一座充满爱的城市！”

这次由中国国务院侨务办公室、中国驻加拿大大使馆以及哈法华人社团领头人所共同打造的演出获得了巨大的成功，给观众们留下了一次难忘的回忆。不过，申教授认为，观众们想要再次欣赏“四海同春”的演出，恐怕就得等上一阵子了。

“如果没有经济上的支持，艺术团要从中国千里迢迢来哈法演出的花费实在太高了。”对艺术团在近期内重返哈法表演，申教授不抱太大希望。但是无论如何，能为把这场视觉文化盛宴带到哈法尽一份微薄之力，申教授感到非常自豪。

他说：“我们筹委会成员为把这场表演带到新省实在付出了太多。无论在华人社区还是在主流加拿大人社区，这场演出都会是水准一流的表演，而且有深远的意义。”

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munity this powerhouse exhibition ofChinese culture.“The committee members are all vo-lunteers coming from the various or-ganizations and the Chinese StudentAssociations,” says Sheng, who is ap-preciative the volunteers and commit-tee members for their tireless efforts.“Many members spent many hours —some of them spent more than even500 hours — to make this event hap-pen.”Special guests of the Gala includedrepresentatives from local govern-ment, such as Mayor Mike Savage andMLA Lena Diab, the Lieutenant Gov-ernor of Nova Scotia J.J. Grant, andMinister Counsellor He Yiqun of theEmbassy of the People's Republic ofChina in Canada. Each guest spoke to

the significance of Halifax's inclusionon the tour, and what it means formulticulturalism in our region.“It is a sign that Chinese culture hasalready become an integral part ofCanada's multicultural society, and asymbol of the true friendship betweenour two peoples,” says Minister Coun-sellor Yigun.“Halifax is the only destination inCanada. That's amazing, that theypicked Halifax from amongst all thebeautiful cities in the rest of Canada,”says Diab, who spoke on behalf of theoffice of the Premier. “It's an excellenttribute to both of our countries. We'refortunate that they're here.”Even the performers in the troupe,who interacted with the crowd andencouraged the audience to sing along,spoke to how much Halifax impressedthem on what was their very first visit. “I want to say that Halifax is a beauti-ful city, and [has] wonderful people,”says Cai Guoqing, a famous pop vocal-

ist in China. “This city is full of love.”The Gala, which was organized withhelp from the Overseas Chinese Af-fairs Office, the Chinese Embassy inCanada, and local Chinese organiza-tions, was a resounding success ac-cording to Sheng, and a night no onein attendance will forget. However,those fond memories might have tosustain those who want to see the tourreturn for a while.“I think that because it's so expensivefor the troupe to come to Halifax fromChina, without financial support, it's tooexpensive,” says Sheng, who is none the

less hopeful that they'll return someday.Regardless, Sheng is very proud tohave helped bring such a vibrant cul-tural demonstration to Halifax, for allits citizens to enjoy.“We really tried to bring Chinese per-formance to Nova Scotians,” saysSheng. “I think it is a wonderful, greatevent for the community. Not just forthe Chinese community, but the com-munity in general.”

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Debilitating pain at the age of thirteeninspired Dr. Diana Tong Li along a lifechanging path of Chinese traditionalmedicine, healing and a thirst for edu-cation.Li was diagnosed with rheumatoidarthritis at a young age, experiencingpain in her small joints. After reactingpoorly to medicine, her mother tookher to an acupuncturist. “I had pain in my knees, hands, wristsand elbows so my mom took me tohave acupuncture and it really helpedme,” says Li.Not only did it help manage the pain,but Li says it healed her and inspiredher future. “In China, it’s a very popu-lar form of medicine,” explains Li,co-owner of Life-Care Acupunctureand Natural Medicine Clinics. Shegrew up in Guangdong province, whereshe studied to become a doctor, spe-cializing in acupuncture. Along withher Bachelor and Master’s degree, Liand her husband and partner, Dr.Franklyn Chen are two highly special-ized Canadian doctors holding PhDdegrees from China in Acupunctureand Traditional Chinese Medicine.Li’s tremendous work and researchearned her international status inNovember 2013 when she was recog-nized by the World Federation of Acu-puncture and Moxibustion Societies(WFAS). WFAS is the only federation ofits kind recognized by the WorldHealth Organization (WHO). Theyhonoured Li for her ongoing contribu-tion as a leading educator, practitionerand lobbyist for access to alternativemedicine.“It’s quite a big honour…when you’reworking hard, it makes you feel sogood to be recognized internationally,”and most importantly she says it gives“a small town doctor an internationalvoice; for myself, for Nova Scotia andfor Canada.”Li and Chen moved to Canada 24 yearsago and operate clinics in Halifax and

Bedford. Together they opened Cana-dian College of Acupuncture and Tra-ditional Medicine three years ago tohelp regulate and train more acupunc-turists. “We left China and came to Canadabecause we saw a lot of need for acu-puncture and alternative medicine inCanada,” says Li. “We have 30 years ofclinical practice experience.”Their practice specializes in pain treat-ment, prevention and managementalong with fertility. “We’ve had excellent results...in NovaScotia alone, we have triplets, four setsof twins and a total of 268 babies as a

result of the treatment,” she says withpride.Angela Mackay (37) began attendingthe clinic six years ago to help her withstress management. After having diffi-culty conceiving, Li put her on a pro-gram to receive acupuncture twice aweek. “We tried to conceive for a year andrealized we were having trouble andneeded some help…I have a ninemonth old now,” says the mom ofKieran Finn. She credits her treatmentto the pregnancy. “It helped me to

Local acupuncturist gives NovaScotia an international voice intraditional Chinese medicine

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Dr. Diana Tong Li with Julia, placing acupuncture needle in ‘the third eye.’ Photo: Cyndi Sweeney

十三岁那年，李彤医师患上了慢性疼痛症，从此开始了她对中医学的求学和践行生涯。少年的李彤被诊断患有类风湿性关节炎，关节疼痛不断困扰着她。在尝试药物治疗无果后，李妈妈决定带小李彤去看中医。李彤回忆道: “在接受针灸治疗后，我的膝盖、手、手腕、手肘的疼痛竟明显地缓解了。”

针灸不仅缓解了李彤的病痛，更改变了她的人生轨迹。如今，她是位于加拿大新斯科舍省哈利法克斯市李陈济针灸中医诊所（Life-Care Acupuncture andNatural Medicine）的共同所有人。

李医师生于北京，在深圳医院工作研习针灸，在广州获取硕士学位。她与丈夫陈实成医师分别在黑龙江中医药大学获取博士学位，共同创办了后来的李陈济针灸中医诊所。

2013年11月，在积极实践、研究中医学并取得显著成就后，李医师获取世界针灸学会联合会（World Federationof Acupuncture and Moxibustion Soci-eties）的资格认证。世界针灸学会联合会是经世界卫生组织认证的唯一此领域的国际联合组织。此次认证肯定了李医师在替代医学领域所作出的贡献，对她作为一名出色的学者、从业者和践行者给予肯定。

“对我而言，这是莫大的荣耀。在你倾尽心血投入一件事的以后，能在国际领域受到肯定，是非常鼓舞人心的。”与此同时，来自新省小城哈法的呼声能被国际舞台所聆听，使她感到无比欣慰和振奋。

李陈夫妇移居加拿大已有24年，他们现在拥有两间诊所。三年前，他们在哈法成立了加拿大中医针灸学院，以培训更多专业的针灸医师。“当初我们来到加拿大正是因为看见了加国医疗市场对针灸以及替代医学的广阔需求。”

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In our last issue of Dakai Maritimes,we covered the TIANS Tourism Sum-mit and the question of how to makeNova Scotia an attractive vacationdestination for the ever-growingChinese tourism market. Even though2014 is still in its infancy, projectionsare already looking good for NovaScotia attracting more Chinese touriststo our shores, both locally and abroad.“This year, there will be more Chinesetourists from overseas that will cometo Nova Scotia,” says Charlie Zhang,Marketing Manager for PiYao Interna-tional Travel. PiYao typically deals

with regional tourism agents in main-land China, who represent clientsinterested in venturing to our part ofthe world. Zhang says he’s alreadyreceiving calls to book trips to AtlanticCanada.“This year, it started in January,” saysZhang. “That’s different, becausenormally these requests only happenin April or even May.”According to Zhang, the best way forNova Scotia to entice visitors from afaris simply to let them know we’re here.“A lot of the travel agencies outside ofNova Scotia, they didn’t know whatAtlantic Canada looked like,” saysZhang. “That’s the reason they don’t

Projections for Chinese tourism to Nova Scotiain 2014 looks promising

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上期，我们报道了新省旅游协会年度峰会，同时也探讨了新省吸引中国游客的新举措。尽管2014年才刚刚来临，我们已经可以预测将有更多中国游客选择前往新省观光旅行，其中也包括在加华人。

貔貅国旅市场经理张先生表示：“今年，新省将迎来更多中国游客入境前往观光。”貔貅国旅与中国内陆地区多家旅行社合作，负责游客在加拿大大西洋地区的旅游行程。张先生介绍，以往，问询及旅行旺季多在四月、五月，但今年一月就有游客开始咨询。

张先生认为，加强宣传力度对开拓新省旅游市场很有必要。

“很多外地的旅行社并不了解新省，也不知道加东旅游业的卖点在哪里。”张先生还说：“这是外地旅行社难以推广新省旅游路线的原因所在。”

可喜的是，相关旅游机构已经开始积极将本市推向新市场，并且已经有所收获。其中， Destination Halifax瞄准大多伦多地区第二和第三代华人移民，推出试验项目。 Destination Hali-fax的市场负责人 Lynn Ledwidge女士介绍道：“活动的主题叫做‘东岸，这个地方不是那么遥远’。”去年十月，Ledwidge策划并实施“赢加东双人游”有奖问卷调查活动，收获颇丰。本次活动主要面向多伦多及周边地区的华人社区，通过当地中文纸媒、邮寄以及网络营销等渠道，向读者们宣传并展现加拿大东岸哈利法克斯的旅游价值。

Ledwidge接着介绍：“这个主题的灵感源于‘东方’一词，因为中国一直被称为“东方”；以多伦多定位，哈利法克斯也在东边。”

Ledwidge表示，通过这个实验项目，她希望人们开始注意到新斯科舍省。据统计，活动一经推出，超过16万来自大多伦多地区的网民访问了活动网址。其中，1952人参与了“赢加东双人游”有奖问答。

Ledwidge表示，本次问卷调查结果很乐观。在随机抽取的300份问卷中，80%表示希望到哈法旅游，75%表示希望到大西洋地区旅游。”Ledwidge说：“我们正在调整问卷的侧重点，准备在四月底展开新一轮的调查活动。”

尽管前途乐观，新省的旅游业仍需要时间，在不改变本省旅游特色的前提

下，为开拓迎接新市场做好充分的准备。

针对这一点，貔貅国旅张经理表示：“中国市场是一个巨大的潜在市场，但我们需要做足准备。”他手头正在起草若干计划，以应对这个蓄势待发的产业。“大家应该在三、四月份就会看到一些成绩。”

本次“加东双人游”的大奖已经结束。想要了解更多更全面的新省旅游路线，请访问: destinationhalifax.com/visitors/core-experiences.

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sleep, to calm down and not be soattached to having to get pregnant,”says MacKay.She says it was less expensive thangoing the Western route of IVF and ithelped financially that her insuranceprovided partial coverage. “For me, itmade more sense to invest my moneyin a natural holistic treatment, in linewith my body,” says MacKay.“The human body has a lot of healingpower. On the right program, the bodycan heal itself,” says Li. She describeshow treating an eight-year-boy withAttention Deficit Disorder (ADD) notonly helped the child focus and con-centrate, but also brought peace to hisfamily. “The family’s church found him sodisruptive they were asked not to at-tend,” says Li. She says the boy’s schoolwanted him to take medication. Li sayswithin a few treatments the boy wasable to concentrate and focus, he wasable to sit still in school and church.“He’s now a top student.”Li and Chen treat many disorders in-cluding sports injuries, colitis, Crohn'sdisease and whiplash. Having been inthree car accidents herself, she’s de-voted years to clinically researchinghow best to reduce patient recoverytime and promote thorough healing.

Beverly Mercer is a cardiac nurse andbusy mother of two. A car accidentresulted in her being off work for fivemonths. “I wanted to get back to workand my physiotherapist even admittedwe weren’t getting anywhere withphysio,” recalls Mercer. Her doctorreferred her to Dr. Li. “I was very skep-tical and scared. I couldn’t even bare tolook at the needles,” says Mercer.Mercer’s car accident resulted in thirdgrade whiplash, which has neurologicalinvolvement where she lost feeling inher right hand and two fingers. Mercersays she noticed a difference after onevisit. “I said to my husband I know you’regoing to think I’m crazy, but I’m feelingbetter.”Dr. Gilda Bowdridge trained in medi-

cine in Romania and moved to Canada28 years ago and repeated her resid-ency at Dalhousie University. Thefamily doctor is open to Eastern medi-cine and referred Mercer, along withother patients for acupuncture. “I refer patients to Dr. Li and Dr. Chenbecause I have had excellent resultsfrom them myself,” says the competit-ive dancer. Pain she experienced from dancing,she says was gone after three weeks oftreatment. “What I like is, when they treat onearea, in the same treatment they cantreat the whole body,” like the spleen,liver and even facial lines by increasingvascular flow to the facial tissue, saysBowdridge. “We’re not just working onthe pain area, we’re following the me-

ridian line in the body and treating thewhole body,” smiles Li. She doesn’tintend to slow down anytime soon. “Ilove my job. It makes me so happy.”

AcupuncturistCONTINUED FROM PAGE 7

李陈夫妇治疗过许多疾病，这其中包括运动伤害、结肠炎、克隆氏症（炎症性肠胃病）和颈椎病等。李医师曾遭遇过三次车祸，对痛症感同身受，因此在临床研究上倾注了大量的时间，为解决患者病痛寻求最快速、有效的治疗方法。

梅赛是一名心脏科护士和两个孩子的母亲，一场车祸使她不得不停止工作接受治疗。“我想要继续工作，但连我的理疗师都承认理疗并不能治愈我的疼痛。”于是，理疗师为梅塞推荐李彤医师。梅塞回忆道：“一开始我非常迟疑和害怕，不敢直视那些针头。”

梅塞遭受的是三等伤害，因为神经系统受损，致使她的右手以及两根手指失去了知觉。第一次看诊后，梅塞回到家中告诉丈夫：“你肯定觉得不可思议，但我已经感觉好多了！”

吉尔达博士在罗马尼亚受过医学方面

李医师说：“我们拥有30余年的临床实践经验。”

李陈医师一直专注于疼痛防治、对抗压力和生育治疗。李医师自豪地说：“我们在对抗压力和生育治疗方面已有显著的成效。单就新省来说，我们的治疗目前已为病人们带来了多例三胞胎、四对双胞胎以及268名婴儿。”

六年前，37岁的麦凯因受精神压力困扰，前往李医师的诊所就诊。麦凯的压力来源于不孕，李医师决定让她每周接受两次针灸治疗。麦凯说：“我和丈夫曾尝试怀孕一年一直无效，所以我们开始寻求帮助。现在我有个九个月大的宝宝。”

她还表示，她所接受的针灸治疗很大程

度上帮助了她的受孕。“针灸帮助我睡眠，放松了我的身心，让我不再因为不孕而被困扰。”她谈到，相较于西方常见的试管婴儿，针灸是更为经济的医疗选择，并且，治疗费用也被包含在医保项目中，使她不必有经济上的负担。她说：“我个人而言更愿意接受一套自然的整体治疗方案。”

李医师介绍，人身体自带相当大的治愈能力。当你的身体系统在健康的状态下，它能够完成自我治愈。接着，她描述了自己是怎样治疗一个八岁男孩的注意力缺陷障碍，帮助他学会专注，并使他的家庭恢复平静的生活。李医师回忆说这个孩子总是坐立不安，学校要求孩子接受药物治疗，教堂也把一家人拒之门外。在接受李医师的几个疗程后，小男孩上课能够集中注意力学习，现在成绩优异，一家人也能够重返教堂。

的训练，28年前她移居加拿大并居住在戴尔豪西大学校园宿舍。这位家庭医生对东方医学本着开明的态度，向梅塞和其他病人推荐中医针灸。“我向病人们推荐李、陈医师，因为他们曾帮我治疗，且疗效显著。”

习舞的经历曾使吉尔达博士疼痛缠身，她在李陈济接受三周的治疗后，感到一些奇特的变化。“他们只在身体的一个区域进行针灸，但你的全身都会感受到治疗后的效果。脾、肝、肺的状况都有所改善，甚至面部也更加红润了。”吉尔达说道。

“我们治疗的不仅仅是患者疼痛的部位，我们也依照人体的经脉线络治疗患者的全身。”李彤医师从未想要停止或放慢自己对中医针灸学追逐的脚步。她说：“我热爱我的事业，它给我带来了莫大的快乐。”

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Bejing native brings unique perspective to Steele Volkswagen

696 Windmill Road, Dartmouth, NS1.888.785.2989 • 468.6411

When Stephem Qiang moved to Halifax from his native Beijing in 2006, sell-ing cars was the furthest thing from his mind. The young Beijing native was in town to earn a business degree at Saint Mary’s University. He quickly fell in love with the place. “Canada is such a relaxed country. It’s friendly here. A great place to do business.

When his parents moved to Canada a few years later Qiang decided to make Halifax his permanent home. In 2012, he accepted a job as a sales consultant at Steele Volkswagen in Dartmouth.

The new job was a learning experience from the start. “I’m a car guy,” he says. “I love cars, but I didn’t have any experience selling when I took this job. I’ve been learning everything on the job.”

Qiang brought a couple of skills with him however. Most importantly is his ability to communicate with Chinese customers in their own language, a rare competitive advantage in a city with a growing Chinese diaspora. His Chinese roots also give him the advantage of knowing his clients tastes and preferences better than most. Volkwagens are popular in China. So are white cars with dark interiors, and Qiang makes sure the dealership keeps plenty of cars with those features in stock.

Steele Volkwagen has another competitive advantage when it comes to at-tracting Chinese students. Unlike most car companies, Volkswagen Canada of-fers leasing for international students. “It’s very attractive for them to be able to lease a new car for the four years that they are here studying in Canada,” says Qiang.

Once a relationship has been established, many of Qiang’s customers con-tinue to deal with him when they bring their vehicles in for servicing. “I love communicating with people,” he says. “I love making new friends, and this job gives me the opportunity to do that.”

Stephem Qiang and manager Andrew MacPhee at Steele Volkswagen in Dartmouth. (Joseph Robichaud photography)

By Tom Mason

Dakai Maritimes • 打开加东 March 2014 11

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know how to sell the Nova Scotiaproduct to their client - they don’tknow what Nova Scotia has.”Regional tourism agencies are alreadyhard at work promoting the Nova Sco-tia product to new markets. Destina-tion Halifax recently launched a trialprogram, marketing directly to secondand third generation Chinese-Cana-dians living in the Greater TorontoArea, with highly promising results.“It’s ‘The East is Not So Far,’” saysLynn Ledwidge, Director of Marketingat Destination Halifax. Ledwidgelaunched a contest last October mar-keted directly to Chinese communitiesin Toronto and outlying areas. Themarketing campaign featured front-page coverage in Chinese-languagenewspapers, direct mailing, and anonline component — all with the aimof inviting second and third generationChinese-Canadians to consider Hali-fax as an authentically Canadian ex-perience on the East Coast.“Our hope was to draw attention onthe fact Eastern Canada is not so fareast by playing on the Asian Far Eastwording — Come East from Torontofor a truly great vacation experience,”says Ledwidge.Ledwidge expected modest resultsfrom the pilot project, which aimedprimarily to simply start the conversa-tion on visiting Nova Scotia, and ex-pose a new market to what theprovince had to offer. As it turns out,the numbers tell a story of an un-tapped market aching to pay us a visit— more than 165,000 GTA residentsvisited the site, and 1,952 entered thecontest.“The survey results were very, verygood,” says Ledwidge, who polledmore than 300 people who entered thecontest. “Eighty per cent of the surveyparticipants said they’d like to visitHalifax — 75 per cent would be inter-

ested in seeing other areas of AtlanticCanada.”“With work underway to develop aSpring program that goes back intomarket to convert interest to the pos-sibility of purchasing online package,we’ll be presenting to this audienceagain by late April,” says Ledwidge.As promising as these signs may be,Nova Scotia’s tourism industry stillneeds some time to adapt and preparefor these new markets, without chan-ging what Nova Scotia is all about.“The Chinese market is a big potentialmarket, but we need some time,” saysZhang, who even now is working onhaving some proposals ready for thetourism industry soon. “Right now wehaven’t made a significant change, butyou will see something in March, ormaybe April.”A winner for The East is Not So Farcontest has been selected, but if youwant to learn more about what NovaScotia has to offer tourists from China,Toronto and beyond, check out destin-ationhalifax.com/visitors/core-experi-ences.

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14 文化 • Culture

While many traditions associated withthe 24 terms didn’t get passed downthrough generations, most of the eat-ing customs did.The eating customs reflect culturalceremonies of the time and the lan-guage. For instance, people eat green-colour food during the Clear andBright term (Qingming) in spring, asthe sound of both the term and ‘spring’is the same with the word ‘green’. For

the same reason, in the White Dewterm, people intend to eat white-col-our food. In the Awakening of Insectsterm, people eat pears (li) to driveaway the harmful insects. Further-more, people engrave fresh radishesinto shapes of flowers for decoration inwelcoming the Start of Spring. Peopleeat more protein in the Start of Sum-mer to prepare for the soon-arrivingfarming season, and also eat shrimps(xia) for its same sound with ‘summer’.Moreover, people eat dumplings dur-ing Winter Solstice to prevent havingears frozen in winter, as the shape ofthe dumpling is similar to human’s ear.

The 24 terms also reflects some of thetraditions of the Chinese diet, one ofwhich is eating seasonal food. Eachterm represents each growing step ofthe crops, the trees and the live stocks.Eating freshly produced food withinthe terms means to participate in theprocesses of the nature. People eatleaves in the terms in spring, fruits insummer, squash and apples in fall, andfrozen fruits and poultry in winter. Inmodern days, many foods are suppliedat all seasons resulting significantchanges in these dieting customs.However, many Chinese remain to eatseasonally produced foods.

Furthermore, it is also believed that weshould eat what the body needs. Ac-cording to the Five Elements Theory,the liver needs green food in spring,the heart needs red food in summer,the lungs needs white food for fall, andthe kidney needs black food in winter.Keep in mind, eating habits associatedwith the twenty-four terms vary byregion. Although the health benefits ofpracticing these traditions are not allclinically and scientifically proven, theprocess of exploring surely makes lifemore interesting, especially in the olddays.

24 Solar Terms: FoodBY QIANYI GAO,

CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE ATSAINT MARY’S UNIVERSITY

江浙一带有清明节吃青团的习俗。 “冬至吃饺子，不冻耳朵皮”。

In certain regions in Southern China, people eat green-colour food during the Clearand Bright term. Contributed People eat dumplings with the shape of ears in Winter Solstice. Contributed

随着现代化的进程，二十四节气的很多传统都式微了，唯独食俗得以传承及发展。节气食俗具有仪式感，同时反映中国人摄食养生的观念。

节气食俗的一个显著特征是具有仪式感。比如在春季的“清明”时节，人们吃“青色”的东西，如青团。由于清、青谐音，同时也因为春季主绿。同理，在秋季的“白露”时节，人们会有意多吃白色的东西。惊蛰期间，人们食梨，因“梨”与“离”谐音，

人们希望惊蛰期间开始涌出的害虫远离自己。还有，立春时节人们会把红萝卜刻成花状装饰餐桌，以迎接百花齐放的春天；立夏时节吃蛋、肉，以期夏忙时更有体力。另外，还吃“虾”，因为和“夏”谐音。冬至时节人们吃饺子时会说，“冬至吃饺子，不冻耳朵皮”。

在节气食俗中，我们可以看到中国人的饮食养生观念。其一，摄食当季食物。二十四节气是动植物生长周期的时间表，是细分了的季节。人们根据节气进食，参与大自然的运化。在春天的节气里，人们食用新生的花叶；在夏天的几个节气里，人们食用新

米，夏季的蔬果；而在秋天的几个节气里，人们不再食用春夏的蔬果，如茄子，西瓜等，而吃秋天新结实的，如南瓜，苹果等。在冬季，过去人们吃不到新鲜的食物，所以只能消费秋天时储藏的大白菜、冻梨和冻肉等。人们按照大自然的运程进食。如今物类流通，四季食品应有尽有，改变了很多人的饮食习惯。但不少人还是以“当季”为安，遵循与自然环境同步的原则。

另一饮食养生观念叫做“缺啥补啥”。如何知道身体缺什么呢？中国人用五行学说与节气结合起来进行推算。春季是肝脏活动旺盛的时节，人

们相信多吃青绿色食物，如青菜，青豆等对肝脏有好处。夏季对应的脏腑是心脏，需养心，人们会多吃西红柿和红苹果等红色的食物；秋季对应的脏腑是肺，人们吃白果，百合等白色、养肺的食物；冬季对应的脏腑是肾，人们吃黑芝麻，黑米等黑色的食物。

关于各节气吃什么，因地域及发展历史不同，适用原则不止以上这几条。有的所谓“原则”没有什么科学性，但节气食俗对养生的贡献是大的，而且的确给平淡的生活增添了乐趣。

二十四节气之食俗圣玛丽大学孔子学院高倩艺


为迎农历新年，新省华人艺术俱乐部于 1月25日下午在 Keshen Good-man公共图书馆为观众带来了舞蹈、乐器及合唱等表演。近50名观众聚集表演现场，聚精会神地观看了近半小时的表演，并在活动结束后饶有兴趣地与表演者交流、讨论。

华艺俱乐部庆新春表演

1月31日晚，圣文森山大学国际教育中心于校内 Vinni’s Pub 为师生举办了马年新春庆祝会。大学校长Dr.Ramona、留学生及师生约70人出席了本次庆祝会，共庆马年春节。活动现场的春联、年画、民乐和生肖介绍，无不洋溢着浓厚的中国年味。校长Dr. Ramona 在活动中致辞，给大家送去新春祝福，并谈及马年精神。庆祝会上，大家共享中国菜，观赏精彩的文艺表演，并交流和讨论中国文化。本次活动让远在异乡的中国留学生们感受到了年味，也让不同文化背景的师生对中国新年有了更深入的了解和体验。

圣文森山大学师生共庆马年大吉

2月15日，孔子学院新老学生、往届夏令营营员及家长、圣玛丽大学校长Colin Dodds 博士、副校长 DavidGauthier博士以及新省华人协会资深顾问关汉华博士，应邀与孔子学院工作人员共计80余人欢聚一堂，庆祝2014年新春。学院的工作人员及志愿者用传统的中国元素红包、窗花、灯笼、红布和剪纸等将活动现场营造出浓厚的节日气氛。新省华艺俱乐部及圣玛丽大学汉语专业的学员也应邀为联欢会助兴。精彩的民乐演奏、民族舞蹈及加拿大人合唱中文歌等节目将活动气氛推向高潮。最后，联欢会在一片欢歌笑语中落下帷幕。

孔子学院2014春节联欢会

1月26日晚，由圣玛丽中国留学生联谊会举办的“2014马年同欢乐”在圣玛丽大学 McNally Main Theatre举办。晚会在来自中国大陆、香港、台湾和加拿大主持人的祝词中拉开帷幕。今年晚会有五百余中外观众到场观看。圣玛丽大学校长夫人Carol Dodds以及副校长 Dr. David Gauthier 代表校长出席本届晚会并致辞。本台晚会给不能回家的学生们带来了传统佳节的氛围和喜悦，并且让当地居民更好地了解到中国文化。

圣玛丽大学2014 马年同欢乐


16 车行天下 • Automotive

Brad Pitt is one of my favourite actors. There. I said it.I’ll also confess that I was freaked outafter I saw the movie Seven in 1995.You know, the one where Pitt playshomicide detective David Mills who,along with veteran detective WilliamSomerset (Morgan Freeman), tracks asadistic serial killer who's murderscorrespond with Christianity’s sevendeadly sins.I thought of that movie while drivingthe leading character in this column —the 2014 Audi A7 TDI Technik S-Line.My hedonistically luxurious testercould've had Seven's killer, John Doe

(Kevin Spacey), justifiably doing thisdriver in for ‘lust,’ or even ‘pride.’As the most curvy of all Audis, the A7sedan's coupe-like exterior look canget a heart (like mine) racing in anti-cipation of the drive to come.Its lustful exterior attire also adds toticker flutter with its monstrous gloss-black single-frame grille; its Lam-borghini Estoque-esque raked wind-shield and diving front fenders; thedeep side bumper vents; and its 20-inch, dual-tone, seven double-spokewheels wrapped in performance winterrubber.Under the hood was something notbefore seen in the A7 — a common-

Audi’s 2014 A7 TDI TechnikS-Line offers divine drivingexperience

BY TODD GILLIS

CONTINUED ON PAGE 17The 2014 Audi A7 TDI Technik S-Line. Todd Gillis photo2014款奥迪A7 TDI Technik S系。


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rail, turbocharged, direct-injection,diesel-fueled V6 engine.With a surprising and addictive 428pound-feet of low-rpm torque, the A7TDI can commit many asphalt sins.That torque is ready in an instant tosnap the mid-sized luxury diesel offthe line, and its driver back into hisleather, heated-and-cooled, 12-way-powered seat (it gets from zero to 100kilometres per hour in 5.7 seconds). Push its throttle harder and longer andyou can feel and listen to its magnifi-cent eight-speed automatic Tiptronictransmission sing through the gearslike a symphony of angels, withbackup, gear-holding vocals providedby its wheel-mounted paddle shifters.While the power is indeed there inspades to sanction a trip to the confes-sional, its ability for frugality shouldatone for any bad behaviour. On the highway, Transport Canadarates it at 5.3 litres/100 kilometres,while city fuel consumption is at 8.5.Audi says one full 73-litre tank of dies-el could get the A7 TDI more than1,000 kilometres. Inside, the A7 TDI offers the look, feel,comfort and technology one would

expect from Audi and perhaps its$98,500 price tag (it includes $20,400in options).Its black Beaufort wood dash insertswith their white pin stripes lookastounding.I could imagine that design on suitsworn by Peter Bang and Svend Oluf-sen, the Danish men who provided myentertainment for a week through 15speakers inside A7 TDI for an entrancefee of $6,500.Of course, there’s more; far too manymore standard and optional features tofit in this space.But some other key attributes worth amention include: cylinder-on-demand;LED headlights; headlight washers; anadvanced Audi parking system withcorner-view camera; night-vision cam-era; start/stop function; movement-activated tailgate open; hybrid alumin-um construction; adaptive cruise con-trol with stop-and-go function; laneassist; head-up display; four-zone airconditioning; and an electronic retract-able rear wing.Yes, the A7 TDI, like a deep-friedcheesecake (or an insane serial killer),was absolutely sinful with its hot looks,its powerful, fuel-efficient engine, itssuperior handling and its bountifulgadgets and technology.I’m now off to confession.

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The A7 TDI lives up to it’s luxury roots inside. Todd Gillis photo

This turbocharged, direct-injection, diesel-fueled V6 engine is new to the A7. Todd Gillis photo

A7 TDI继续给用户带来奢华内饰体验。

A7 新配备V6涡轮增压柴油直喷发动机。

我承认 Brad Pitt 是我最爱的演员之一。我也承认，他1995年的电影《七宗罪》让我毛骨悚然。Pitt在电影里饰演的凶杀案侦探 David Mills 和老侦探William Somerset（Morgan Freeman饰）一起调查由宗教仪式“七大罪”设局犯下的七宗连环谋杀案。试驾2014奥迪A7 TDI Technik S系时，我满脑子都是这部电影。

我奢侈享受的试驾可能已经拥有了做七宗罪杀手John Doe （Kevin Spacey饰）的感受。这次试驾无可非议地满足了我的“欲望”和“骄傲”。作为所有奥迪轿车中最有曲线的一款，此款A7轿车的跑车外观无疑得到了（像我一样）喜爱赛车的车主的倾心。

其出众的外观还增添了尊贵的黑色单框格栅，兰博基尼Estoque式的倾斜挡风玻璃和前端挡板，深侧保险杠通风口和表现出众的双音七辐20英尺冬胎。

打开引擎盖可以看到在之前的A7系列中所没见过的: 一副配备涡轮增压共轨六缸柴油引擎。

在低转速就能爆发出惊人又让人上瘾的最大428牛米扭矩，A7 TDI 确实引人犯罪。如此强大的扭矩，能让驾驶者安坐于舒适的驾驶室内，以近乎瞬间的速度抛离同级的柴油车。此外, 室内的双区恒温空调真皮座椅配有12向电动调节功能。

随着深踩油门时间越来越长，配合奥迪自家八速Tiptronic变速器拨片换

挡，你会感受到声浪悦耳如天使交响乐般从排气管源源不断地往外输送。

根据加拿大交通部的数据，A7在高速公路上的耗油率为5.3升/100公里，城市耗油量为8.5升。奥迪官方表示，加满73升的柴油油箱可以供给 A7 TDI达1000公里以上的续航里程。

内饰方面，奥迪A7无论是外观、质感、舒适度还是科技方面，都无愧于Audi的品牌价值以及其$98,500的价格（此价格包括$20,400选项费用）。

车内黑色Beaufort木制面板与白色细纹的交织，配合车内15支高音质扬声器，给我带来的震撼犹如Peter Bang和Svend Olusen 两位身着西装的丹麦男士为我表演一周，而这享受的代价是$6,500的入场费。

当然，更精彩的是，A7内部有太多太多标准配备和附加功能可供选择。此车型其他值得一提的关键配置包括：汽缸按需运行系统，LED大灯，大灯清洗装置，配备角视摄像头的奥迪先进停车系统，夜视摄像头，停止/启动系统，运动激活式后备箱开启功能，铝合金构造，巡航定速自动启停系统，车道辅助，抬头显示，四区空调以及电子伸缩尾翼。

A7 TDI 像一块罪恶的油炸芝士蛋糕（或者一个疯狂的连环杀手）一样拥有撩人的外观，功能强大又节能的发动机，卓越的操控感受以及丰富的功能和科技。

我现在要去忏悔了！

美妙神圣的驾驶体验：2014款奥迪 A7 TDI Technik S系译/刘佳宁


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2月2日，本省华人社团中华会馆举办了一年一度的庆新春聚会活动。热闹喜庆的舞狮表演，红红火火的民族舞蹈，悠扬的传统民族乐器，连财神爷也忍不住到场给大家贺岁、祝福。

中华会馆2014新春聚会

2月2日，戴尔豪斯大学中国学生学者联谊会在本校Art Center举办了马年春节联欢晚会。晚会有幸邀请到了中国驻加拿大大使馆的老师和大学新上任的校长参与，观众人数达900余人。晚会现场提供了丰盛的美食以及精彩的节目表演，包括民族舞、乐器合奏、说唱、街舞、魔术、时装秀等。最后的抽奖环节让幸运的观众赢得大礼，满载而归。

戴尔豪斯大学马年春晚

1月31日，孔子学院在圣玛丽小学举办了“中国文化日”主题活动，与在校师生们共同迎接中国新年。活动期间，学院为学生们展示了剪纸、书法、传统中国乐器（古筝和二胡）以及传统中国服饰，还给学生们准备了踢毽子等小游戏。本次活动集合了一年级到六年级的150名小学生参与互动。

孔子学院“中国文化日”主题活动

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