In Australia, there are about 5,000 Chinese and Russian descendants. Their parents had similar experiences. They had come to China from Russia in the early years. Some of them had never returned, and some had gone to other countries. Let us approach them and listen to their stories.

Every Tuesday night, the Cabramatta Community Centre produces beautiful Soviet music. The songs were sung by Chinese and Russian descendants living in Sydney. Some of them are the first generation of Chinese and Russian hybrids, some of which are second or third generation. And the organization they met every week was a fluent Chinese, a Russian named Renia.

He began studying Chinese at the age of 17, and his wife was from China, and the children were of Chinese and Russian descent. He is currently a doctoral student at the university of Sydney and is studying “the comparison between Chinese and Russian descendants in Australia and China”. Last year, Mr. Renia said he Shared his thoughts with a group of Chinese and Russian descendants who lived in Sydney when he was working on his doctoral thesis. Therefore, the Australian Russian-Chinese Heritage Society was established to preserve and promote the culture of China and Russia.

He said he was able to find Russian characteristics from a group of Chinese and Russian friends, both in customs and in expressions and expressions. But because of historical reasons, Chinese and Russian descendants have lost many of the characteristics they once had, and language is one of them. Some of them are also confused about identity.

Renia tells us that there are many such Chinese and Russian descendants in Australia. Their parents had similar experiences, from Russia to China in the early years, some never to return, some to other countries. A song called “eternal memory” is also circulating among Chinese and Russian descendants, describing their parents’ experience of coming to China from Russia. The lyrics read:

I can’t remember which day I came here.
How many happy dreams are given to you.
Goodbye mom, goodbye my brothers and sisters,
I bid farewell to my homeland where my homeland raised me
Hallelujah, thank you for your courage.
Followed my sweetheart
I came and settled here…..

PS: Renia is nickname, his full name is: Evgueni Singatouline (weChat Name: Xinjatulin)

SBS Interview – published on 7.5.2018

SBS Madarin Radio Interview – Between 48 -58 minutes

Australia Russian-Chinese Heritage Society successfully organized today’s picnic led by Singatouline. 

In the early morning, the clouds were high and crisp. More than 30 Chinese and Russian descendants drove to the parking opposite the Cabramatta Community Hall and gathered,  start journey to Bens Basin Camping, Nick couple has arrived to the destination around 9:00. Nicks couples brought their marinated meat ready for barbecue and  together with the dining table and chairs to the destination.  With the help of Sasha, Aliaosha ​​and others, they began to ignite to prepare for the barbecue. Nina Tan prepared delicious and tasty cold dishes. Xiao ying took care of all the seniors,  our old friends as Xiao, najia, Zhang Ximei, Ba Na, Wang Jinlan, Xiao Fengying, Guo Jincheng and others were invited and actively participated in this picnic. The picnic was essentially a form that the Singatouline (WeChat Leader) had long planned to express the cultural life of the Chinese and Russian descendants. Through this activity, the special features of the Chinese and Russian descendants were fully reflected and the Chinese and Russian descendants were more vividly represented. Lively cheerful personality and the customs of living in two countries!

Everyone sang and danced happily in the accompaniment of Aliaosha, Sasha, Nick, and the beautiful small band. It was  fun play, happy drink and dancing ….. Finally, with the joint efforts of all, we helped each other to bring all the things back to their cars and said good-bye to each other. 

Singatouline  has already made an arrangement for an interview by SBS mandarin Radio on next Tuesday, our group speciality would attract many attention ! 

Agathia Yin Lan Ge

 

Meipian – Valentina (Xiaoying) 

Our President, Agathia Ge, won the 2018 Community Senior Service Award NSW Seniors Local achievement Awards. The award ceremony was held at the Lidcombe Bowling Club. It also celebrated the great achievements made by our

President.

Bai, Yuqi

 

President Ge, knowing that you have been awarded the Community Service for the Elderly to congratulate you and like you! You did a lot of work and paid a great deal of effort and wisdom. Get this well deserved, value! ??[Clap][Yeah!] Lie, Hao Tjin

 

 Little Audio Album by Lie Hao Tjin

Audio Photo Album by Lili 

Dear all NSW Multicultural Seniors Association members !

Today, April 14th, 2018, early morning, a sunny day, as early as 7:30 Lu Wei, Lily, Wu Guiyun, Wu Guilan, Jiang Guiying, Grace, Wu Yanping, Lu Lin, and others have already arrived at the venue to bear their responsibility to begin preparations for the event, Assistant of President, Baihe has careful planed the event, the slogan has written by the secretary Gao Hong, immediately hung on the rostrum. The venue was decorated very bright, and the event was officially held at 10:00 a.m.  the Director, Liudan played his role excellent and each activity was carried out smoothly and step by step.

1)The Hon.Ernest wang, MLC member of NSW upper house .

2) Greg Commings, Mayor of Cumberland Council.

3) Julia Finn MP. 

4) George Campbell, Labor Party Candidate.

5) Lihua Lin, The Honourable Mayor of Auburn.

6) Qingsong Chen, Chairman of Sydney Trade Union.

7) Singatulin from Metro Assist.

8) Ziggy, NSW MSA sponsor. 

Above leaders attended the event and addressed separately.

Mr. Chen Qingsong, President of the General Labor Union, gave us three-case books to the Senior Citizens Week as free gift, It allowed the Chinese to find out about the tearful history of the early Australian gold rush Chinese. Ernest Chen, member of Burwood Council, has attended our event during his busy schedule and also brought some delicious cake to reward all volunteers and he wishes all the seniors a very happy and have a good time !

The 400 middle-aged and older people attending the event,  each of them was wearing a festive costume to celebrate the Senior Week. After lunch,  the Director Liu Dan lead everyone to the dance floor and start dance. Those grey-haired seniors danced so beautiful as young people. They are as lively and lovely as they are. They are so happy and to share the joy and happiness of living in this beautiful and fertile land in Australia! 

Due to all the member’s efforts, the celebration of the Senior week ended at 2 pm successfully, every middle-aged and seniors have left the venue with a satisfied smile! 

In the end, with the hard work of all the directors and volunteers, the entire venue was back to the normal, neat and tidy! 

I wish you all good luck, happiness, peaceful and healthiness !

Agatha, Yin Lan GE

 

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The most beautiful things can’t beat red sunset 

The most beautiful things can’t beat red sunst

Warm and calm

Sunset is the flower that blooms late

Sunset is the aged wine

Sunset is the love that came late

The sunset is unfinished emotion

……

The melodious melody sounded, the elegant and graceful paces followed, graceful and colourful dance took place! Today, the song like the tide, flowers are like the sea; today, the beauty is like the clouds and handsome man is like forest !

New South Wales Multicultural Seniors Association members celebrate their own festival ! the gongs and drums will burst with thunderous applause ! The Granville City Hall was full with many capable members ! the mayor came, and the congressman came,  gathered and joined in the event.

Today, the association of friends led by the NSW MSA president Agathia Yin Lan Ge has also dedicated a festive feast for the seniors and middle-aged friends! The artistic team led by the artistic director Liu Dan has created a splendid literary feast for everyone!

In today’s event, Direct Liu Dan carefully planned the entrance ceremony, is unique and refreshing. The waist drum team is full of passion, the cheongsam team is warm and elegant, and the Yangko team is happy and joyful.

On the stage, colourful dresses dance around the beam; under the stage, the applause is constantly, smiling like the flowers brilliant.  They aren’t  the grey-haired seniors, this is a group of plucking a piece of white cloud  bleached hair of the dreamers !

Castle Peak is still there, sunset is red.  We thankful for your accompany on the journey of our dream, the friendship association, our happy harbour !

 

YANG, Ying

 

Meipian by Jin Min

Meipian by Zhang, Hu 

SBS Radio

In mainland China, 56 ethnic groups have beautiful stories, as well as mountains and rivers that you are fascinated by, and 56 ethnic groups have different national costumes. They form a Chinese dress culture and minority culture. A beautiful road in the middle of the road. After the precipitation of history and culture, each nation has its own characteristics, and national costumes have become their greatest charm.

For all of you, the legal representer of Australian Russian-Chinese Heritage Society, also the WeChat “Permanent Memory” group leader Mr Singatouline, took some beautiful photos of the minority costume of the Xinjiang region in China, please watch them through the Media Platform MeiPian ! Thanks !

At 10:00 this morning, the team of the Chinese Ancient Rhyme Drum Art Troupe and the Yang Ying team rushed from all directions to a park in Wentworthville for an obligatory performance.

The cultural performance starts at 12:00 and ends at 4:00. Today’s temperature is as high as 36 degrees.

Under the scorching sun and grassland, the actors are sweating and meticulously perform lumbar inspiration and classical dance for all ethnic groups. The enthusiastic applause was greeted by the enthusiastic and energetic waist-inspired and elegant and graceful southern style!

It is worth mentioning that Cumberland Mayor Greg Cummings also came to the park to participate in today’s event and took photos with the actors of the two teams.

Today, the venue did not provide lunch. The actors relied on a few fruits, hungry, and spent more than six hours in the Wentworthville park! No one is complaint.

Everyone forgot about hunger, passion, and joy to show the Australian people the colorful elements of China.

The beauties of the beautiful United Artists Art Troupe, you are the beautiful messengers of Chinese culture and pay tribute to you!

Yang, Ying

Today, friends from Xinjiang and northeast China once again demonstrated the culture of Chinese and Russian descendants in the activities of Russian social organizations. Although we are a small number of Chinese and Russian cultural enthusiasts, with their love of Sino-Russian culture, they are actively and enthusiastically disseminating the Chinese and Russian cultures and have been recognized and loved by the Russian community. What surprised me and touched me was that when the head of the Russian community presented a certificate of honor to our performers and said that we belong to the same lineage and come from the same culture. The preservation and dissemination of national culture is a far-reaching event. Many of us are capable of singing and dancing.

I encourage our Russian-Chinese descendants, please participate actively and make suggestions and make joint efforts to make this happen! Thank you for all the friends who participated in the performance!

 

Renia ( Xinjiatulin)

Please refer to the Media Platform

 

“NSW MSA” New Year Festival, “Art Festival” brilliant! Report 2018.2.18 (the first day of the third day of the dog year) “NSW Multicultural Seniors Association Spring Festival and Festival activities held in Strathfield City Hall auditorium. The guests filled the auditorium both inside and outside the auditorium with hundreds of congregations, and the rich “Chinese style” and the prosperous “Wang” year-round atmosphere of the New Year. 9:30 am The President of the Association, Ge, Yin Lan delivered a message of congratulation on the New Year, giving a brief account of the development of the Association over the past few years. “I would like to express my gratitude to all the members and guests for their concerted efforts in starting a business so as to urge everyone to continue their efforts in the new year and beyond. At the very beginning, we should try our best to make the “NSW MSA” a “home” that cares for the middle-aged and old people of all ethnic groups and better contribute to the multi-cultural community and community. Invited guests, “New York House Speaker Guo-Zhong Wang,” “Northeast Association President” Jiang Baotai “and other speeches, warmly congratulated the” NSW MSA”.  9:45 Culture and Performing Arts show kicked off in the drumsticks of “Beautiful China”. Fifteen dances and other shows were brilliant. More than a dozen art groups from the Association flocked to the stage to perform exquisitely and gracefully. Bodybuilding and dance, cheers, applause, it is refreshing, enjoy the visual feast. Finale drama by the “Oriental Yun Model Art Troupe” together a number of art teams, dozens of people in the hall (the best in the world)  cheongsam dance, Beautifully dressed, beautiful clouds, show the charm of traditional Chinese culture and cheongsam style.  Beautiful Art and spectacular performance attracted all audience as same as they enjoy the “ice cream” cool as at hot weather and cheerful. So far the performance of theatrical curtain came to an end. At about 11 am,  NSW MSA offered all audience the Fresh Lunch Box, after Lunch,  some of the Congregation gathered in the hall again start ballroom dance “Yan Guangming” a dancing teacher lead the dance, “Liang Jingru wish.” Happy entertainment, enjoy themselves! Memorable moment for the grand occasion (the third day of the first lunar month is the tradition of Chinese friends and relatives, and February 18 implies “passionate” & Good Luck, chasing Dream and having a brilliant 2018, I wish NSW MSA will be more prosperous with all the year success and glory future! (MeiPian contain 168 photos, please click and save them for your own memories. Zheng,Jing Min present)

Please refer to the following reports on the Media Platform:

1. Jing Min  Meipian

2.  DTV 澳洲東視影視傳媒  Meipian (1)  & Meipian (2)

3. Zhang Hu Meipian

Dear Members of All NSW Multicultural Seniors Association,

Hello everyone!

Today, I, Genia, head of the association of Chinese and Russian descendants of cultural preservation, my assistant Yu Jie, head of Marrickville venue Yuan Shilian, head of Cabramatta venue Nick, head of the Friendship Association musical instrument troupe Chen Huirong, attended Executive director of the association Mr. Wenliang Qiu’s funeral ceremony.

I represent our community as master of the farewell ceremony, to thank teacher Qiu for contribution to our community in just a few months, to express our sympathy and condolences to his son Jin Qiu.

Mr Xu, leader of Beijing Community Association and Minister of the Salvation Army presided the ceremony as well.

All the members of the Little Red Riding Hood sang the group song  “we meet in Sydney,” for teacher Qiu, it was the last time.

Under a serious atmosphere of unity at the funeral ceremony, everybody said good bye to him. Mr Qiu, a good member of our community is away forever from us.

His story will be recorded in our community nation’s hero book in New South Wales.

Agathia Yin Lan Ge

 

Please refer to the Meipian