五月是花的季節(jié)，享有“花園州”美譽(yù)的美國新澤西州處處花團(tuán)錦簇，春色迷人。在這美好的春光中，第四屆亞裔傳統(tǒng)文化藝術(shù)節(jié)在新澤西最大的紐瓦克博物館拉開了帷幕。

隨著近年來亞裔人口在美國新澤西州的迅速增長，有一些小城鎮(zhèn)的亞裔人口比例已經(jīng)達(dá)到了本地人口的百分之十二，亞裔對(duì)美國經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展的貢獻(xiàn)是有目共睹的，亞裔的參政意識(shí)也水漲船高，新澤西州的西溫莎市和愛迪生市都分別有華裔和韓裔擔(dān)任市議員。

經(jīng)過半年多的籌劃，第四屆新州亞裔傳統(tǒng)文化藝術(shù)節(jié)順利舉行，華裔、印度裔、韓裔、日裔及美國本地各族裔數(shù)千人參加了開幕展。紐瓦克博物館里里外外洋溢著節(jié)日的喜慶，到處可見不同膚色的人穿著色彩鮮艷的唐裝穿插于展廳內(nèi)外。人們興致勃勃地在不同的工作室里學(xué)習(xí)并品嘗日本壽司和印度點(diǎn)心，也簇?fù)碇^摩中國畫的創(chuàng)作過程，此外，還有備受小朋友歡迎的筷子比賽和有獎(jiǎng)尋寶游戲等等。

今年適逢中國浙江與美國新澤西州締結(jié)友好姐妹州關(guān)系25周年，紐瓦克博物館特別開拓了一個(gè)展廳為“尋夢浙江”——中國浙江古鎮(zhèn)風(fēng)情攝影展。50幅精美的攝影作品真實(shí)地記錄了浙江獨(dú)特的古鎮(zhèn)風(fēng)情，顯示了浙江悠久的歷史文化，攝影展用特殊的東方神韻將浙江的奇山秀水和人文生態(tài)展現(xiàn)給美國的觀眾，美國觀眾說：“中國的山水這么美麗啊!”影展的一幅幅攝影作品，都是中國青山秀水的真實(shí)寫照，它們?cè)谙蜻@里的人們交流著中國文化的信息。

在文藝演出廳內(nèi)，享譽(yù)美國的新苗舞蹈團(tuán)演出了中國傳統(tǒng)的喜慶節(jié)日舞蹈“紅綢舞”以及優(yōu)雅的孔雀舞和精湛的京劇武打片斷。美麗的印度姑娘們隨著節(jié)拍，舞動(dòng)著古典與神秘，朝鮮姑娘們的扇子舞和長鼓舞更別具一格，不過這里最受歡迎的還是中國的武功表演。張?jiān)瓟y帶著他的中國功夫?qū)W院的學(xué)員們從紐約專程趕來演出。他是2001年國際武術(shù)比賽六枚金牌得主，同時(shí)也是美國武術(shù)比賽全能冠軍，這次他不但本人表演了精彩的太極功夫，他的各族裔弟子還表演了棍術(shù)、拳術(shù)、劍術(shù)、對(duì)打等節(jié)目，讓觀眾們看得驚心動(dòng)魄、目不暇接。在成龍的擲地有聲的“男兒當(dāng)自強(qiáng)”的歌聲中，武功健兒們個(gè)個(gè)精神抖擻，英氣勃發(fā)，現(xiàn)場頓時(shí)蕩氣回腸，激動(dòng)之情彌漫在整個(gè)表演場所。

浙江省派出的雜技團(tuán)到美國演出大型雜技“杭州故事”，在亞裔傳統(tǒng)文化藝術(shù)節(jié)開幕之時(shí)也前來鼎力相助，他們獻(xiàn)出了世界金獎(jiǎng)雜技比賽的銀牌節(jié)目，高難度的雜技讓觀眾們嘆為觀止，熱烈的掌聲把演出推向了高潮。雜技團(tuán)的壓軸戲是魔術(shù)“變臉”，一分鐘里數(shù)次變換臉譜，頓時(shí)讓觀眾們看得目瞪口呆，雜技表演一結(jié)束，臺(tái)下的一個(gè)個(gè)觀眾當(dāng)即成為“鐵桿粉絲”，他們對(duì)魔術(shù)師們的技藝一個(gè)個(gè)佩服得五體投地。

Dreams of Zhejiang Found in New Jersey

By Qin Feng， our special reporter in USA

In May， 2006 when New Jersey resembled a huge garden overflowing with spring flowers， the fourth Asian Heritage Festival was officially opened with the Newark Museum taking the center stage.

Thousands of Asian people including people of Chinese， Indian， Korean， Japanese origins flooded into the Newark Museum to attend the opening ceremony. Snacks were distributed free of charge. Kids played games.

The year 2006 marked the 25th anniversary of the twin relations between Zhejiang and New Jersey. A special exhibition entitled Dreams of Zhejiang was held at the museum. The 50 photographs on display showed the charms of ancient towns across eastern China's coastal Zhejiang Province.

Zhang Yuan， a kongfu master and international gold medalist based in New York， showed up with a group of his disciples. Their performance wowed the audience.

An acrobatic troupe from Zhejiang had been staging a lengthy performance entitled angzhou Story?in USA. And the troupe showed up at the opening ceremony of the heritage festival. The stunt the Hangzhou-based troupe staged at the festival had once won a silver medal at an international acrobatic competition. The acrobats performed unbelievable moves and brought down the house. The last trick the troupe played was 襢ace mask changing? Within a minute， the player changed his masks several times in a devastatingly exciting way， filling the audience with stunning wonder.

(Translated by David)