1911 Revolution
Activities commemorating centenary of China’s 1911 Revolution Home Affairs Bureau “Centenary of Xinhai Revolution” commemorative stamps. CHINA’S 1911 Revolution (also known as the Xinhai Revolution), which overthrew the Qing Government and thousands years of monarchy, was a watershed in modern Chinese history. 2011 marks the centenary of China’s 1911 “Feng Yu Heng Xie” drama show Revolution. A number of bureaus and departments, cum guided tour of historical sites including the Home Affairs Bureau (HAB), Education The Education Bureau featured a drama Bureau, Leisure and Cultural Services Department, show cum guided tour of historical sites of 1911 Home Affairs Department, Hongkong Post, Radio Revolution entitled “Feng Yu Heng Xie” on March Television Hong Kong and Efficiency Unit, as well as 12, 2011. The project incorporated elements various community, youth and cultural organisations, of drama, literature and historical field studies, have arranged various kinds of activities to assisting teachers through learning and teaching commemorate the centenary of the Revolution activities in order to stimulate students’ interest and to enhance public understanding of its historic in history, raise their language proficiency and significance. enhance national education. A learning and teaching resource package that included a script of A wide range of activities, including large- the drama, video record, route map of the historical scale exhibitions, talks, seminars, cultural shows, trail and activity samples was also produced. opera, drama, heritage tours and exchanges with the Mainland have been launched since last “4·23 World Book Day” in 2011 — September and will continue until early 2012. Some Creative competition on “Modern of the activities organised by relevant bureaus and China” departments are highlighted below.
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