About Pesta Tanglung Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (PTUTM)

Pesta Tanglung Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (PTUTM) was founded in 1997 with the aspiration to preserve the Chinese culture by celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Mooncake Festival, among different races of students in the university. In co-operation with the Student Representative Council of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, PTUTM has successfully organized the Mooncake Festival & Cultural Night for the previous years.

Throughout the 20 years, the secretariat had provided a platform for its members to develop personal soft skills and nurture future quality leaders. To a greater extent, PTUTM serves as a medium to break cultural boundaries and to disseminate cultural awareness among the diverse races of university students.

Among all the Mooncake Festival & Cultural Nights held by the local public universities, PTUTM was the first one to hold outdoor. As the event is being carried out in the outdoor, participants will be able to experience the natural ambience of Mooncake Festival & Cultural Night together with friends and families. In addition, we could fully utilize our venue especially the man-made lake to decorate it with breathtaking water lanterns. We also included food stalls, information booths, gaming sites and other decorative structures to make the event merrier.

In conjunction with the Rukun Negara and the ‘1Malaysia’ concept, UTM Mooncake Festival & Cultural Night has set promoting the importance of cultural understanding and mutual tolerance as one of the main objectives. We aim to foster good relationships and to break cultural frontiers among people of different races. Our secretariat will manage this event to be a cultural understanding event.

中秋园游会的历史可追溯到1997年，自工艺大学华裔学生理事会(工华)成立以来，工大中秋晚会和新春资料展都是工大华裔生主办的正式活动。每逢中秋期间，工华都会在Balai Cerapan举行中秋晚会。但后来，由于工华分身乏术，先是于1997年初决定将中秋独立成体，更于1998年11月23日全权将园游会交给中秋俱乐部筹办，本身保留为中秋俱乐部的咨询团体。

1997年的工艺大学中秋俱乐部，毅然将中秋园游会办在户外，成了全马第一所将中秋活动地点进行在户外的大专学府学生社团。户外场地，使筹委们能发挥想象和创意、不受空间约束地布置场景；与此同时，也让参与的同学们能一起提灯笼游校园、赏月，更贴近中秋节的气氛。湖中央的水灯笼、陆地上的走马灯和头顶上横纵分布的灯笼，乃工大中秋的特色之一，让参与者更沉醉在中秋佳节的氛围当中。工大中秋一路走来，已历经了20年的岁月。除了1998年第二届的中秋园游会停办，其他的园游会都成功圆满的完成。

工大中秋园游会不仅介绍中华文化予校内友族同胞、甚至异国学生；甚至也扛起了传承中华文化的责任，让身为炎黄子孙的我们了解及知道。除此之外，中秋园游会不但塑造一个展现文化艺术的平台，同时也兼并着秉持一个马来西亚的精神，让不同种族，不同文化背景，不同社会阶级的人士，共聚一堂，共同沉浸在中华文化的熏陶里。此外，通过举办这样的活动，可将全国华裔子民的心联系在一起，共同一齐欢度及庆祝这个华人传统里象征团圆的日子。通过中秋园游会，我们不再『独在异乡为异客，每逢佳节倍思亲』；相反，我们依然可以品尝到团圆的滋味，更可以庆祝节庆的气氛。

Official Logo of Pesta Tanglung UTM

Purple

Brings the meaning of honourable and respectable. In the Chinese tradition, purple colour belongs to the royals. One of the prominent example is The Forbidden City (Zi Jing Cheng) in Beijing.

Full Moon

Resembles the brightest Moon on the 15^th day of 8^th month in lunar calendar. Also used to portray the unity and cohesion among Chinese students in UTM.

City walls

Resembles the unity of every members of PTUTM, an impregnable force, and the energy and determination to perpetuate the Chinese culture.

Cloud

Cloud and water are always in a cycle, a never ending cycle. Depicting PTUTM will be continuous and perpetual.

紫色

代表尊贵，在中国传统里，紫色是王者的颜色，如北京故宫又称为“紫禁城”，亦有所谓”紫气东来”，象征中秋在华夏子民的心目中之崇高。

圆月

象征八月十五的月亮，又大又圆，又表示全工大华裔团结一心。

城郭

象征工大中秋俱乐部下各团结一心，以坚不可摧之势，将中秋文化发扬光大。

祥云

云是水循环的一种形态，而水循环是永不断续的，寓意着工大中秋生生不息，薪火一届传一届。