At 2:00 p.m. on October 23, Zhou Jie Xiaohui Dance School held the famous dancer, national first-class actor and founder of Zhou Jie Dance School in SpringHill Suites by Marriott Houston Westchase, "Beautiful Life - Zhou Jie Memorial Meeting". Nearly 100 people attended the memorial service, including Al Green, member of the Southwest District Management Committee of Houston, his former friends, famous film and television stars Chen Ye, Shen Jie, Zou Yali, Stella Wong, overseas Chinese leaders from all walks of life, school students and parents, and nearly 200 hundred people watched the live broadcast on the Internet.
The entire memorial service venue was decorated with Zhou Jie's favorite purple tone before his death, elegant and beautiful, idyllic and peaceful! The memorial service was presided over by Gao Xiaohui, principal of Zhou Jie Xiaohui Dance School. After a minute of silence, Congressman Al Green took to power to praise Zhou Jie's outstanding contributions to cultural exchanges between China and the United States and the world, calling her a citizen of the world... The flag of the United States of America was awarded to Zhou Jie. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner issued an order that October 1 be Zhou Jie's anniversary. Former Ambassador Li Qiangmin of the Chinese Consulate in Houston also recalled Zhou Jie through video with the participants, calling her a "beautiful angel".
Mr. Li Xiong fondly recalled the process of Zhou Jie's visit to his office in 1997 to request a dance school in Dinghao Square; Zou Yali recounted that she accompanied Houston Mayor Lee Lee. Brown and his party visited China, the scene of meeting Zhou Jie in Shanghai and becoming friends is still vividly remembered, and Zhou Jie provided them with various conveniences, introducing a large number of exchange students to the University of Houston to promote the prosperity and development of houston and Shanghai in all aspects; Zhou Jie's eldest sister in Houston, Chen Ye, could not hide her sadness, and recalled with tears: I knew Zhou Jie on the set of the movie "Wu Zetian", Liu Xiaoqing, Zhou Jie and I both participated in this film, and since then the three of us have formed a sisterhood. She chose to settle in Houston because I was here; Shen Jie, a friend who works at Houston Medical Center, introduced Zhou Jie's anti-cancer experience in the past six years. She said: In the process of treatment, Zhou Jie has always fought against the disease with superhuman perseverance and optimism, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, she will never give up, and during her serious illness, she did not forget to thank the attending doctors who treated her; parent Zhang Xiaolan excitedly recalled: At the Shanghai World Expo, Zhou Jie tried her best to win the rare opportunity to perform and volunteer for the children of the Houston Dance School, expanded the children's horizons, and played a great role in promoting their growth Parent Chen Jiajie thanked Teacher Zhou and her team for cultivating two excellent daughters for him, saying that Teacher Zhou was like a lotus in summer, and the essence was clean and clean.... The graduated students also came from other places to describe how they were attracted by Mr. Zhou's graceful dance, how Mr. Zhou interacted with everyone after class, and how to dress up and tie shoelaces for the children before the performance. Austin Zhao, former president of the Asian Chamber of Commerce, Yang Deqing, new and old executive director of the Chinese Activity Center, Fan Yuxin and other overseas Chinese leaders have also come to the stage to commemorate her living impressions...
Zhou Jie's desire and exquisite dance art performance, as well as her dedication and selfless spirit to the spread of Chinese and American culture; her humility, kindness, positive bravery in the face of disease, patience and hope for the fighting spirit, deeply touched every guest at the scene, as if Zhou Jie did not leave, she is alive in front of everyone's eyes, she will always live in people's hearts!
President Gao Xiaohui thanked all overseas Chinese leaders, friends and parents from all walks of life for their consistent support and help to the school for more than 20 years, thanked the "U.S.-China Art Education Alliance" for their strong donations and funds, and said that the teachers of the school will inherit Zhou Jie's last wishes, continue to wholeheartedly carry out the work of disseminating Chinese culture and art, and be a solid bridge for Sino-US art exchanges.
The memorial service ended with a "Neon Dress Feather Dance" performed by Zhou Jie and the students together, in the screen, Zhou Jie played the exquisite dance skills of Yang Guifei and the students' dancing postures, using dance to send off everyone's beautiful goddess, may she show her dance posture in heaven again, forever beautiful!