"China: Tradition and the Art of Living" highlighted REUNION and BALANCE, traditional principles that are of greater value than ever in China. The China program took visitors beyond the news headlines and ubiquitous mass-produced goods to highlight creativity, heritage, and masterful skill. There were more than one hundred artists and culture bearers featured in the program. Drawing from the past, but facing the future with energy and creativity, they are keeping traditions vital and relevant today. At the Festival, they demonstrated the artistry with which balance and reunion are realized within and across communities, and between humans and their environment—both through the changing seasons and in a changing world.