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Art Festival
The Art Festival has become a tradition for of The High School of Peking University since 13 years ago. Up until 2001, the Festival was in the form of a grand New Year Performance, primarily hosted by both the Office of Students' Affair and the school directors. After 2002, the student’s union took over the supervision of the Festival, turning it into a festival for all students. Different talent show sectors for different specialties were scheduled in the festive December, in the end of which remained the grand performance, the joint of talents from the shows.

There have been at most 13 talent show sectors, of which campus singer competition is regarded as the symbol of the festival. The first competition began in December 2004, gathering only a small amount of contestants. From 2005 on, more than 200 students would attend the preliminary singer contest，while around 800 students would be audience for the final singer competition. Such figures make the campus singer competition one of the most anticipated events of the year. After more schools hold similar contests, student unions from different schools associated with each other to organize the first 7-school-united singer competition in April 2007. The High School of Peking University played the leading role and hosted this first united contest. Other popular talent show sectors include the piano sector with around 70 people attending, and the photography sector with over 300 pieces of artwork handed in each year.

At the end of the December, the grand performance, which now has become the closing ceremony for the whole month of Art Festival, will be held at the Peking University Hall. The ceremony, also serving as the New Years Party, is the elite of the talent shows through the festival. Only the best chosen shows are performed here, including school chorus, street dance, campus singer performance, musical performance, etc. As this ceremony becomes the climax of the festival, it also marks the end of the festive month and the beginning of a brand new year.