Ceremony held in Zambia to celebrate Spring Festival

The Chinese Embassy in Zambia on Sunday held the 2025 Zambia-Chinese Spring Festival Temple Fair with a display of Chinese culture in celebration of the upcoming Spring Festival, which marks the first day of the lunar calendar.

The ceremony, organized in cooperation with the Zambia Chinese Association, was held at the Levy Shopping Mall in Lusaka, the country's capital, and attracted scores of both Chinese people and local people, officials from the Chinese embassy and the Zambian government, and representatives of Chinese enterprises operating in Zambia.

The celebration featured various Chinese cultures, including a kung fu performance. Chinese food was also on display, while Chinese companies took advantage of the ceremony to showcase their products and services.

China's Spring Festival falls on Jan 29 this year, marking the beginning of the Year of the Snake. In December last year, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization inscribed "Spring Festival, social practices of the Chinese people in celebration of the traditional new year" on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

In his remarks, Han Jing, Chinese ambassador to Zambia, said the ceremony has been a brand-name event for Chinese compatriots in Zambia to gather together to celebrate the Chinese New Year.