Chinese people believe that the achievements of the year ahead depend on a good start in spring. It is a pleasant coincidence that the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics opened on the day of Li Chun, or the Beginning of Spring, the first solar term on the Chinese Lunar Calendar.
Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia, celebrated Chinese Lunar New Year with lights and decorations starting Jan 31. This is the first time the city officially staged a commemoration for the festival.
In the Flushing neighborhood of New York City's Queens borough, Chen Yuzhu opened his first Chinese beef rice noodles restaurant in 2014. He then took the authentic flavor of his childhood memory to three other states in the US, building a recognized brand.
On the night of Jan 22, haggis and whiskey were offered at the Red Lion pub in the Kaifu district of Changsha, Hunan province. Joyful participants read poems and performed the Ceilidh, a traditional Scottish dance, to celebrate the coming of Burns Night.
SYDNEY－To celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, the Royal Australian Mint has released a new collection of coins featuring the charming and powerful tiger, and the Chinese Lunar Year calendar wheel.
AMMAN－A special exhibition, featuring 400 paintings drawn by 890 children with cancer from Jordan and abroad, ended last Thursday as part of a charity campaign aiming to boost the morale of the children fighting cancers.
Chinese and French artists will perform together in a concert, titled Peace, Friendship, Love, which will be broadcast on French television network TV5Monde on Feb 1, Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year.
Many Chinese New Year customs have been widely observed for thousands of years. The family reunion dinner, pasting couplets and setting off fireworks are must-dos during Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival.
An exhibition of 40 photos reflecting different aspects of Jewish culture by photographers from Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland opened at the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum on Thursday, which marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
The first Global Youth Readers Club was launched in Malaysia at a Spring Festival salon via an online ceremony on Saturday, which was joined by guests from Beijing and Kuala Lumpur.
On the evening of Jan 24 — 10 days before the Beijing Winter Olympics by local time — the Landmark Cairo Tower in Egypt’s capital staged a light show.
The China Tourism Office in Rome and the Chinese Consulate-General in Milan held an online reception to celebrate the coming Chinese Lunar New Year and Winter Olympic Games on Jan 25.
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