On Feb 1, a press conference and a temple fair were held in Minsk, Belarus, kicking off 2018 Happy Chinese New Year celebrations.
On Jan 30, the opening ceremony for the 2018 Chinese New Year festivities was held in Wellington, New Zealand.
On Sunday, a gala to celebrate the 2018 Chinese Lunar New Year was held at the Konstantin Musical-dramatic Theater in the ancient Bulgarian capital, Veliko Tarnovo. The gala featured a Chinese classical dance drama, Fen Mo, and a photography exhibition on 2018 Happy Chinese New Year.
On Jan 23, a troupe from Hangzhou Opera and Dance Theatre put on an elaborately designed dance drama Meet the Grand Canal at the Greek Global Cultural Center, kicking off the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in the country.
The China Culture Center in Paris plans to expand "Happy Chinese New Year" celebrations to other provinces outside of Paris to offer more French people a chance to experience Chinese culture. Let's check out the upcoming exciting activities.
Luo Shugang, China’s culture minister, at the invitation of his Spanish counterpart, Íñigo Méndez de Vigo y Montojo, visited Spain with a Chinese cultural delegation from Jan 28-31. This visit is part of the efforts to strengthen the cultural ties between China and Spain.
Sponsored by the Ministry of Culture of China and organized by the China Cultural Center in Nepal, five major 2018 Happy Chinese New Year events will be held in Nepal.
A concert to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year was held in Seoul, the capital of South Korea on Jan 21, kicking off "2018 Happy Chinese New Year" celebrations in the country.
A modern dance, Growth, will be staged at the Museum of Contemporary Art & Planning Exhibition in South China’s Shenzhen from Jan 27 to 28.
A series of activities to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year were held in Vietnam from Jan 18-23.
China’s Jilin Province Art Troupe was invited to give a 10-day tour in Denmark from Jan 19 to 29 for the 2018 Happy Chinese New Year celebrations, which have been held 16 years running in the country.
Chinese people start their preparations for the Spring Festival more than 20 days early. The 12th lunar month in Chinese is called la yue, so the eighth day of this lunar month is la yue chu ba, or laba.