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.
On Jan 18, a Chinese zodiac jewelry exhibition, was unveiled at the gallery of the Center of International Cultural Exchange.
An art session on the charm of Chinese folk dance was held at the China Cultural Center in Singapore on Jan 16, attracting more than 300 audience members, including Que Xiaohua, cultural councilor of Chinese embassy in Singapore, and Ma Hongying, director of the Chinese cultural center.
On Jan 16, the modern dance drama Symbiosis was staged at the Jerusalem Theater, kicking off this year’s Happy Chinese New Year celebrations in Israel, which have been held for seven years running in the country.
With a unique selection of Chinese traditional and Western classic favorites, China Broadcasting Film Symphony Orchestra staged a new year symphony concert at the Orpheum Theater in Vancouver Jan 12, kicking off the celebrations of 2018 Happy Chinese New Year in Canada.
A news conference for the 2018 Happy Chinese New Year in Valletta was held Jan 12 in the China Cultural Center in Malta, kicking off this year’s celebrations for the Chinese Lunar New Year in the country.
On the evening of Jan 5, Shenzhen art troupe held its first show in the open-air theater of Pudahuel, a small town in Chile's capital Santiago, launching the celebrations of Chinese Lunar New Year under the theme of "Happy Chinese New Year" in the country.