SYDNEY－With drums and cymbals playing, a lion dance troupe marched through Sydney's Chinatown, bringing joy to both businesses and passersby.
All clad in light purple sweaters and white pants or skirts, a choir of 42 children from a rural school in Central China's Hunan province are singing gently.
Little New Year (Chinese: Xiaonian), usually a week before the lunar New Year, falls on Feb 11 this year. It is also known as the Festival of the Kitchen God, the deity who oversees the moral character of each household.
Chinese paper cutting, or jianzhi, is a folk art which uses scissors or knives to cut paper for festive decoration or other folk activities.
NEW YORK－A number of cultural and entertainment activities will be held in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania in February as part of Chinese New Year celebrations, according to the Chinese consulate general in New York.
As the Spring Festival in 2021 approaches, the Chinese Tourism Office in Rome and the Italian magazine China in Italy have jointly published a Chinese-Italian bilingual picture book The Origin of Spring Festival, as a unique gift for Italian young people.
An exhibition featuring Spring Festival customs is unveiled at Shanghai Mass Art Center on Jan 30, 2021. People can enjoy puppet shows and shadow plays while at the same time experiencing intangible cultural heritage such as woolen needlepoint tapestry, paper-cutting, figure blowing art and dough sculptures.
On Jan 27, the news conference announcing the opening of the "2021 Happy Chinese New Year – Jiangsu Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition" was held at the China Cultural Centre in Sydney.
On Jan 13, the first day of the 12th lunar month, the number of searches for "Lunar New Year's Eve dinner" on the online food ordering platform Eleme quadrupled compared with the same day last year.
CANBERRA－Chinese New Year will be celebrated at the Adelaide Festival Center in South Australia with a concert, exhibition and workshops in February.
The first "Happy Chinese New Year" Culture Week for Chileans opened via livestream on YouTube on Jan 25, with the support of the Chinese embassy in Chile as well as the host, the Confucius Institute at the Frontiers University of Chile.
The 2021 "Happy Chinese New Year" New Zealand Music Competition, hosted by the China Cultural Center in Wellington and New Zealand Music Foundation, opened at the Hunter Council Chamber in Victoria University of Wellington.
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