A tram spotting the “Happy Year of the Snake 2025” painted message is seen in The Hague, Netherlands on Jan 21, 2025. The painted tram adds to the Spring Festival festivity in the local communities. The China Cultural Center in The Hague puts on a lion dance performance during halftime of an ice hockey game at De Uithof in The Hague, Netherlands on Jan 24, 2025.
Russia celebrates Chinese New Year with gala and more.
The 2025 "Happy Chinese New Year" global launch ceremony and gala was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Saturday evening, featuring performances presented by actors from Malaysia and China.
Violinist Yao Jue and twenty outstanding string players from the Hong Kong String Orchestra will embark on their first Chinese New Year tour to four cities in Australia. The orchestra will perform in Adelaide, Sydney, Canberra, and Melbourne from Jan 31 to Feb 7.
The China Cultural Center in Paris and Europe TV hosted the Paris Chinese New Year Gala, a part of the 2025 Happy Chinese New Year celebrations, at the Mogador Theater with the support of the Chinese Embassy in France.
On Jan 20, the "Walking Reunion Dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve" event, was successfully held in Seoul, South Korea.
On Jan 18, the "Nile Dragon Boat Festival" Spring Festival themed event was held at the Giza Yacht Club in Cairo.
A Chinese traditional music concert enchanted an audience of nearly 800 at the Romanian Athenaeum early this week, with melodies portraying the vibrant spirit of spring -- high mountains, flowing waters, singing orioles and dancing swallows.
On Jan 18 and 19, the Happy Chinese New Year temple fair,"Echoes of Hubei, Encounter Laos" event was open to the public at the China Cultural Center in Laos.
Budapest's Chinatown was bursting with life Saturday despite the winter chill as vibrant colors, music and aroma of traditional Chinese delicacies filled the streets during a two-day Spring Festival celebration.
The China Cultural Center in Laos launched the first event of the 2025 "Happy Chinese New year." The opening ceremony of a special exhibition "Laos Through the Eyes of Yunnan Artists" was held at the China Cultural Center in Laos on Dec 27, 2024.
The Happy Chinese New Year temple fair, co-hosted by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China and the Chinese Embassy in Laos, and co-organized by the China Cultural Center in Laos and the Hubei Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, was launched on Jan 17.