Festival celebration helps students understand Chinese culture
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Festival celebration helps students understand Chinese culture

China Daily  

Students enjoy a lion dance performance during a Chinese New Year celebration at Kensington Wade school in London on Jan 31. Lion dances, red lanterns, and Chinese calligraphy have brought joy to students in the United Kingdom in schools that celebrated the Chinese New Year. Kensington Wade, a nursery and preparatory school in London, put on its biggest celebration yet for the Chinese New Year on Jan 31. The school, which is the only one in the UK to teach all subjects in Mandarin and English, hosted a vigorous lion dance performance, which was deemed to bring good luck and fortune for the new year because the lion is revered in Chinese culture as a symbol of courage, strength, and power.

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Musical tribute to Chinese New Year, philanthropist
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Musical tribute to Chinese New Year, philanthropist

China Daily  

Composer Chen Yi takes an onstage bow after the performance of her Chinese Folk Dance Suite on the Lunar New Year Concert in New York on Tuesday. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY "We can reach places with our music that other things cannot," Yang told China Daily. 1; Chen Yi's Chinese Folk Dance Suite, featuring violinist Yang and Bizet's Carmen Suite …

Musical tribute to Chinese New Year, philanthropist
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Musical tribute to Chinese New Year, philanthropist

China Daily  

Composer Chen Yi takes an onstage bow after the performance of her Chinese Folk Dance Suite on the Lunar New Year Concert in New York on Tuesday. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY "We can reach places with our music that other things cannot," Yang told China Daily. 1; Chen Yi's Chinese Folk Dance Suite, featuring violinist Yang and Bizet's Carmen Suite …

Festival celebration helps students understand Chinese culture
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Festival celebration helps students understand Chinese culture

China Daily  

Students enjoy a lion dance performance during a Chinese New Year celebration at Kensington Wade school in London on Jan 31. Lion dances, red lanterns, and Chinese calligraphy have brought joy to students in the United Kingdom in schools that celebrated the Chinese New Year. Kensington Wade, a nursery and preparatory school in London, put on its biggest celebration yet …

Festival celebration helps students understand Chinese culture
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Festival celebration helps students understand Chinese culture

China Daily  

Students enjoy a lion dance performance during a Chinese New Year celebration at Kensington Wade school in London on Jan 31. Lion dances, red lanterns, and Chinese calligraphy have brought joy to students in the United Kingdom in schools that celebrated the Chinese New Year. Kensington Wade, a nursery and preparatory school in London, put on its biggest celebration yet …

Londoners get into the spirit of Chinese New Year
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Londoners get into the spirit of Chinese New Year

China Daily  

Hundreds of thousands of Londoners joined Spring Festival celebrations on Feb 2, the fifth day of Chinese New Year, at city landmarks including Trafalgar Square, Chinatown, and Leicester Square, proving the joy of Chinese New Year extends more than 8,000 kilometers, all the way to the United Kingdom. A man presents his writing of the traditional Chinese character "jin", meaning …

Crowds turn out in large numbers for Spring Festival fun in London
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Crowds turn out in large numbers for Spring Festival fun in London

China Daily  

A lion dancer shakes the lion's head, bringing the festive spirit to life with each powerful move during the Spring Festival event at London's Camden Market on Feb 1. People turned out in large numbers for a Spring Festival event in London, England's Camden Market on Saturday as part of celebrations for the Year of the Snake. Hands-on workshops featuring …

Crowds turn out in large numbers for Spring Festival fun in London
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Crowds turn out in large numbers for Spring Festival fun in London

China Daily  

A lion dancer shakes the lion's head, bringing the festive spirit to life with each powerful move during the Spring Festival event at London's Camden Market on Feb 1. People turned out in large numbers for a Spring Festival event in London, England's Camden Market on Saturday as part of celebrations for the Year of the Snake. Hands-on workshops featuring …

Crowds turn out in large numbers for Spring Festival fun in London
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Crowds turn out in large numbers for Spring Festival fun in London

China Daily  

A lion dancer shakes the lion's head, bringing the festive spirit to life with each powerful move during the Spring Festival event at London's Camden Market on Feb 1. People turned out in large numbers for a Spring Festival event in London, England's Camden Market on Saturday as part of celebrations for the Year of the Snake. Hands-on workshops featuring …

Crowds turn out in large numbers for Spring Festival fun in London
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Crowds turn out in large numbers for Spring Festival fun in London

China Daily  

A lion dancer shakes the lion's head, bringing the festive spirit to life with each powerful move during the Spring Festival event at London's Camden Market on Feb 1. People turned out in large numbers for a Spring Festival event in London, England's Camden Market on Saturday as part of celebrations for the Year of the Snake. Hands-on workshops featuring …

Chinese New Year celebrations at Confucius Mansion held in Jining
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2 months ago

Chinese New Year celebrations at Confucius Mansion held in Jining

China Daily  

The "Celebrating Chinese New Year at the Confucius Mansion" ceremony commenced at the three Confucian sites in Jining's Qufu on Jan 19, marking a vibrant start to Spring Festival. A Liberian visitor expressed his delight at the event, experiencing the authentic Chinese New Year atmosphere at the Confucius Mansion for the first time and emphasizing the event's significance. Dragons and …

Chinese New Year celebrations at Confucius Mansion held in Jining
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2 months ago

Chinese New Year celebrations at Confucius Mansion held in Jining

China Daily  

The "Celebrating Chinese New Year at the Confucius Mansion" ceremony commenced at the three Confucian sites in Jining's Qufu on Jan 19, marking a vibrant start to Spring Festival. A Liberian visitor expressed his delight at the event, experiencing the authentic Chinese New Year atmosphere at the Confucius Mansion for the first time and emphasizing the event's significance. Dragons and …

Chinese New Year celebrations launched in Nepal
2 months, 1 week ago

Chinese New Year celebrations launched in Nepal

China Daily  

Artists perform lion dance at the launch ceremony of a series of celebrations to mark the Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival, at Bhaktapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal on Jan 18, 2025. KATHMANDU, Jan 19 -- Artists from China and Nepal on Saturday performed traditional lion and dragon dances in the Kathmandu Valley to kick off a series …

Chinese New Year celebrations launched in Nepal
2 months, 1 week ago

Chinese New Year celebrations launched in Nepal

China Daily  

Artists perform lion dance at the launch ceremony of a series of celebrations to mark the Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival, at Bhaktapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal on Jan 18, 2025. KATHMANDU, Jan 19 -- Artists from China and Nepal on Saturday performed traditional lion and dragon dances in the Kathmandu Valley to kick off a series …

Festival bridges cultures in the US capital
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Festival bridges cultures in the US capital

China Daily  

Anaje Kilpatrick performs the lion dance at the 22nd Washington Chinese Cultural Festival in Washington DC on Saturday. MINLU ZHANG/CHINA DAILY Despite the ongoing tensions between China and the US, a cultural festival kicked off in Washington DC, on Saturday, fostering new opportunities for people from diverse cultures to learn from each other and build connections. At the 22nd Washington …

Festival bridges cultures in the US capital
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Festival bridges cultures in the US capital

China Daily  

Anaje Kilpatrick performs the lion dance at the 22nd Washington Chinese Cultural Festival in Washington DC on Saturday. MINLU ZHANG/CHINA DAILY Despite the ongoing tensions between China and the US, a cultural festival kicked off in Washington DC, on Saturday, fostering new opportunities for people from diverse cultures to learn from each other and build connections. At the 22nd Washington …

Festival bridges cultures in the US capital
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Festival bridges cultures in the US capital

China Daily  

Anaje Kilpatrick performs the lion dance at the 22nd Washington Chinese Cultural Festival in Washington DC on Saturday. MINLU ZHANG/CHINA DAILY Despite the ongoing tensions between China and the US, a cultural festival kicked off in Washington DC, on Saturday, fostering new opportunities for people from diverse cultures to learn from each other and build connections. At the 22nd Washington …

Festival bridges cultures in the US capital
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Festival bridges cultures in the US capital

China Daily  

Anaje Kilpatrick performs the lion dance at the 22nd Washington Chinese Cultural Festival in Washington DC on Saturday. MINLU ZHANG/CHINA DAILY Despite the ongoing tensions between China and the US, a cultural festival kicked off in Washington DC, on Saturday, fostering new opportunities for people from diverse cultures to learn from each other and build connections. At the 22nd Washington …

Giving the lion dance more bite
1 year, 7 months ago

Giving the lion dance more bite

China Daily  

Yang and his team perform a Xitao lion dance in Gongyi city, Henan province. "The tail controls the overall range of motion of the lion dance," Yang says. At that time, people mimicked the appearance and actions of the newly arrived lions in a performance that later evolved into the lion dance, which became popular during the Tang Dynasty. In …

Girls' school in London celebrates Chinese New Year
2 years, 1 month ago

Girls' school in London celebrates Chinese New Year

China Daily  

Students of St. Margaret’s School pose for a group photo at a Chinese New Year celebration in London, on Feb 7, 2023. A lively Chinese New Year celebration, Students learned the value of the four H’s that are celebrated during the Spring Festival. Though there aren’t many Chinese students, school authorities see Chinese culture as a key component of Britain’s …

How the 1,000-year-old lion dance has moved with the times
3 years, 1 month ago

How the 1,000-year-old lion dance has moved with the times

Al Jazeera  

Lunar New Year is the busiest time of the year for the troupes who spend months perfecting ever more daring routines. Innovations At competitions, performances are typically divided into “northern” or “southern” lion dance to standardise the judging, but there are a huge number of variations based on location, cultural background, and even a particular lion dance master, said Tsun-Hui …

Grand Chinese New Year celebration held in London
6 years, 1 month ago

Grand Chinese New Year celebration held in London

China Daily  

People perform the dragon dance during a Chinese Lunar New Year celebration at Trafalgar Square in London, Britain, on Feb 10, 2019. London hosted on Sunday one of the largest Chinese New Year celebrations outside Asia, drawing tens of thousands of visitors to the heart of the British capital to share the joy. The celebration began with a grand parade …

Grand Chinese New Year celebration held in London
6 years, 1 month ago

Grand Chinese New Year celebration held in London

China Daily  

People perform the dragon dance during a Chinese Lunar New Year celebration at Trafalgar Square in London, Britain, on Feb 10, 2019. London hosted on Sunday one of the largest Chinese New Year celebrations outside Asia, drawing tens of thousands of visitors to the heart of the British capital to share the joy. The celebration began with a grand parade …

Embassy brings Chinese New Year joy to UK
6 years, 2 months ago

Embassy brings Chinese New Year joy to UK

China Daily  

On the rooftop of the National Museum of Scotland, a mythical unicorn lantern lite up the early morning sky alongside a Chinese dragon to mark the launch of the Chinese New Year Edinburgh festival. Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, which is the first day of a year on lunar calendar and falls on Feb 5 this …

Embassy brings Chinese New Year joy to UK
6 years, 2 months ago

Embassy brings Chinese New Year joy to UK

China Daily  

On the rooftop of the National Museum of Scotland, a mythical unicorn lantern lite up the early morning sky alongside a Chinese dragon to mark the launch of the Chinese New Year Edinburgh festival. Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, which is the first day of a year on lunar calendar and falls on Feb 5 this …

Chinese New Year 2018: Seven ways to celebrate the Year of the Dog
7 years, 1 month ago

Chinese New Year 2018: Seven ways to celebrate the Year of the Dog

The Independent  

Sign up to IndyEat's free newsletter for weekly recipes, foodie features and cookbook releases Get our food and drink newsletter for free Get our food and drink newsletter for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. With entertainment coming in the form of traditional lion dances, it’s going to be …

Spring Festival to be grandly celebrated in Chinatown in Myanmar's Yangon
7 years, 1 month ago

Spring Festival to be grandly celebrated in Chinatown in Myanmar's Yangon

China Daily  

Spring Festival, or better known as Chinese Lunar New Year, will be celebrated on a grand scale for the second time in several decades in Chinatown here. As Chinese Lunar New Year is drawing near, the Myanmar-Chinese community also launched traditional charity activities with several social and religious organizations respectively distributing cash aid to poor and old-aged people above 75. …

Spring Festival to be grandly celebrated in Chinatown in Myanmar's Yangon
7 years, 1 month ago

Spring Festival to be grandly celebrated in Chinatown in Myanmar's Yangon

China Daily  

Spring Festival, or better known as Chinese Lunar New Year, will be celebrated on a grand scale for the second time in several decades in Chinatown here. As Chinese Lunar New Year is drawing near, the Myanmar-Chinese community also launched traditional charity activities with several social and religious organizations respectively distributing cash aid to poor and old-aged people above 75. …

UK's Chinese New Year celebrations taking shape
7 years, 2 months ago

UK's Chinese New Year celebrations taking shape

China Daily  

Fireworks explode behind the Elizabeth Tower, commonly known as Big Ben, during New Year's Eve celebrations in London, Britain, January 1, 2018. London will host some of the largest Chinese New Year celebrations outside Asia as millions of people around the world mark the start of the Year of the Dog. For foodies, there will be a chance to sample …

Overseas students learn Chinese lion dance at Dalian
7 years, 6 months ago

Overseas students learn Chinese lion dance at Dalian

China Daily  

Ten students from Nigeria and Zambia learned how to perform Chinese lion dance at the Jinpu New Area in Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning province. During the 35-day training course, they learned from Li Mingxu, the fifth generation successor of the Jinzhou Lion Dance, a provincial intangible cultural heritage that has been passed from generation to generation for more than a …

Zhanjiang's lion dance highlighted at folk art festival
8 years, 3 months ago

Zhanjiang's lion dance highlighted at folk art festival

China Daily  

The 10th Chinese Folk Art Festival, China's largest annual folk art festival took place in Qingyuan in South China's Guangdong province from Dec 16 to 18. The festival is co- The Longwan Dragon & Lion Dance Troupe from Suixi county, Zhanjiang performs at the 10th Chinese Folk Art Festival held in Guangdong's Qingyuan from Dec 16 to 18. Among the …

Festival gives Chicago students a taste of Chinese culture
8 years, 6 months ago

Festival gives Chicago students a taste of Chinese culture

China Daily  

Hundreds of students from elementary and high schools in Chicago gathered at Whitney Young Magnet High School Saturday to have a sip of traditional Chinese culture at the Chinese Cultural Festival. Students and their parents crowded into the hall of this prestigious public high school in Chicago, watched traditional Chinese lion dance, Chinese folk dance, and listened to Chinese music …

London marks Chinese New Year with biggest party outside Asia[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
9 years, 1 month ago

London marks Chinese New Year with biggest party outside Asia[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

Children join a parade to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year in central London, Feb 14, 2016. Londoners enjoyed a massive Chinese New Year party on Sunday, as the city center filled with music, acrobatics, martial arts and Chinese traditional craft stalls. Chinese lion dancers perform during an event to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year in central London, Feb 14, 2016. …

London marks Chinese New Year with biggest party outside Asia[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
9 years, 1 month ago

London marks Chinese New Year with biggest party outside Asia[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

Children join a parade to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year in central London, Feb 14, 2016. Londoners enjoyed a massive Chinese New Year party on Sunday, as the city center filled with music, acrobatics, martial arts and Chinese traditional craft stalls. Chinese lion dancers perform during an event to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year in central London, Feb 14, 2016. …

Chinese New Year celebrated in Kolkata
11 years, 1 month ago

Chinese New Year celebrated in Kolkata

India TV News  

Kolkata : The Chinese New Year was ushered in here Friday with colourful dragon and lion dancers streaming in and out of decorated residences and by people giving red envelopes stashed with cash to their loved ones. The essence of the festival is the spirit of renewal and family reunions.The first day of the Chinese New Year is the most …

Students bring Chinese Spring Festival to Harvard
11 years, 1 month ago

Students bring Chinese Spring Festival to Harvard

China Daily  

Photos by Jack Freifelder / China Daily Members of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lion Dance Team open the festivities at the Harvard Chinese Spring Fest on Thursday. The event, which was organized by the Harvard Chinese Students and Scholars Association, brought together students, faculty and members of the local community to help kick off the start of the Spring …

London set for huge Chinese New Year celebrations(视频)
12 years, 1 month ago

London set for huge Chinese New Year celebrations(视频)

China Daily  

Get Flash Player Get Flash Player Download LONDON — The Chinese community in Britain - the longest established in Europe - is building up towards big celebrations in the coming days for the Chinese New Year. Sunday, February 10 marks the Chinese New Year, and in the heart of London’s Chinatown, the lion dancers are perfecting their moves as drummers …

London set for huge Chinese New Year celebrations(视频)
12 years, 1 month ago

London set for huge Chinese New Year celebrations(视频)

China Daily  

Get Flash Player Get Flash Player Download LONDON — The Chinese community in Britain - the longest established in Europe - is building up towards big celebrations in the coming days for the Chinese New Year. Sunday, February 10 marks the Chinese New Year, and in the heart of London’s Chinatown, the lion dancers are perfecting their moves as drummers …

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