CCCP holds virtual Spring Festival activities

Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year, is the grandest traditional fete of Chinese people


NEWSDESK   February 12, 2022
Children are seen carrying red lanterns, an important and traditional decorative item for the Chinese New Year. PHOTO: EXPRESS

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The China Cultural Center in Pakistan (CCCP) organised a series of online activities to celebrate the Chinese New Year and Spring Festival.

The Chinese New Year, also known as Spring Festival or Lunar New Year, is the grandest traditional fete of the Chinese people, and an important holiday for family reunion and pleasure sharing.

Starting Feb 1, 2022, various online cultural events and activities were being posted online on Social Media platforms of CCCP.

Multiple live gala performances, videos tours, photos exhibitions, online 3D experience tours and animation videos were uploaded covering various cultural themes.

These various cultural activities include Tai Chi Therapy videos series, Charm of Chinese New Year children’s animated short videos shows, Hebei Special Art Performance “North of River, Brilliance of Hebei”, photo exhibitions on “celebrating Chinese New Year with Kids around the World” and “Celebrating the Spring Festival with Dragon Dance Performances”.

Read: China Culture Centre celebrates Lunar New Year in Pakistan

Some other events published on social media platforms of CCCP were an interactive experience tour titled “Winter Tour to Xinjiang” and a video series on “Spring and the Chinese 24 Solar Terms”. A video series on "Dream Ice and Snow Tour" China Ice and Snow Tourism Overseas Promotion Season 2022 was also shared to showcase tourist attractions and ice and snow culture in seven provinces and cities in northern China, namely Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning.

Many more events celebrating the Chinese New Year also include those organised by various provinces and cities, such as Henan, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, just to name a few.

The online cultural activities not only showcase the festivity of the Chinese New Year around the world, but also portray the brilliance of Chinese traditional culture, promote tourism and also send good wishes for the ongoing 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in China.

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