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In 2019, Chinese New Year (called Spring Festival in Chinese) falls on February 5th, and lasts 15 days, finishing with the Lantern Festival on the 19th. What are the origins of this festival, and how can you best welcome in the Year of The Pig?
Chinese Knotting (中国结 Zhōngguó jié) is one of the most common folk-arts still seen in China, although most knots are now mass-produced in factories!
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On Sunday October 14th vendors selling products inspired by China gathered at the Chaoyangmen Culture Center for Lao Beijing, a fair celebrating traditional Chinese culture!
Read on to see more photos from the event!
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Join us at Lao Beijing on October 14th for a market inspired by traditional Chinese culture: we’ll have vendors, snacks, traditional craftspeople, talks and folk-craft workshops!
Find out more about the talks and workshops we’ll have on offer below!
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