Altai State University will celebrate Chinese New Year

In 2017 Chinese New Year celebrations begin on 28 January and last till 11 February. In China the Lantern Festival is traditionally held on the last day of celebrations.

In China New Year is a family holiday that is usually spent at table with relatives, so Altai State University decided to invite Chinese students in order to celebrate the holiday among friends and compatriots as a one big family. Altai State University has been chosen as a venue for such a major international event not for nothing. It has been organizing concerts programs, plays and creative performances dedicated to Chinese New Year for several years in a row.

“We are going to embody one of the Cinese traditions at our university. We are busy with arranging a gala concert on the occasion of Chinese New Year, where our foreign and Russian students will present traditional Chinese plays and musical performances. We have also invited representatives of Altai Krai Wushu Federation, they will show a performance called “Dragon’s Song”. Moreover, we have prepared a surprise – the appearance of a famous Chinese martial artist Huo Yuanjia. The event program will be diverse. It will include different competitions, humoristic sketches, folk dances, choir and pop singing. Our students have even written a so-called rap song in Chinese,” said Head of the Department of Oriental Studies Dmitry A. Glazunov.

It remains to be added that Center of the Chinese Language and Culture under Novosibirsk National Research State University and Chinese noncommercial organizations of Altai Krai rendered their assistance in organization of the event.