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Title: Happy Chinese New Year Tour Helped Ringing in the Lunar New Year with Seven Events in the United States to Showcase Chinese Craftsmanship and Art Forms

China, 11th Feb 2024 - The Zhejiang delegation of Happy Chinese New Year Tour, led by China’s Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Center, caused excitement wherever they went. The delegation co-hosted or was presented at seven Lunar New Year celebration events in New York, New Jersey, and Philadelphia. At each of these events, the artisans and draftsmen from the delegation were surrounded by audiences, ranged from school ages kids, city officials, to ambassadors, who are captivated by the unique craftsmanship and art forms and wanted to know more about the art form and about China’s modern lifestyle.The Zhejiang delegation kicked off their United States tour by holding a Woodblock Printing Workshop at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (the Met) in New York City on February 3rd, followed by a cultural showcase at the Lunar New Year Celebration and Cultural Exchange Festival hosted by New Jersey Symphony. The master artisans from the delegation performed art forms that include Southern Song Dynasty celadon, Chinese New Year woodblock printing, Song Dynasty tea-whisking, Wenzhou rice dough sculpture, Taishun puppet show, Taizhou embroidery, and Quzhou sugar painting. The delegation’s presence at the Lunar New Year Family Festival at China Institute in America, located in Financial District in New York City, attracted over 700 participants. The host had to implement crowd control method to make sure all participants could have at least one opportunity to interact with the master artisans. The master artisans and their art forms were also presented by the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in New York, at the Consulate General’s Chinese New Year Reception on February 5th. The delegation was also invited to participate in the Chinese New Year C...

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