Event dedicated to Chinese New Year takes place in Moldovan capital

16:53 | 01.02.2019 Category: Culture

Chisinau, 1 February /MOLDPRES/ - Pupils from two lyceums of Moldova’s capital today assembled at the Ion Creanga National Library for Children at an event dedicated to the Chinese New Year or the Spring Festival, organized in partnership with the Embassy of China in Chisinau.

Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of China to Zhang Yinghong has said that China and Moldova were very good friends and partners and the friendship among the two nations had a long history.

”A fruitful cooperation in diverse sectors has been established between our countries, including politics, economics, culture, etc. In particular, the cultural exchanges played an important role in the deepening of the friendship between the two nations. The youth is the future of the nation and the future of the friendship between China and Moldova. Therefore, I hope that, through this event, children will be able to take knowledge of the Chinese culture, to understand the Chinese folk customs and become witnesses and inheritors of the Moldovan-Chinese friendship. The Embassy of China in Moldova, as always, will back cultural exchanges and will provide more opportunities to the two nations to know and understand each other well,” Zhang Yinghong said.

According to the Chinese official, 2019 is the Year of the Pig in China and the pig’s year symbolizes happiness, luck and wealth. On this occasion, Zhang Yinghong wished everybody good health and happiness in the New Year.

For her part, the deputy director of the Ion Creanga National Library for Children, Lilia Tcaci, said that the Chinese New Year had been marked at the library since 2006 and the friendship relations with the Embassy of China had been established more than twenty years ago, when a national contest for pupils, dedicated to the Chinese history, language and culture, was organized. “Our goal is to promote the Chinese language and culture and strengthen the cultural relations between the two countries,” Lilia Tcaci stressed.

Pupils participated in a trivia show titled, What do you know about China?, in diverse interactive games, including Chinese games with surprises for children. A varied artistic programme was presented to the participants, which included Chinese dances and songs.

The Chinese New Year starts on 5 February 2019 and will end on 24 January 2020.

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