Chinese Embassy in Tunisia hosts "Warm Spring" celebration to welcome Spring Festival

STORY: Chinese Embassy in Tunisia hosts "Warm Spring" celebration to welcome Spring Festival DATELINE: Jan. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: Tunis CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the event held at Tunisia's Confucius Institute STORYLINE: The Chinese Embassy in Tunisia on Saturday held a "Warm Spring" activity for overseas Chinese in the country to welcome the upcoming Spring Festival. Jointly organized by the embassy and Tunisia's Confucius Institute, the event invited Chinese children in Tunisia and descendants of overseas Chinese. During the event, diplomats at the embassy, Chinese teachers of the institute, and Chinese students in Tunisia made videos to tell the children about the origins of the Chinese New Year in folk tales. They also organized the children to paste Chinese calligraphy of "Fu," which means good fortune, on doors, make paper rabbits, and play games together. An embassy staff member noted that they held the event in a bid to promote exchanges with overseas Chinese in Tu

Armenian girl uses shadow play to tell Chinese folk stories

STORY: Armenian girl uses shadow play to tell Chinese folk stories DATELINE: Nov. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:13 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Aleta Hakobyan 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ALETA HAKOBYAN, Shadow play lover from Armenia 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ALETA HAKOBYAN, Shadow play lover from Armenia 4. various of Yongxingfang in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ALETA HAKOBYAN, Shadow play lover from Armenia 6. various of shadow plays performed by Aleta 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): ALETA HAKOBYAN, Shadow play lover from Armenia STORYLINE: Aleta Hakobyan is an English teacher from Armenia. She came to China three years ago and now lives in Xi'an, northwestern Shaanxi Province. She likes collecting Chinese folk tales and presenting them in shadow plays. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ALETA HAKOBYAN, Shadow play lover from Armenia "I'm Aleta. I'm from Armenia. I came to China three years ago, and I've lived in Xi'an (for) more than one year." SOUNDBIT

Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang (31 March 1844, Selkirk 20 July 1912, Banchory, Kincardineshire) was a prolific Scots man of letters. He was a poet, novelist, and literary critic, and contributor to anthropology. He now is best known as the collector of folk and fairy tales. HPG/8/1/1 (x) Date: circa 1900

Pictures from folk tales projected on Kochi Castle stone walls

Pictures from folk tales projected on Kochi Castle stone walls

Pictures using motifs from folk tales are projected on the stone walls of Kochi Castle at a flower festival in Kochi, western Japan, on April 3, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo