Chinese embassy in Tunisia holds cultural show to celebrate Spring Festival

STORY: Chinese embassy in Tunisia holds cultural show to celebrate Spring Festival SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 20, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 21, 2024 LENGTH: 0:03:14 LOCATION: Tunis CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Tunis 2. various of display of China's intangible cultural heritage 3. various of audience admission 4. various of concert performance STORYLINE: The Chinese Embassy in Tunisia held a cultural show on Saturday evening to celebrate the Chinese New Year at the City of Culture in Tunis, capital of Tunisia. The venue was adorned with Chinese intangible cultural heritages such as papercuts and woodcut paintings. An artistic troupe from China’s Shaanxi province performed a musical show that showcased traditional Chinese instruments such as drums, sheng, erhu, guzheng, and pipa. The event was attended by Chinese Ambassador to Tunisia Wan Li, Tunisian political and artistic figures, and other ambassadors to Tunisia. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tunis. (XHTV)

Foreign expats experience traditional Spring Festival customs in China's Anhui

STORY: Foreign expats experience traditional Spring Festival customs in China's Anhui DATELINE: Jan. 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:53 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of celebrations 2. various of attendees 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): BAYRAMOV RAMIL, Azerbaijan student at Anhui University 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): KIRILL POLETKIN, Russian professor at Hefei University of Technology STORYLINE: A Spring Festival party for foreign expats was held Wednesday in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. Dozens of foreign experts, students, and representatives of foreign chambers of commerce in Anhui experienced traditional Chinese customs to celebrate the coming Chinese New Year. Activities themed around Huangmei Opera, papercuts and Chinese calligraphy were staged at the party. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): BAYRAMOV RAMIL, Azerbaijani student at Anhui University "Today's activity was brilliant. We've known about some Chinese traditional (customs). For example, we knew how to do this kind of papercut.