{"id":32917,"date":"2015-02-13T03:58:13","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T08:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=32917"},"modified":"2015-02-18T14:56:56","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T19:56:56","slug":"chinese-new-year-celebration-scheduled-for-feb-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/02_13_2015\/chinese-new-year-celebration-scheduled-for-feb-17","title":{"rendered":"Chinese New Year celebration scheduled for Feb. 17"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Confucius Institute invites the UT campus and Toledo community to celebrate the Chinese New Year with fun and educational activities Tuesday, Feb. 17, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Student Union Auditorium.<\/p>\n

\"Chinese<\/a>Highlighted performances will take place from noon to 1:30 p.m. and feature tea art, an interactive demonstration of the Chinese martial art Taiji, Chinese opera, Chinese abacus calculation, and music by Chinese and Western instrumental ensembles.<\/p>\n

Those who attend can engage in several activities: art projects, including making Chinese bracelets, painting paper lanterns, and paper cutting and folding; making dumplings; and bamboo dancing.<\/p>\n

There also will be an Asian flea market to check out, as well as an information session on studying abroad in China.<\/p>\n

Free T-shirts and lucky bracelets for people who were born in the year of the sheep\/goat\/ram (1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015) will be available; proof of birth date required.<\/p>\n

The Chinese New Year is the longest and most important holiday celebration in the Chinese calendar. In China, the New Year is a time of family reunion. Family members gather at each other’s homes for visits, shared meals and to renew ties.<\/p>\n

The Confucius Institute serves northwest Ohio by providing education in Chinese language and culture, and supports the development of China-related scholarly research and academic programs. It also offers opportunities for cultural exchanges between China and the United States.<\/p>\n

For more information about the Chinese New Year celebration, call the Confucius Institute at 419.530.7750.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s almost the Year of the Sheep! Celebrate the Chinese New Year Tuesday, Feb. 17, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Student Union Auditorium. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32917"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32917\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}