{"id":38034,"date":"2016-02-09T03:40:26","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T07:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=38034"},"modified":"2016-02-08T16:46:35","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T20:46:35","slug":"spring-carnival-feb-10-to-ring-in-chinese-new-year-at-ut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/02_09_2016\/spring-carnival-feb-10-to-ring-in-chinese-new-year-at-ut","title":{"rendered":"Spring Carnival Feb. 10 to ring in Chinese New Year at UT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ring in the Year of the Monkey this week with a Chinese celebration. <\/p>\n<p>The University of Toledo\u2019s Confucius Institute will present the 2016 Spring Carnival Wednesday, Feb. 10, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Student Union Auditorium. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?attachment_id=38035\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38035\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/spring-fest-Feb.-10-event.jpg\" alt=\"spring fest Feb. 10 event\" width=\"363\" height=\"397\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-38035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/spring-fest-Feb.-10-event.jpg 363w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/spring-fest-Feb.-10-event-274x300.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><\/a>\u201cIt\u2019s always important to learn about different cultures,\u201d said Xinren Yu, international programs coordinator in the UT Center for International Studies and Programs. \u201cChina is one of the largest countries in the world. We provide a great opportunity for our UT community to learn about the richness of Chinese culture. It also gives them something new that they\u2019ve never experienced before.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Traditional Chinese snacks will be provided, and there will be bracelet making, fan decorating, mask painting, pitch pot games, calligraphy lessons, New Year greeting card creation stations, and traditional Chinese hairdressing. <\/p>\n<p>The institute also will present a traditional Chinese clothing catwalk during the festival. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do the real stuff. The way we do it here is the same way they do it in China,\u201d Yu said. <\/p>\n<p>The carnival is part of a two-week Spring Festival celebrating the Chinese New Year, an event marking the start of a year beginning on the second new moon after the winter solstice and ending on the full moon 15 days later. This year will be the Year of the Monkey, according to the Chinese 12-year animal zodiac cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Free parking will be available in Lot 10, located north of the Glass Bowl. <\/p>\n<p>For more information about the free, public event, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utoledo.edu\/cisp\/Confucius_Institute\/index.html\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrate the Year of the Monkey! The UT Confucius Institute will present the 2016 Spring Carnival Wednesday, Feb. 10, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Student Union Auditorium. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":708,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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\/38034"}],"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\/708"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38034"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38038,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38034\/revisions\/38038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}