{"id":84459,"date":"2024-02-14T10:15:35","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T14:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=84459"},"modified":"2024-02-15T09:37:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T13:37:12","slug":"celebrating-cultures-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/02_14_2024\/celebrating-cultures-2","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Cultures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kaitlyn Myers, a junior studying marketing, listens to visiting Chinese scholar Zijuan Xie as she introduces Chinese tea culture including tasting green tea during the Lunar New Year Celebration hosted by the Center for International Studies and Programs Tuesday afternoon in Thompson Student Union Auditorium.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-84460\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Lunar-New-Year-Tea-MAIN.jpg\" alt=\"Kaitlyn Myers, a junior studying marketing, listens to visiting Chinese scholar Zijuan Xie as she introduces Chinese tea culture including tasting green tea during the Lunar New Year Celebration hosted by the Center for International Studies and Programs Tuesday afternoon in Thompson Student Union Auditorium.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Lunar-New-Year-Tea-MAIN.jpg 748w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Lunar-New-Year-Tea-MAIN-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More than 500 people, including 150 high school students, attended the free, annual event, which featured activities for the UToledo community to experience and learn about different cultures that celebrate the Lunar New Year, including lantern making, calligraphy, mask painting, tea ceremony and traditional clothing.<\/p>\n<p>Ingrid Harmon, a junior studying exercise science, and Sameer Taweel, a junior studying biology, paint mini-Chinese opera masks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-84461\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Mask-Painting-MAIN.jpg\" alt=\"Ingrid Harmon, a junior studying exercise science, and Sameer Taweel, a junior studying biology, paint mini-Chinese opera masks.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Mask-Painting-MAIN.jpg 748w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Mask-Painting-MAIN-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/02_14_2024\/celebrating-cultures-2\"><img width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Lunar-New-Year-Tea-MAIN-150x150.jpg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"Kaitlyn Myers, a junior studying marketing, listens to visiting Chinese scholar Zijuan Xie as she 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