Various cultural events to celebrate Spring Festival
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- Category: Ningbo News
- Published: Tuesday, 11 February 2014 16:35
To celebrate the Spring Festival, Haishu District has prepared a full range of cultural activities with strong traditional and festive characteristics. It is said that during the Spring Festival holiday, there will be over 100 events including shows, exhibitions and folk cultural activities in the district.
For this year's festival, a series of activities demonstrating deep historical heritage, folk customs and distinctive cultural characteristics are launched along the Drum Tower area and the Nantang Ancient Street, such as fashion shows, concerts, food festivals, music magic shows, and martial arts performances. During the first three days of the new lunar year, various cultural events will be carried out on the streets around the Drum Tower. On the Nantang Ancient Street, visitors can watch red lanterns, take walks, taste traditional Ningbo snacks, watch shows by some folk artists and take pictures of the new year.
In the meanwhile, a "warm road to home" photographic exhibition was held by Haishu Federation of Literary and Art Circles. 80 photos of Haishu District are exhibited at the waiting hall of Ningbo Railway Station, attracting the eyes of many returned passengers. The district Association of Calligraphers organized some calligraphers to compose and write spring couplets at the Drum Tower area, the Moonlake
