Cultural Affairs Bureau celebrates CNY with a series of activities

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) will be organizing a series of performances, workshops and exhibitions to usher in and celebrate Chinese New Year in Macau.

During the first three days, from February 5 to 7, of the Lunar New Year, the Drum Art Society of Shanxi Province and Ethnic Art Troupe of Hunan will present “New Year Gong and Drum Performances” at various locations on the Macau Peninsula and in Taipa.

In the afternoon, Anim’Arte Nam Van will be holding performances by artistic troupes from Hunan and Shanxi Provinces. There will be activities and stalls displaying intangible cultural heritage handicrafts at the same venue. A lion dance performance will be presented at the Mandarin’s House, while Chinese New Year concerts will be staged at the Lou Kau Mansion and at General Ye Ting’s Former Residence.

On February 2 and 3, “Couplets Workshop” sessions will be held at the Mandarin’s House, where calligraphers will offer New Year blessings in the form of Chinese calligraphy to visitors. From February 2 to 10, the “Chinese Zodiac Card Colouring Workshop” will be held at the Jao Tsung-I Academy, promoting Chinese culture to the public.

In addition, a series of concerts will be presented in various districts, including the concerts “Music in the Library” and “Mesmerising Austro-German Music” by the Macao Orchestra to be held on January 26 and 27 at the Taipa Library and the Dom Pedro V Theatre, respectively, as well as the “Community Involvement with Music – 2019 Spring Concert” by the Macao Chinese Orchestra, to be held on  February 1 at the Pak Wai Activity Centre.

The exhibition “Oneness: Calligraphy by Professor Jao Tsung-I” is being held at Jao Tsung-I Academy from  January 26, while the exhibition “Prayer & Blessing – Exhibition of Chinese New Year Wood-block prints of Shanxi and Hunan Provinces” will be open to the public at Chun Chou Tong Pavilion in Lou Lim Ioc Garden from February 1.

Several sessions of the activity “New Year Family Reading Session” will also be held at the S. Lourenço Library, Wong Ieng Kuan Children’s Library in Areia Preta Urban Park, Taipa Library, Ilha Verde Library, Wong Ieng Kuan Library in Luís de Camões Garden, Patane Library, Wong Ieng Kuan Library in Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Municipal Park. The public can participate in the activity at any of these areas.