The IBA Confucius Institute celebrated the Chinese New Year along with employees, board members and partners. It was carried out in best Chinese fashion, with Chinese food and Chinese performances.

Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is the most important celebration in Chinese culture. It is a special festival for family reunions, sweeping away any ill-fortune and making way for incoming good luck.

In 2024, according to the lunar calendar, the Chinese New Year falls on February 10th and is the beginning of the “Year of the Dragon”. Dragons are important symbols in Chinese astrology. They are known for being strong, wise, and successful.

 

 

Picture from the Year of the Dragon celebration.
The team at the IBA Confucius Institute in Kolding consists of Rui Li, Ildikó Antal, Zhenni He, Meiqi Peng, and Marília Mendes Ferreira.

 

Picture from the Year of the Dragon celebration.
Vice rector of the IBA International Business Academy in Kolding, Jeanette Lemmergaard; First Secretary Xiaochuang Wu from the Chinese Embassy in Denmark; Director of the Confucius Institute, Ildikó Antal; and the rest of the team behind the Confucius Institute.

 

A little girl dancing
The Chinese New Year is a festival focused on family gathering. Dancer Wenyan He performed a number and brought her daughter along, who surprised the audience with a little dance.

 

Wenyan He performing the martial dance “Mulan Xin”.
With plenty of drama and a long sword, Wenyan He performed a martial dance “Mulan Xin.”

 

Young woman dancing with a sword.

 

 

Picture of Jeanette Lemmergaard
Confucius Institutes focus on building bridges between China and Denmark.

 

Ildikó Antal holding a speech.
Director of the Confucius Institute, Ildikó Antal, emphasized in her speech that she looks forward to continued work on building bridges between China and Denmark in collaboration with the partner university in China, the Chinese Embassy, local businesses in Kolding, and other partners.

 

Guests at the Chinese New Year celebration sitting and filming with their phone.
The Chinese New Year is also known as the Spring Festival. It is the most important celebration in Chinese culture.

 

Image of young Chinese man singing.
“The Night in Ulaanbaatar” is a Mongolian folk song.

 

Picture of Chinese dragon figure.
According to the lunar calendar, we are now entering the Year of the Dragon. The dragon symbolizes success, intelligence, and honor in Chinese culture.

 

Young woman singing and wearing traditional Chinese clothing.
Chinese singer Meiqi Peng performed the song “The Painting Masks,” which combines the style of Peking Opera with pop music. The song is very popular in China.

 

Image of guests talking.
The Confucius Institute’s New Year’s dinner was held at the Asia Restaurant in Kolding. There was entertainment with music and food from the buffet.

 

Image of guests taking food at the buffet.

 

 

Picture of guests sitting and talking.

 

 

Image of Chinese man giving speech.
First Secretary Xiaochuang Wu from the Chinese Embassy in Denmark gave a speech to the many attendees.

 

Picture of employees from IBA who participated in the celebration.
Employees from the IBA International Business Academy in Kolding participated in the celebration of the Chinese New Year.

 

 

Image of Ildikó Antal talking to guests.

 

 

Picture of Jeanette Lemmergaard talking to Secretary Xiaochuang Wu from the Chinese Embassy in Denmark.
Vice rector of the IBA, Jeanette Lemmergaard, welcomed First Secretary Xiaochuang Wu from the Chinese Embassy in Denmark.

 

Picture of Jeanette Lemmergaard giving a speech.
Vice rector of the IBA , Jeanette Lemmergaard, wished a happy New Year as she welcomed guests to the Confucius Institute’s New Year’s dinner at the Asia Restaurant in Kolding.

 

Image of Chinese musicians.
MO6 are students from the Royal Danish Conservatory of Music in Copenhagen. They performed the instrumental piece “Blossoms on a Moonlit River in Spring.”

 

Picture of Bastian Jensen
Bastian Jensen is studying Chinese at the IBA Confucius Institute alongside his studies in production technology at the IBA. In his speech, he talked about looking forward to continuing to learn the Chinese language and culture and possibly using it in his work as a production technologist.

 

Picture of Jessica Wesselius
Yasmin Hedegreen has been learning Chinese alongside her studies as a multimedia designer at the IBA.

 

Picture of Yasmin Hedegreen
Jessica Wesselius, an IBA Graduate, shared her many positive experiences of learning Chinese at the IBA Confucius Institute.

 

The aim of the Confucius Institute

  • To strengthen educational and business cooperation between China and Denmark.
  • To support and promote the development of Chinese language education.
  • To increase mutual understanding and friendship among people in China and Denmark.

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