Year of the Ox
<p>Greetings for Lunar New Year! This is a traditional festival for Chinese people, based on the new moon calendar, which is now celebrated in Dublin too.</p>
<p><img alt="Chengdu was the location for a fashion art shoot. Photo: Clare O’Beara." src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/1*PjYgob0RU_dpKG6VvrMZFw.jpeg" style="height:525px; width:700px" /></p>
<p><em>Chengdu was the location for a fashion art shoot. Photo: Clare O’Beara.</em></p>
<h2>Chengdu entertainers</h2>
<p>During the Lunar New Year of 2020, the DBS Journalism Society visited a weekend afternoon of music, dancing and other traditional entertainments from Chengdu, a city in Sichuan Province. Families were thoroughly enjoying the spectacle. We saw traditional dances, magic tricks, <a href="https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/chinese-tea-ceremonies-traditions?mc_cid=bcfa938ec9&mc_eid=179ba3208d" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">formal tea-pouring</a>, puppetry, the Long Silk Dance, the face-changing art, making lollipops from liquid sugar, toy pandas and modern fashion photography in historic scenery.</p>
<p><a href="https://clareobeara.medium.com/year-of-the-ox-39401f5ed7f"><strong>Learn More</strong></a></p>