Chinese New Year Celebration

We are pleased to be working with the Cardiff Hubs and Libraries to bring you a day full of activities and fun in celebration of China's most important cultural festival.

10-11am: Chinese Language Taster Session

Have you ever wanted to learn Chinese but haven't been brave enough to sign up to a language course? Join one of our experienced language tutors are they introduce you to some of the most commonly used Chinese characters as well as some useful phrases!

12-1pm: Chinese New Year Lecture

Delve deeper into the Spring Festival as we introduce you to some of the Chinese customs and traditions associated with this important cultural celebration.

2-3pm: Chinese Painting and Paper-Cutting

Learn a little bit about the techniques of traditional Chinese Painting as we teach you how to form some basic shapes and create a Plum Blossom painting. If you have paintbrushes, paper and calligraphy ink or watercolours then you are welcome to join in from home! In the second half of the workshop we will introduce you to Chinese paper cutting and scissors, paper and pens are recommended to join in with this activity.

You can book to attend a single event or all three events by selecting the appropriate ticket type from the menu.

All events will be livestreamed on Zoom and we will send you the links and log-in details when you register.