Olympics and the Chinese New Year
There were many people at the Olympic Museum on the evening of 6 February to celebrate Chinese New Year’s Eve. Guest were welcomed at the lakeside by four Beijing 2008 mascots; there was a torch-lit parade across the park, a dragon dance, to ward off evil spirits, on the Museum’s terrace - nothing had been left to chance to celebrate the big Beijing 2008 exhibition, the programme of festivities which accompanies it and above all the passing from the Year of the Pig to the Year of the Rat.
Since the 2008 Olympic Games will be held in Beijing, China, one of the pre-Olympic activities recently held was the celebration of the Chinese New Year (7 February 2008). It’s officially the Year of the Rat now. I wonder how the event and athletes’ fortunes will fare, all in accordance to Chinese astrology and stuff.
As far as I know, from today and until Sunday, the Chinese New Year festivities continue at the Olympic Museum with the Spring Festival.
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