Chinanews.com, January 17th. On January 14th, the Chinese Cultural Center in Stockholm was decorated with lights and festoons, and the guests were crowded. The "2023 Happy Chinese New Year" event kicked off here.

Chinese Ambassador to Sweden Cui Aimin and his wife Li Lihong, Cultural Counselor and Director of the China Cultural Center in Stockholm Chen Xiao, founder of Lilla Music Academy Nina Balabina, Swedish cultural and art circles, educational circles and About 150 people from overseas Chinese in Switzerland attended the event.

  Lion dances accompanied festive gongs and drums to welcome guests outside the gate of the cultural center, and the "2023 Happy Chinese New Year" event kicked off in the short film "Happy New Year and Bright Inner Mongolia".

Cui Aimin pointed out in his speech that this year is the 20th consecutive year that "Happy Chinese New Year" has been held in Sweden.

Over the past 20 years, the people of China and Sweden have met and got to know each other here, and the cultures of the two countries have learned and appreciated each other here, which fully reflects the strong inclusiveness and openness of Chinese and Swedish cultures.

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  Cui Aimin introduced that the essence of Chinese Spring Festival culture is "the unity of man and nature", which embodies the culture of harmonious coexistence between man and man, man and nature.

Therefore, in terms of international exchanges, China advocates that all countries in the world should respect the diversity of civilizations, use civilization exchanges to transcend civilization barriers, civilization mutual learning transcend civilization conflicts, and civilization coexistence transcend civilization superiority, so as to jointly respond to various global challenges and build a community with a shared future for mankind.

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  Nina Barabina, founder of Sweden's Lila Academy of Music, said that music is the common language of all mankind, it hits the soul directly and has no borders.

Over the years, Lila Conservatory has had traditional friendship with the Chinese Embassy in Sweden and the Stockholm China Cultural Center.

She hopes to lead students to visit China again in the near future, and conduct extensive exchanges with Chinese artists and art educators.

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  Chen Xiao, Cultural Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Sweden and Director of the China Cultural Center in Stockholm, said in his speech that celebrating the 20th "Happy Chinese New Year" with all the guests today is a happy event every tenth, and I hope everyone will have auspiciousness in the new year As one wishes.

Founded in 2016, the Stockholm China Cultural Center has held nearly 200 online and offline cultural events in the past 4 years.

The cultures of China and Sweden exchange and learn from each other here, and the beauty of the United States is shared.

Thank you all guests and friends for your strong support to the Cultural Center over the years.

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  Then Cui Aimin presented a string tiger kite from Weifang to the Lila Conservatory of Music.

Nina Barabina said that she would display it in the school museum to let more students know about this piece of art from China.

  A wonderful theatrical performance integrating Chinese and Swiss cultural elements and combining Chinese and Western cultures pushed the event to a climax.

The singing voices of artists from China and Sweden were high-pitched and clear, or melodious and melodious, expressing the expectation for spring; the symphony of Eastern and Western musical instruments was full of good wishes for the New Year.

The guests at the scene were immersed in the beautiful melody and gave warm applause from time to time.

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  After the theatrical performance, the guests who were still interested continued to watch the "Happy Chinese New Year in Inner Mongolia" photo exhibition.

A series of exquisite pictures bring people to Inner Mongolia, which has a vast territory and straightforward folk customs.

The forest, sea and snow field here made the Swedish guests who are also snow country feel kind, while the desert snow scene, nomadic fishing and hunting, and roasted wheat with milk wine made them feel novel and aroused their great interest.

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  At the opening ceremony, the China Cultural Center prepared sweet, crispy and fragrant Chinese snacks for the guests, presented the happy spring mascot bunny to the distinguished guests and children present, and let the guests take away the happy spring T-shirts. The whole event was full of joy and laughter.

  Following the opening ceremony, the China Cultural Center in Stockholm will continue to launch a series of short videos on various media platforms of the center, including "Inheritance of Classics Xinjiang Intangible Cultural Heritage", "Taste of China in Ningxia Tour", "Comfortable New Year in Sichuan" series of short videos, "Qin Shi Ming Yue Han Shi Guan" "Silk Road Photo Exhibition, "Dancing Silk Road·Longshang Fenghua" cloud broadcast and other exciting content.

The "2023 Happy Chinese New Year" event will last until the Lantern Festival on February 5.

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