The Confucius Institute in Edmonton participated in the Chinese New Year celebration at Bonnie Doon Mall on January 21.
This is an annual event organized by the Edmonton Chinese Bilingual Education Association and the Confucius Institute in Edmonton provides support for the celebration of Chinese New Year in the large Bonnie Doon community.
The CIE teachers worked hard to share their cultural talents with participants, in Chinese traditional dough art, Chinese paper cutting and Chinese knots. The Chinese Yoyo station drew a lot of attention from the younger students and many of them were trying to learn how to make the yoyo work.
Several special guests also attended the event and showed interest t in the Chinese traditional arts displayed by the CIE teachers. Among them were MLA Marlin Schmidt, Minister of Advanced Education and MLA Denise Woollard.