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Updated: 2013-02-15 14:07
(China Daily)
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Lights On Sun Guoxiang (left), China's consul general in New York, and his wife flip a switch at the Empire State Building on Feb 8 to illuminate the landmark structure in red and gold to celebrate the Lunar New Year. The holiday lights shone for three nights, culminating in the Feb 10 start of the Year of the Snake. Yu Wei / China Daily New York |
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Game Night Members of a Virginia school for martial arts demonstrate their prowess on the Verizon Center court during halftime of the Feb 8 game between the Washington Wizards and the Brooklyn Nets. The demonstration, part of the National Basketball Association's weeklong celebration of the Chinese New Year, was organized by the Wizards and the Coordination Council of Chinese-American Associations. Sun Chenbei / China Daily Washington |
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Game Night Members of the Wizard Girls, the offcial cheerleaders for the Washington Wizards, wear shirts bearing the offcial logo of the NBA's Year of the Snake events. Zhou Pai / China Daily Washington |
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In Harmony Patrick Chi Ping Ho, deputy chairman of the China Energy Fund Committee, a Hong Kong think tank, spoke at the United Nations on Thursday about the ways in which Confucianism and other philosophies associated with China can promote peace. Ho's speech was part of World Interfaith Harmony Week at the UN. Provided to China Daily New York |
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Holiday Pageantry The Hong Kong Association of Washington Foundation and the Bruce Lee Foundation co-hosted a black-tie celebration of Lunar New Year on Feb 9. The gala featured Hollywood stars who worked with Bruce Lee as well as members of the late martial-arts actor's family, a fashion show by Seattle-based designer Luly Yang and music by the Seattle Chinese Orchestra. Deng Yu / China Daily Seattle |
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Music Men The New York Philharmonic on Tuesday presented a Chinese New Year gala featuring a concert of mostly traditional and contemporary Chinese classical music at Avery Fisher Hall. Pre-concert festivities included a dragon dance and live percussion music. From left: Matthew VanBesien, the philharmonic's executive director; visiting conductor Long Yu, who is artistic director and chief conductor of the China Philharmonic Orchestra; and New York Philharmonic music director Alan Gilbert. Kelly Chung Dawson / China Daily New York |
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Peaceful Tidings Fo Guang Shan Temple in suburban Toronto, one of North America's biggest Buddhist houses of worship, celebrated the Lunar New Year with offerings to Buddha on the evening of Feb 9. Attendees made offerings of incense for the Year of the Snake, received a traditional red gift envelope, rang the peace bell and enjoyed cups of sweet tea. Here, Yungku, abbey of the temple, gives a red envelope to Isabelle Barcher and her mother. Li Na / China Daily Mississauga, Ontario |
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 A skilled team perform a dragon dance during a break at Tuesday night’s game between the Rockets and the Golden State Warriors. The game was one of several broadcast live in China as part of the National Basketball Association’s celebration of Lunar New Year. Special events in several league arenas also took place. Chen Jia / China Daily Oakland, California |
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 BACKSTAGE WELCOME A concert by the China National Orchestra was the highlight of Stanford University’s Pan-Asian Music Festival from Feb 8 to 10. Meeting before the Feb 9 concert at the university’s Bing Hall are, from left: University Provost John Etchemendy; Shuye Huan, China program administrator at the Stanford Center for International Development; and conductor Chen Xieyang of the China National Orchestra. Zhang Qidong / China Daily Stanford, California |
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