Embrace China celebrates Chinese New Year in NYC

Fairy Troupe performs "Kung Hei Fat Choy-Cutting Paper Girls". JUDY ZHU / FOR CHINA DAILY

The performances look to engage friendship between overseas Chinese, Chinese Americans and local people and enhance the mutual understanding and appreciation of Chinese culture.

This year, the art group presented the renowned China National Acrobatic Troupe, which has won 55 golden worldwide awards in the past six decades. Chinese famous singer Dong Wenhua and Chen Junhua also brought songs from the 1960s and connected with a majority of the Chinese audiences, who have been in the US for more than 30 years.