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HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn presides over the opening ceremony of the Chinese New Year Festival in the Yaowarat area of Bangkok, paying respect to Chinese gods and goddesses at Leng Noei Yi Temple. |
SW celebrates Chinese New Year
By Itsarin Tisantia
Photos courtesy of Bangkok Post
Chinese New Year celebrations will be held throughout the world on February 8 to welcome the Year of the Monkey. Chinese people in Thailand also hold various events to mark Chinese New Year.
For this week’s Freeze Frame, SW takes a look at Chinese New Year festivities held across the kingdom last year.
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The Xinjian Acrobatic troupe, who won China’s 2014 National Acrobatic Competition, perform different shows to mark Chinese New Year at Future Park Rangsit in Pathum Thani. |
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Organised by Nonthaburi Municipality Office, a flyboarding performance is held along the Chao Phraya River in Nonthaburi in celebration of Chinese New Year.
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Worshippers of the Chao Pho Thap Chinese deity gather around a model of a golden dragon in a procession in Samut Prakan, as part of their Chinese New Year celebrations. |
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China Cultural Center holds an event to celebrate Chinese New Year in Bangkok. One of its highlights is Chinese calligraphy. |
Exercises
| …… 1. highlight | a. a group of actors or singers who work together |
| …… 2. procession | b. a line of people or vehicles that move along slowly, especially as part of a ceremony |
| …… 3. troupe | c. to celebrate or officially remember an event that you consider to be important |
| …… 4. mark | d. the best, most interesting or most exciting part of something |
Vocabulary
- acrobatic (adj): involving or performing difficult acts or movements with the body
deity (n): a god or goddess
calligraphy (n): beautiful handwriting that you do with a special pen or brush
