{"id":919981,"date":"2022-01-27T10:12:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T10:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/27\/all-set-for-chinese-lunar-new-year-celebrations-in-pretoria-says-embassy\/"},"modified":"2022-01-27T10:12:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T10:12:04","slug":"all-set-for-chinese-lunar-new-year-celebrations-in-pretoria-says-embassy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/27\/all-set-for-chinese-lunar-new-year-celebrations-in-pretoria-says-embassy\/","title":{"rendered":"All set for Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Pretoria, says embassy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><!--sse--><\/p>\n<p>Pretoria \u2013 Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa is scheduled to join Chinese Ambassador to South Africa Chen Xiaodong at the virtual Chinese New Year celebrations, also called the Spring Festival, which celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chinese New Year is the most prominent and celebrated Chinese holiday. It is not only the beginning of the year but also a time for family reunion,\u201d the Chinese Embassy in Pretoria said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Across China, frenzied celebrations often last for around two weeks, and the festivities are marked by Chinese people and others from East Asia all across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>This is the year of tiger in Chinese zodiac. It starts from February 1 and will end in January 2023. The first week of festivities \u2013 from 1-7 February this year \u2013 is also a national public holiday in China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn celebration of the 2022 Chinese New Year, Ambassador Chen Xiaodong and Madame Zhang Bin request the pleasure of your company at the virtual Spring Festival celebration on Friday,\u201d the embassy said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"RelatedArticlescss__StyledRelatedArticles-sc-10g88yu-0 ezIKFV\">\n<h2><span>MORE ON THIS<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cAmbassador Chen and the Minister Mthethwa will extend festive greetings for the New Year.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"baobab-embedded-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/9be8c26b-a353-5787-851a-2fd820902d10&#038;operation=CROP&#038;offset=0x0&#038;resize=2800x1864.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"610\"><figcaption>Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa. File Picture: GCIS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Before the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Chinese Spring Festival at the embassy was a major highlight on the Pretoria arts and diplomatic calendars where the giant opens its giant doors to local communities, artists and international performers.<\/p>\n<p>Economically, South Africa and China are strong business and trading partners.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Data from the Department of International Relations shows that China is South Africa\u2019s largest trading partner, and in 2020, total bilateral trade between South Africa and China amounted to R437 billion, which includes the trade figures of Macau, Hong Kong and Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"strong-ee7e0bd00f1f8bed391b3155f40d0d4d\"><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pretoria \u2013 Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa is scheduled to join Chinese Ambassador to South Africa Chen Xiaodong at the virtual Chinese New Year celebrations, also called the Spring Festival, which celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar. \u201cThe Chinese New Year is the most prominent and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-919981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919981\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}