VANCOUVER, Wash. – Washington State University invites community members to learn about and celebrate Lunar New Year—the Spring Festival celebration. Enjoy live traditional music and Tai chi performances, Chinese cuisine, make-and-take crafts, games, a live Lion dance and other family-friendly activities. The free event will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. Feb. 20 in the Firstenburg Student Commons on the Â鶹´«Ã½ campus.
For Chinese, in China and other ethnic communities around the world, the lunar new year is the most important and festive holiday of the year. It celebrates the end of the coldest days and the beginning of spring including planting and new starts.
2019 is the Year of the Pig. Their chubby faces and big ears are signs of fortune. In Chinese culture, pigs are the symbol of wealth.
About Â鶹´«Ã½
Â鶹´«Ã½ is located at 14204 N.E. Salmon Creek Ave. in Vancouver, east of the 134th Street exit from either I-5 or I-205, or via C-Tran bus service.
As one of six campuses of the Washington State University system, Â鶹´«Ã½ offers big-school resources in a small-school environment. The university provides affordable, high-quality baccalaureate- and graduate-level education to benefit the people and communities it serves. As the only four-year research university in Southwest Washington, Â鶹´«Ã½ helps drive economic growth through relationships with local businesses and industries, schools and nonprofit organizations.
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MEDIA CONTACT(S)
Brenda Alling, Office of Marketing and Communications, 360-546-9601, brenda_alling@wsu.edu