Weihai artists celebrate Chinese New Year in South Korea

With festive and distinctive Chinese music, dances and Peking Opera performances, artists from Shandong's Weihai Mass Art Center brought their delightful New Year wishes to the people of South Korea at the country's 2019 Happy Chinese New Year celebration series.

The Weihai artists staged two special performances at the Weihai Pavilion in Inchon and the China Cultural Center in Seoul on Jan 16 and 17 respectively.

South Korea's third-largest city, Incheon, an expanding metropolis and industrial port, is a Friendship City of Weihai, Shandong province.

Hundreds of attendees, including government officials, commercial representatives, Chinese students and media members attended and watched the performances.

Jointly organized by the China Cultural Center in Seoul and the Weihai municipal bureau of culture and tourism, the special performances by Weihai artists were part of the Chinese New Year celebration series held in South Korea from Jan 10 to March 8.

Artists from the Weihai Mass Art Center stage a special performance at the China Cultural Center in Seoul on Jan 17 to welcome the upcoming Chines New Year. [Photo/WeChat account: cccsel]

An artist from Shandong's Weihai city stages classic Peking Opera excerpt from The Drunken Beauty during the "Happy Chinese New Year" gala at the China Cultural Center in Seoul on Jan 17. [Photo/WeChat account: cccsel]

Dancers from the Weihai Mass Art Center perform at the China Cultural Center in Seoul during the 2019 Happy Chinese New Year gala on Jan 17. [Photo/WeChat account: cccsel]

Performers and officials pose for a group photo after the special show at the China Cultural Center in Seoul on Jan 17, 2019. [Photo/WeChat account: cccsel]