Celebrate the Lunar New Year with UBC Library

The Asian Library, in collaboration with the Department of Asian Studies, will celebrate the Lunar New Year at the Asian Centre. Celebrate the Year of the Horse at UBC!

Programs include cultural showcase booths, an Asian book sale, the “Beautiful China” photo exhibition, a lecture and a treasure hunt. All events are free and open to the public.

For more information, please visit the Asian Library’s site.

Date: February 7
Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: Asian Centre, 1871 West Mall

Schedule of Events	Time
Main event Lion Dance Student Performances Chinese Ensemble	10 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Lunch (sold out)
Cultural booths Write Calligraphy Wear Chinese Traditional Costumes & Take Photos Tie Chinese Knots & Make Paper Crafts	1 – 3 p.m.
Book sale Lots of new, used, and hard-to-find books and some journals. Most are in Asian languages (mainly in Chinese, Japanese and Korean and Indic languages) and some in English. Prices range from $.10 to $5. Many subject areas, including history, language, literature, religion, philosophy and fine arts.	1 – 4 p.m.
Lecture (in Mandarin) “Cigarette Cards and Chinese Customs” by Desheng Li 风行于清末民初的香烟画片与中国民俗 (李德生主讲, 以普通话进行)	2 to 3 p.m.
Exhibitions Beautiful China Photo Exhibition (In collaboration with the Consulate General of PRC Vancouver) (Asian Centre foyer). 春节文化走进图书馆 – 美丽中国图片展览 (与中华人民共和国驻温哥华总领馆合办） Knowing 360 jobs in Old China from Cigarette Cards (Asian Library upper floor). 从烟画看旧中国的三百六十行	All day
Treasure hunt Test your knowledge of the Library and enter to win a prize draw.	All day

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