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Guangdong performers bring Chinese New Year joy to Europe

Writer:   |  Editor: Zhang Zhiqing  |  From:   |  Updated: 2025-02-05

The Ximen Yingge Team’s lively and unique Yingge dance captivated the public as a celebration for the Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival. This folk dance, popular in Guangdong and listed as national intangible cultural heritage in 2006, is a fusion of drama, dance, and martial arts. The team is on an eight-day tour of Germany and France as part of the “Happy Chinese New Year” event. The Spring Festival was added to UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2024 and recognized as an official U.N. holiday by the 78th U.N. General Assembly in 2023.

A member of the Ximen Yingge Team from Shantou, Guangdong Province, poses for a photo with a baby during a break in the performance on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, France, on Sunday local time. Photos by Xinhua

Members of the Ximen Yingge Team from Shantou, Guangdong Province are performing the Yingge dance in Paris, France.

Members of a Yingge team perform Chaoyang Yingge dance during the Spring Festival celebration on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, France.


Members of a Yingge team perform Chaoyang Yingge dance during the Spring Festival celebration on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, France.

Members of a Yingge team perform Chaoyang Yingge dance during the Spring Festival celebration on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, France.


Members of a Yingge team perform Chaoyang Yingge dance during the Spring Festival celebration on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, France.


Members of a Yingge team pose for a photo during the Spring Festival celebration on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, France.


Members of a Yingge team perform Chaoyang Yingge dance during the Spring Festival celebration on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, France.

Members of a Yingge team perform Chaoyang Yingge dance during the Spring Festival celebration on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, France.


The Ximen Yingge Team’s lively and unique Yingge dance captivated the public as a celebration for the Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival.