New Year’s Reception for Students Staying on Campus During the Winter Vacation

According to Chinese lunar calendar, February 19th is the Chinese New Year's Day, the Spring Festival in 2015. Featured with family reunion and new year's greetings, the Spring Festival is the most important traditional festival for Chinese people. Over the years, Tsinghua University hosts a reception on New Year's Eve for the students who stay on campus without going home.

This year's reception was held in Tingtaoyuan Dining hall on the evening of February 18th. More than 60 international students and over 200 Chinese students participated in this wonderful event. Chairperson of the University Council Chen Xu, Deputy President Cheng Jianping, Vice Chairpersons of the University Council Han Jingyang and Shi Zongkai, and Vice President Ji Junmin as well as faculty and staff representatives were present to deliver their season's greetings and best wishes to the students for the upcoming year.

Art performance, lucky draws, and games made the reception warm, interactive, and full of enthusiasm and happiness. Most exciting and attractive to the international students is the demonstration of dumpling making by Prof. Chen Xu and other faculty and staff. Several international students were encouraged to practice it under supervision, and they were all very happy with their success.

While enjoying delicious New Year's Eve dinner, every student was delighted to receive a new year's gift from the university: a prepaid shopping card and a phone card for calling back to the family at this festival.