{"id":12069,"date":"2021-02-08T04:10:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T04:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/02\/08\/olympian-city-presents-chinese-new-year-cultural-extravaganza-4000-square-feet-old-street-straight-out-of-ancient-china\/"},"modified":"2021-02-08T04:10:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T04:10:00","slug":"olympian-city-presents-chinese-new-year-cultural-extravaganza-4000-square-feet-old-street-straight-out-of-ancient-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/02\/08\/olympian-city-presents-chinese-new-year-cultural-extravaganza-4000-square-feet-old-street-straight-out-of-ancient-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympian City presents Chinese New Year Cultural Extravaganza 4,000-square-feet old street straight out of ancient China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n                            <!--<a class=\"format-txt\" href=\"{baseURL}\/View\/{release.id}?_download=1\">View this article in .txt format<\/a>--><\/p>\n<p class=\"subheadline\">\n                               Introduction to the culture of hanfu with virtual fitting via AR technology                            <\/p>\n<p>HONG KONG SAR&#13;<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/\">Media OutReach<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 8&#13;<br \/>\nFebruary 2021 &#8211;\u00a0Hong Kong is getting ready for Lunar New Year,&#13;<br \/>\none of the most culturally profound and widely celebrated Chinese festivals.&#13;<br \/>\nThe festival is not only a time for families and friends to get together, but it&#13;<br \/>\nalso provides a unique opportunity for learning about Chinese culture. From today&#13;<br \/>\nto 28 February 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympiancity.com.hk\/en\">Olympian City<\/a> is organising the <b>Chinese New Year Cultural&#13;<br \/>\nExtravaganza<\/b> to create an enriching and educational&#13;<br \/>\nexperience that also includes festive foods and shopping.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"https:\/\/release.media-outreach.com\/release.php\/Images\/Thumb\/500x0\/123250\/NDL-0282.jpg#image-123250\" width=\"500\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"https:\/\/release.media-outreach.com\/release.php\/Images\/Thumb\/500x0\/123257\/IMG-0386.jpg#image-123257\" width=\"500\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"https:\/\/release.media-outreach.com\/release.php\/Images\/Thumb\/400x0\/123264\/NDL-8637.jpg#image-123264\" width=\"400\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"https:\/\/release.media-outreach.com\/release.php\/Images\/Thumb\/500x0\/123271\/NDL-0636.jpg#image-123271\" width=\"500\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Chinese New Year Cultural Extravaganza is bringing to life an old Chinese street occupying a floor space of 4,000 square feet and teeming with oriental elements; lines of hanging red lanterns, a small footbridge over a lotus pond and a flowering peach blossom tree serves as perfect photo backdrops. In addition, there is an exhibition of\u00a0<i>hanfu<\/i>\u00a0(traditional clothing worn by Han Chinese), whose characteristics and historical backgrounds to be explained by docents. Exhibitiongoers can virtually try on the costumes in the\u00a0AR Hanfu Fitting Room\u00a0and be transported to ancient China. S+\u00a0REWARDS members are exclusively invited to join\u00a0Hanfu Experience Day, on which they have the opportunity to wear real\u00a0<i>hanfu<\/i>\u00a0with their families and friends, topped up by complimentary hairstyling services, and have their photos taken by professional photographers.<\/p>\n<p>On 30 January 2021,&#13;<br \/>\nmodels donning <i>hanfu <\/i>from different eras and complementary makeup appearred in <b><i>hanfu<\/i>&#13;<br \/>\nshow<\/b>. The show started at Olympian City, and head to Lee Tung Avenue at Wan&#13;<br \/>\nChai, while the final stop at Gold Coast Piazza at Tuen Mun.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Another highlight is the <b>Good Fortune Lunar New Year Market<\/b>, which&#13;<br \/>\nfeatures about 20 booths selling festive foods and decorations as well as&#13;<br \/>\nseasonal flowers for locals to get prepared for the Year of the Cow. The market&#13;<br \/>\nalso showcases selected works by notable Hong Kong photographer, calligrapher&#13;<br \/>\nand painter Water Poon and contemporary ink artist TK Chan. On 14 &amp; 21 February,&#13;<br \/>\nfestive melodies will be played during live Chinese classical music&#13;<br \/>\nperformances to add a touch of poetry to the joyful ambience. Everyone is&#13;<br \/>\ninvited to visit Olympian City with their families and friends this Lunar New&#13;<br \/>\nYear to experience the culture of <i>hanfu<\/i> and take part in a variety of festive&#13;<br \/>\nactivities.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b><u>Redemption of Chinese New Year Gifts <\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Printed in&#13;<br \/>\na bold red colour, the &#8220;<b>Blessings-filled red envelops&#8221;<\/b> designed by&#13;<br \/>\nOlympian City are made from premium ISO14001-certified 100% recycled paper to&#13;<br \/>\nhighlight the mall&#8217;s mission to promote a sustainable lifestyle. Carrying a&#13;<br \/>\ngold pressed design with the Chinese character &#8220;blessing&#8221; in the middle, which&#13;<br \/>\nis inspired by window carvings in traditional Chinese architecture, the red&#13;<br \/>\nenvelops exude oriental flavours in a minimalist manner. The octagonal design&#13;<br \/>\nis hoped to bring a year of amicable relationships, while the greeting message&#13;<br \/>\non the top right corner is straightforward and aligned with the modern&#13;<br \/>\nsimplicity of the overall design.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>For both&#13;<br \/>\ngivers and recipients of red envelops, a beautiful red envelop pouch can come&#13;<br \/>\nin handy. Made with damask, a weaving technique commonly used in ancient China,&#13;<br \/>\nwith detailed auspicious clouds embroidered in silk, the matching red &#8220;<b>blessings-filled&#13;<br \/>\nred envelop pouch<\/b>&#8221; is chic and sophisticated and is hoped to bring good&#13;<br \/>\nluck in the Year of the Cow.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Redeem the&#13;<br \/>\nexclusive &#8220;Hanfu Paper Doll Set&#8221; and &#8220;Hanfu Magnet Set&#8221; specially&#13;<br \/>\nprepared by Olympian City to bring home with you a series of mini traditional&#13;<br \/>\nhanfu! S+ REWARDS and Olympian Kids members may redeem the Chinese New Year gifts by&#13;<br \/>\npoints starting from today. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b><u>Chinese New Year Cultural&#13;<br \/>\nExtravaganza <\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Date: From Today until 28&#13;<br \/>\nFeb 2021<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Venue: Central Atrium,&#13;<br \/>\nG\/F Olympian City 2, West Kowloon, Hong Kong<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/release.php\/View\/64289#Contact\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction to the culture of hanfu with virtual fitting via AR technology HONG KONG SAR&#13; &#8211;\u00a0Media OutReach\u00a0&#8211; 8&#13; February 2021 &#8211;\u00a0Hong Kong is getting ready for Lunar New Year,&#13; one of the most culturally profound and widely celebrated Chinese festivals.&#13; The festival is not only a time for families and friends to get together, but &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12069"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}