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Puppets sold by vendors.

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A vendor was selling these prayer beads.

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Trinkets being sold by vendors.

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Children from the Chinese School demonstrating how the scavenger hunt works at the museum.

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Chinese Music Demonstration and Performance

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Chinese Music Demonstration and Performance

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This traditional Chinese music is played on the Erhu (Chinese Violin) and the Hammered Dulcimer.

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Red bags are monetary gifts from Chinese elders to their children on Chinese New Year. One of the vendors cheerfully explained to me that no matter how old one is, (s)he receives a red bag from the elders.

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Presenter for the Chinese for Families Program

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Presenter for the Chinese for Families Program

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Included an adorable puppet show, plays, games, stories, and songs all filmed and performed by a local Chinese school. A scavenger hunt around the museum followed the show.

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This Chinese woman described the persecution that her mother-in-law experienced because her meditation practice is banned in China. She said her mother-in-law was imprisoned for practicing Falun Gong.

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This is a Chinese plucked string instrument with a more than 2,500-year history. It has 16 (or more) strings and movable bridges.

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Acupuncture practitioners were promoting their services

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Acupuncture practitioners were promoting their services

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Brochures were distributed to promote the show Shen Yun

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Brochures were distributed to promote the show Shen Yun

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Brochures describing persecution of practitioners of Falun Gong

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Brochures describing persecution of practitioners of Falun Gong

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This magnificent space spans ninety feet high and is ninety feet in diameter

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An alternative medicine technique that originated in China more than 2000 years ago. It involves tiny needles placed in the body. It is believed to treat and heal many ailments of the body.

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The Chinese used these to write stories and history on before paper was discovered.

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A traditional music and dance performance. Traditional Chinese instruments were played such as the Erhu, Guzheng, Pipa, Hulusi & Drum.

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Made of metal and painted with beautiful colors. Lion sculptures were often created in pairs, each designed with features to differentiate the male from its female counterpart. This type of “Guardian Lion,” from the Qing Dynasty was not indigenous to China so that might be why the characterization is so interesting.

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Not much is known about the origins of this piece of art but it came with the name "The Empress Dowager" purchased from Wanamaker's Fine Arts Department and given as a gift to the Penn Museum.

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Used in lieu of signatures on all types of documents.
Chinese seals are typically made of stone, sometimes of metal, wood, bamboo, plastic, or ivory, and are typically used with red or cinnabar paste.

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Traditional Chinese dress for women

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Red banner hung on every door on Chinese New Year to scare away Nien, the monster who terrorizes the villagers.

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This was a fun interactive game for the children attending the event to try to find the zodiac animals throughout the museum.

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Chinese New Year Celebration at the Penn Museum

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Chinese New Year Celebration at the Penn Museum

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Chinese New Year Celebration Schedule of Events

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Chinese New Year Celebration Schedule of Events

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Chinese New Year is the most important time of the year in Chinese culture, consisting of fifteen days of good fortune, meals and happiness with family at the center of the celebration.