Lunar New Year Webinar: Grades 3-5

What is Lunar New Year: https://asia.si.edu/whats-on/events/celebrations/lunar-new-year-celebration/, and how is it similar to and different from January 1 celebrations? In this webinar, students grades 3-5 discuss the holiday’s entertainment, foods, and customs as we welcome the year of the goat. Due to our collections’ strengths, content focuses on the arts of China.

American Sign Language interpretation included. You must register in advance: https://smithsonian.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ruJu7TutStexOiCZjDGK2Q to attend live or receive the recording.

Formerly attributed to Li Di (act. late 12th-early 13th century); Sheep and Goats on the Banks of a Stream (detail); China, 1368-1644; ink and color on silk; National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Freer Collection, Gift of Charles Lang Freer, F1911.217: https://asia.si.edu/explore-art-culture/collections/search/edanmdm:fsg_F1911.217/