Lantern Festival is one of the most famous traditional Chinese festivals. It's on the fifteenth day of lunar January. To celebrate it, many traditional Chinese culture events such as paper cutting, kung fu and calligraphy got introduced to schools. Schools do it to make young students to experience Chinese culture.
On that day in 2023, Beijing City International School had an event called Chinese Festival. It held some cultural activities like hanfu clothing, tea art and traditional Chinese medicine skills. They were warmly received by the students from home and abroad. It also invited some special persons to show their artworks or skills. Its purpose was to raise some money for those in need according to one of the heads of this school, Li.
Li is a big fan of traditional Chinese culture. She said the event was a good way to celebrate the Lantern Festival, because it could make her students have close touch with the Chinese cultural heritage （文化遗产）. Mark Sullivan is the secondary school headmaster of the school. He said they completely supported the Chinese culture event started by the students. They should love their roots and culture. We are also very proud of the cultural activities here. "
