Think Academy has multiple fun and interactive activities planned for their Chinese New Year Facebook livestream event

The new lunar year is upon us and Think Academy is hosting a Chinese New Year Facebook livestream to celebrate the occasion! This event will happen on Wednesday, February 10th at 4:30pm Pacific Standard Time. The best part is that admission is free! Anyone who wants to attend is welcome to join the event on Facebook. 

Join the Facebook event here

Throughout the livestream, there will be lots of entertaining activities to participate in. Although we will also be giving out several different types of prizes in celebration of the new year. This article will be focused on providing information on what activities we have planned. However, if you would like to know about what prizes we are raffling off because free gifts are awesome as well! You can find all of that information by clicking here. 

“The Story of Nian”

The livestream event will start with a video showing geared towards celebrating the lunar new year. The title of the video is “The Story of Nian.” After the short video we will begin dishing out a series of fun and exciting activities.

New Year greetings in five different dialects

Have you ever wanted to learn how to say New Year greetings in different dialects? This event is here to provide a little teaching session on how to broaden your linguistic capabilities! Our event hosts will let the viewers choose three separate dialects from a group of 10 that they wish to learn.

Paper cut outs

Get your scissors and paper ready because our hosts will be teaching you how to create beautiful traditional Chinese New Year paper cut outs. Historically, paper cut outs are a huge part of Chinese New Year celebrations. In addition, they are a way to welcome the spring season. Our hosts will be using red paper for this event. However, at home feel free to use whichever color you like! 

Red envelope folding

Another fun arts and crafts activity that will be showcased during the livestream will be a tutorial on how to create your own red envelopes. These red envelopes are given to people on special occasions such as Chinese New Year. One of the purposes of them is to signify good luck. Our hosts will teach you how to create your own so you can write messages inside them! 

Chinese New Year cuisine

Want to learn more about traditional Chinese dishes? Well then you have come to the right place! In this segment, our hosts will introduce to the audience classic Chinese cuisines such as dumplings, glutinous rice balls, and more! The presentation from the hosts will help you understand the history behind these dishes and how they are made.

Quiz contest

One of the final activities of the night will be a fun and light hearted quiz contest. Do not worry about acing this quiz as it is only for audience members to enjoy and engage in. However, make sure to participate because it could help you win prizes along the way! 

Where to join the livestream event

If you would like to join us for this Chinese New Year celebration. You can join the Facebook event by clicking here. We hope to see you on February 10th for this special day!