On February 3rd, nearly 100 foreigners of more than ten nationalities had a joyful time together with locals from the Wangjing area, and personally experienced the joy of celebrating the Spring Festival in Beijing. 

There are foreigners from 36 countries and regions including Korea, the United States, Japan and Arabia living on this street. The street has one of the highest concentration of the closely-knit Korean ethnic minority in Beijing. In particular, the Wangjing West Garden is called 'Korean City'. 

With the Spring Festival (a traditional Chinese festival) coming up, this novel get-together to celebrate the Spring Festival between locals and foreigners was held in the Wangjing area. Photo 1 shows local residents in Beijing performing the Chinese traditional mask opera for their foreign friends.Photo shows  foreigners tasting dumplings that they made. 

2005/02/14
Source:chinanews.cn