Chinese New Year Celebration in school

On 30 January, all students and teachers of HIHS gathered in the school to celebrate Chinese New Year and learn Chinese traditional cultures.

By Zhou Yuqian

The celebration started with a lion dance performance which was put up by the students. As they were performing, applause and cheers filled the parade square. Performers throwing out sweets from the lion’s mouth to the audiences which represents happiness and prosperity.

The highlight of the event are the class party and classroom & costume decoration competition.Students had bought foods using class funds and brought foods from house for their class party.While having the class party,students started to decorate classroom. Dion Lee, a student from 2 Humility said:“I really enjoy the class party this year,as the foods are delicious and we had a lot of fun.I like the decoration competition too,we can show teamwork through this event, so we will be more bonded with each other.” The costume decoration competition,each class chose two students to be the models.Other students helped to design and decorate the costume by using recycling materials.All the classes were busying working on these decoration competitions. “I’m glad to see that the students had put in efforts for the competitions,they had come out with a lot of creative ideas.I hope students will enjoy this event and wish all of you a happy Chinese New Year!” said a teacher from chinese department. The results of the competition would announce after the holiday.

The celebration was a success and was wonderful,and if would not be so if the students and teachers did not help to organise the event.Thus, we should thank the effort that the students and teachers put in, said the head from the journalism and broadcasting society.