Winter Solstice (Chinese: 冬至) is one of the 24 solar terms of the year. This year the Winter Solstice falls on December 22nd. There was a saying in ancient China, "The Winter Solstice is as significant as the Spring Festival".

It is with pleasure that we invite you and your family to join us on Dec.14th, 2:50 pm-5:00 pm to celebrate the Winter Solstice Festival at the Art Museum of Cantonese Opera!

Last year foreign experts and their families from the UK, United States, Germany, Russia, Canada, Japan and other countries followed the instructions of a dim-sum master chef and tried their hand at making dim-sum themselves

You can learn to perform Cantonese Opera from the masters or try your hand at making typical Winter Solstice dim sum such as Tangyuan (a kind of stuffed small dumpling ball made of glutinous rice flour ), dumplings, rice cake and so on.

Cantonese Opera performance

The Art Museum of Cantonese Opera features many traditional Lingnan architectural stylings. If you are interested in traditional Cantonese culture, the museum should be the first place you visit. It is located in Liwan District, which not only is one of the city’s oldest districts but is also the birthplace of Cantonese opera.

‘Guangzhou: A home away from home for Global Talent - discovering the new colour of Guangzhou’, the event is an activity hosted by the Guangzhou Foreign Experts Bureau to give foreign experts a chance to get involved in the local life of Guangzhou. This year, GDToday continues its partnership with the bureau to organize extra big events for you, our dear readers!

Over the past few years, GDToday has invited expats to experience different elements of traditional Chinese culture including calligraphy, ‘lion head’ making and paper-cutting.

If you were interested to join, please leave a message through our WeChat GDToday with the following information.

Name, contact(Tel/wechat ID), work Permit Number, occupation, nationality and number of participants.

Written by Keane

Edited by Simon Haywood