Last monday, Januari 30th, in a cinema Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht, the Spring festival was held for this region. It started with 250 business people making contact with other business man, from China or the Netherlands with a Chinese dinner.
After that the other festivities started with 700 people, including the Ambassador of the People's republic of China Wu Ken(who took time to talk to Chinese people around) and the Mayor of Utrecht, Jan van Zanen, with a Lion's dance. A group called Jiangsu Performing Arts group was flown in from China.
People of the organisation:
The Mayor and the Ambassador in the centre
One of the two lions:
The Ambassador with the Mayor(with the silver neckles) in the centre.
The Ambassador:
Some of the female dancers:
One of the four music players:
A dancer: