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WELCOME TO THE YEAR OF THE COO!
2021 marks the Chinese Year of the Ox – or in a unique Scottish twist – the Year of the Coo. Chinese New Year in Edinburgh has become the largest celebration of its kind in...
At home
In this special musical performance arranged by St Cecilia’s Hall – Scotland’s oldest purpose built concert hall – hear the beautiful sounds of the Chinese pipa, an instrument which has been played in China for...
At Home
The rat has leapt, the ox has come, let’s welcome a brand new year! Due to coronavirus restrictions, the annual gala event will take place online instead of its established home at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall....
Inverleith
Australian ecological artist Lisa Roet’s inflatable Golden Monkey installations have previously scaled skyscrapers in Beijing and Hong Kong, but for Chinese New Year the Golden Monkey sculpture is back on the exterior of one of...
Royal Mile
Canadian contemporary artist Ian Kirkpatrick brings his playful, life-size fusion of Highland Coo and Chinese Ox to Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, as part of a special commission for Edinburgh’s Chinese New Year celebrations. Ian’s work explores...
This event has now passed. Sat 13 Feb, 1.00pm. Join a relaxed craft making event to celebrate Lunar New Year, with this free Dragon Craft Workshop! Hosted by Sarah Kwan Artist & ESA Scotland. All are...
Fri 19 Feb, 5.00pm. Organised by the Confucius Institute for Scotland in the University of Edinburgh, join this fun-filled quiz and game session to learn more about the Chinese New year. Combining language and cultural...
This event has passed. Tue 16 Feb, 1.00pm. Organised by the Confucius Institute for Scotland in the University of Edinburgh, join this fun-filled quiz and game session to learn more about the Chinese New year. Combining language...
Starts Tues 2 March, 10.00am. Explore Chinese soft brush and ink techniques and the world of bird-and-flower painting in this short five-week course. Bird-and-flower painting is a special kind of Chinese brush painting which has been...
Starts Wed 3 March, 10.00am. Explore Chinese soft brush and ink techniques and learn Chinese calligraphy in clerical script (隶书, lìshū) in this short five-week course. Clerical script is a traditional writing format developed more than...
19 April – 25 June. The Confucius Institute for Scotland in the University of Edinburgh offers a range of Chinese language classes at all levels. With small class sizes and a friendly, relaxed atmosphere, our experienced...
Celebrating the arrival of the Year of the Ox, Kimho Ip and Filip Davidse combined the sounds of the traditional Chinese yangqin and saxophone to create inter-cultural dialogues that reflect the nuances between Chinese and...
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