Celebration: Year of the Golden Snake

2025 金蛇开运中外艺术家海外迎春送福
Saturday, 1/25/2025
2:00 - 4:00
Atrium
Main Library

100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
United States

415-557-4400

Celebrate the Year of the Golden Snake with talented calligraphers from China! Watch as they write the character "Fu" (福, meaning "blessing") on-site and distribute printed "Fu" characters to attendees, spreading wishes for a prosperous and blessed New Year. 

与来自中国的才华横溢的书法家一起庆祝金蛇年！欣赏他们现场书写“福”字，并向观众分发印制的“福”字，为大家送上新年祝福，祝愿每个人都能拥有一个繁荣幸福的新年。

This event is jointly organized by the San Francisco Public Library Chinese Center, Jiangsu Chinese Painting Academy, Jiangsu Federation of Overseas Chinese International Cultural Exchange Promotion Association, American International Traditional Culture Development Foundation, American Chinese Painting Academy, Northern California Jiangsu-Zhejiang Association, National Association of Jiangsu-Zhejiang Fellow Townsmen (General Chamber of Commerce), and the North America Zhi Gong Association.

此活动由三藩市图书馆华裔中心及江苏省中国画学会，江苏省侨联国际文化交流促进会，美国国际传统文化发展基金会，美国中国画学会，北加州苏浙同乡会，全美苏浙同乡总会（总商会），北美致公协会 共同合作。

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