Hungary is marking Chinese New Year with a unique blend of tradition and technology.
The organizers say the events look to unite different generations and different cultures.
CGTN’s Pablo Gutierrez reports.
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The organizers say the events look to unite different generations and different cultures.
CGTN’s Pablo Gutierrez reports.
#Hungary #ChineseNewYear #LunarNewYear
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00:00Budapest welcomes the Year of the Snake with a one-of-a-kind celebration, including Chinese
00:09opera, traditional arts and crafts, and one of the world's most popular Chinese online
00:15games.
00:16Half my life I've been playing League of Legends.
00:18Charlie Erickson, better known online as Kesha, is one of the world's top players of League
00:24of Legends and Wild Rift.
00:27He was invited to the celebration to meet, greet, and play alongside fans.
00:32With this game, we can promote our traditional Chinese culture, embroideries, to all over
00:44the world, especially youngsters.
00:46So that's our idea.
00:49Seng says the game's creators designed new digital costumes inspired by Sohu embroidery
00:55For the Year of the Snake, this led them to invite Sohu artisans to showcase their craft
01:01alongside Hungarian Maggio embroidery artists.
01:05It's kind of very exciting, and I think it's very, very good, like this two cultures come
01:10together, and so I hope we're going to have more like this in the future.
01:17And a chance to learn other Chinese crafts, like lantern making, sugar blowing, and kite
01:22design.
01:24Creating a cultural dialogue that bridges generations and backgrounds, that is the goal
01:30of this event.
01:31According to the China Cultural Center here in Budapest, they say they will continue to
01:37promote programs that highlight the best of Chinese and Hungarian cultures.
01:45We asked Kesha for a quick crash course in the game, and within minutes, we found ourselves
01:50on opposing teams.
01:52I'm your teammate?
01:53So you and I against you guys?
01:55Yeah.
01:56Oh, totally.
01:57Facing one of the world's best players was thrilling, but it spelled disaster for my
02:02online characters.
02:04Ah!
02:05Yay!
02:06Totally!
02:07This celebration of the Chinese New Year, according to the organizers, is a reminder
02:15that traditions, whether ancient or modern, have the power to unite us all.
02:21Pablo Gutierrez CGTN, Budapest.