Celebrate Traditions & Lunar New Year | Northwest Chinese School 2026 Spring Festival Carnival is Here!
As the year draws to a close and spring approaches, In this season full of reunions and blessings, Northwest Chinese School (Northwest Chinese School) Is about to welcome the most important And most anticipated traditional event of the year 2026 Spring Festival Carnival This is a festive event belonging to students, families, and the community And also an opportunity to experience Chinese culture, share in the joy of the Spring Festival, A beautiful gathering that gathers the strength of the community.
Event Information at a Glance
Time 🕘 January 24, 2026 (Saturday) 10:00 AM – 14:00 PM
Location 📍 Chinook Middle School First Floor Lobby & Gymnasium 2001 98th Ave NE, Bellevue
✨ We warmly welcome family, friends, and neighbors to come together And spend a lively and warm Spring Festival!
💃 Spectacular Stage Performances
The stage program for this year's Spring Festival Carnival is brilliant and full of highlights, bringing together dedicated presentations from students of different grades and professional art groups. The program covers student choruses, poetry recitations, Hanfu fashion shows, musical performances, dance performances, and many other forms, fully demonstrating the growth and confidence of children in Chinese learning and artistic expression.
Especially worth looking forward to is the Peking Opera medley brought by the Seattle Peking Opera Association, which perfectly blends the charm of traditional Chinese essence with the festive atmosphere of the Spring Festival, presenting a visual and auditory feast for the audience. The entire performance is rich in content and compact in pace, featuring both childlike innocence and cultural depth. It is a Spring Festival cultural gala belonging to all families.
- 🎶 Student Chorus
- 📖 Poetry Recitation
- 👘 Hanfu Fashion Show
- 🎻 Chinese and Western Musical Performance
- 💃 Dance Performance
- 🎭 Peking Opera Medley
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Program Preview
🏮 Highlight 1: Classic Theme "Chang'an Eight Shops"
This year's Spring Festival Carnival continues to launch the popular themed market—"Chang'an Eight Shops" Student Spring Market. The naming of "Chang'an Eight Shops" is elegant and full of ingenuity. Observant people may have noticed that the first characters of the eight shop names are connected in sequence, which is exactly "Northwest Chinese Spring Market" (in Chinese). One character per shop, one meaning per scene, pointing out the Spring Festival theme and also entrusting the teachers' and students' thoughtful conception of cultural inheritance and beautiful blessings.
Eight Featured Shops Gather Together
- West Market Paper Art | North City Fun Play
- Chinese Gift | Literary Painting Studio
- New Meaning Hut | Spring Breeze
- Gathering of Virtues House | Market Everything as Wished
The market brings together rich content such as traditional Chinese paper cutting, creative blind boxes, colorful porcelain, handicrafts, ancient style decorations, Spring Festival couplets, books, toys, and fun interactive games. From the ingenuity of cutting and carving to creative goods that blend tradition and creativity; from Spring Festival couplets and calligraphy full of New Year flavor to interactive experience areas loved by children... dazzling and everything you could expect!
Whether you want to add a touch of New Year decoration to your home, pick a meaningful Spring Festival gift for your child, or just want to experience culture and harvest joy while strolling through the market, perhaps you can find your own little surprise here.
What's even more special is that all shops are personally planned, operated, and served by students themselves, and the market income will be fully used to support class and PTA activity funds. This is a Spring Festival market that integrates cultural experience, practical learning, and public spirit, and it is also a real stage for children's growth and responsibility.
🎯 Highlight 2: Fun Interaction & Delicious Snacks
🎲 Interactive Game Booths Participate to win small prizes, full of fun, suitable for the whole family to enjoy!
🍪 Delicious Snack Shop Popular handmade cookies + various Asian-style pastries Full of New Year flavor, sweet to the heart, don't miss it!
🎁 Lucky Draw Preview This event also specially features a Lucky Draw segment The PTA Committee has carefully prepared rich prizes.
🖌️ Highlight 3: Ink Welcomes Spring | Student Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition
During the Spring Festival Carnival, the school specially planned a student calligraphy and painting exhibition to centrally display the staged achievements of students in calligraphy and traditional Chinese painting learning. The exhibited works mainly cover calligraphy, traditional Chinese painting, etc. Stroke by stroke, carrying the children's understanding of the beauty of Chinese characters; ink by color, flowing with their love for Chinese culture.
The calligraphy and painting exhibition is not only an art display but also a learning practice of educating people through beauty and culture. Parents and guests are welcome to stop and admire, and like and encourage the children's intentions and progress.
Northwest Chinese School was founded in 1995 and is a comprehensive Chinese school in the Seattle area. In addition to providing high-quality Chinese education from kindergarten to high school across different grades, the school also offers courses in mathematics, English, programming, and art.
Northwest Chinese School Official Website丨www.nwchinese.org