The opening ceremony of the 2025 "Happy Chinese New Year" Shanghai New Year Painting Exhibition

1. Time and place: Friday, January 24, 2025, 3 p.m., Anigbo Gallery,Nepal Academy of Fine Arts. The exhibition will run until January 31.

2. The name of the exhibition is "Ruyi Age - Annual Exhibition of the Collection of Shanghai History Museum."

3. The exhibition features 60 old New Year paintings from the collection of the Shanghai History Museum, which are divided into four themes: "New Year's Greetings," "Court Ladies," "Current Affairs and Local Customs," and "Opera Stories." These paintings showcase the social atmosphere, folk customs, and the cultural atmosphere of the late 19th century in Shanghai. The New Year paintings of the Old Camp are a rare gem in the field of Chinese New Year paintings, known for their innovative themes and exquisite craftsmanship. They are precious and vivid social and art and craft historical materials that occupy a unique position in the history of the development of Chinese New Year paintings.

IV. Opening Ceremony Process (Bilingual Chinese and Nepali Hosts) Guests seated at the podium: Her Excellency Sujata Koirala, former deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Nepal,Wang Xin, Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Nepal, Naradmuni Hartamchhali, President of the National Art Institute of Nepal, Ou Xiaochuan, Director of the Revolutionary Cultural Relics Department of the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, Zhou Qihua, Director of the Shanghai Museum of History.
---- 3:00 The host announce the start of the event.
——3:05 Zhou Qunhua, Director of Shanghai History Museum,will deliver a speech

——3:15 Naradmani, President of the National Art Institute of Nepal, deliver a speech
——3:25 Performance by the Little Friends Art Troupe of the China Welfare Society Children's Palace
1. Children's trio singing "I Ride a Little Carriage" and "Resham Firiri"
2. Bamboo flute and calligraphy paper-cutting performance "Spring River Journey"
——3:35 The guests at the podium cut the ribbon to open the exhibition.
——At 3:40, the main guests from China and Nepal watch the exhibition and the demonstration of the process of making wooden New Year paintings.

V. Visitors are free to view the exhibition and enjoy refreshments (150 people)