Chinese Embassy welcomes Thingyan New Year for 2019

THE Chinese Embassy held a pre-Thingyan water festival for 2019 Myanmar New Year at their embassy grounds on Pyidaungsu Yeiktha Road in Dagon Township, Yangon, yesterday.

Firstly, Ambassador Mr. Hong Liang gave a speech saying that the Chinese embassy is hosting this pre-Thingyan festival in the spirit of maintaining the pauk-phaw relationship between Myanmar and China established by previous generations of leaders from both countries. He also added they have invited friends from near and far to carry over the close bilateral relations.

This was followed by Yangon Region Chief Minister U Phyo Min Thein and Regional Hluttaw Speaker U Tin Maung Tun delivering separate speeches on the Myanmar New Year and Myanmar-China relations.

Next, Yein dancers performed Thingyan Moe and Mahn Taung YeikKoe and the Chinese Ambassador’s wife, Mrs Wan Xue Hong, and embassy families sang ‘Let all flowers bloom in peace’.

Afterwards, the Chinese Ambassador and wife, embassy families and invited guests splashed water on each other to celebrate the pre-Thingyan festival. This is the second time the Chinese embassy has held a pre-Thingyan festival.

During the parliamentary democracy period, Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai visited Yangon twice and celebrated Myanmar’s traditional Thingyan Festival with Prime Minister U Nu. U Nu also visited Yunnan and celebrated Thingyan with the Chinese Premier and local ethnic residents.

MNA

PHOTO: MNA

(Translated by Zaw Htet Oo)

Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar