Celebrate Lunar New Year: Ancestral Images Used in Traditional Chinese Families

Chinese painting of a woman.

Category

ROM at Home

Audience

Adults

Age

18+

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Explore some of the rich elements of Chinese customs, traditions, and beliefs tied to Lunar New Year with ROM’s Wen-chien Cheng. Explore a range of ancestral images from painted portraits to mass-produced prints, commonly found in traditional households during the periods of late Imperial to early Republican China.

 Event recorded on February 18, 2021.

ROM Connects: Celebrate Lunar New Year: Ancestral Images Used in Traditional Chinese Families