{"id":2566,"date":"2019-02-09T23:08:33","date_gmt":"2019-02-10T05:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/?p=2566"},"modified":"2019-02-13T14:56:51","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T20:56:51","slug":"omaha-event-chinese-new-year-xin-nian-kuai-le","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/omaha-event-chinese-new-year-xin-nian-kuai-le\/","title":{"rendered":"Omaha Event: Chinese New Year-X\u012bn Ni\u00e1n Ku\u00e0i L\u00e8!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today was the Chinese New Year\u00a0 celebration in Omaha. This Omaha event is one I look forward to every year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2573 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYear4404.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYear4404.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYear4404-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This year, the Chinese New Year Gala was back at Westside Middle School.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2574 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYearconfuciusinstitute4414.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYearconfuciusinstitute4414.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYearconfuciusinstitute4414-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Confucius Institute is a great place to start learning Chinese.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2571 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYearpigbank4413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYearpigbank4413.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYearpigbank4413-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This cute adorable pig bank was so hard to not take home. Unfortunately, I could not carry it. Too many pictures needed taking.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2578 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYearscreen4423.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYearscreen4423.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYearscreen4423-268x300.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This beautiful screen back drop adds elegance to any selfie and photo keepsake for attending the event.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2579 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYearuno4415.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYearuno4415.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYearuno4415-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The University of Nebraska at Omaha had a nice booth.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2590 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYear4419.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYear4419.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYear4419-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Omaha Performing Arts had a booth also and were fun to talk with.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2585 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYearliondance4429.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYearliondance4429.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYearliondance4429-270x300.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another of my favorites- Lion Dance!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2580 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYearliondance4430.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYearliondance4430.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYearliondance4430-272x300.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2581 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYearliondance4435.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYearliondance4435.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYearliondance4435-300x118.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2582 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYearliondance4436.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYearliondance4436.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYearliondance4436-300x137.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2583 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYearparasolladies2t4416.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYearparasolladies2t4416.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYearparasolladies2t4416-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This was beautiful and the first time I saw this.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2583 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYearparasolladies2t4416.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYearparasolladies2t4416.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYearparasolladies2t4416-300x174.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"407\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2584 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYearparasolladies4417.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYearparasolladies4417.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOcomChineseNewYearparasolladies4417-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The grand event was held in the auditorium. There were two new features that I enjoyed very much. This included two of my favorite musical instruments and Sichuan Face-Changing Opera.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2611 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomMCs4457.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomMCs4457.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomMCs4457-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The grand event begins!<\/p>\n<p>Pipa:Ceilia Liu<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2601 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcom4559.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcom4559.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcom4559-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2600 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcom4554.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcom4554.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcom4554-248x300.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Erhu:Xiabo Li<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2608 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomerhux.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomerhux.png 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomerhux-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomerhux-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2607 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomerhu.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomerhu.png 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomerhu-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2630 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcompipaerhu.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcompipaerhu.png 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcompipaerhu-300x213.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sichuan Face-Changing Opera:Weiqi Zhong<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2609 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange1b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange1b.png 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange1b-300x184.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2610 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange2.png 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange2-300x297.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2638 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange3.png 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange3-300x179.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2639 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange4.png 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange4-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange4-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2640 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange4b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange4b.png 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange4b-300x215.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2641 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange5.png 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange5-300x182.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\\<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2642 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange6.png 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange6-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2643 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange7.png 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange7-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2644 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange8.png 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange8-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2645 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange9.png 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange9-300x235.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2646 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange10.png 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange10-300x235.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2647 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange10b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange10b.png 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange10b-242x300.png 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2648 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange11.png 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomfacechange11-300x273.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A repeat favorite was the opera singer, Lily Zhang<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2631 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomoperal.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomoperal.png 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/omahanebraskaDOTcomoperal-300x283.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More pictures to come and contact information from some of the vendor booths!<\/p>\n<p>The Omaha event took place here:<br \/>\nWestside Middle School<br \/>\n8601 Arbor St.<br \/>\nOmaha, NE 68124<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was the Chinese New Year\u00a0 celebration in Omaha. This Omaha event is one I look forward to every year. This year, the Chinese New Year Gala was back at Westside Middle School. The Confucius Institute is a great place to start learning Chinese. This cute adorable pig bank was so hard to not take &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/omaha-event-chinese-new-year-xin-nian-kuai-le\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Omaha Event: Chinese New Year-X\u012bn Ni\u00e1n Ku\u00e0i L\u00e8!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,424,7,5],"tags":[193],"class_list":["post-2566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-omaha","category-omaha-chinese","category-omaha-event","category-omaha-festival","tag-chinese-new-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2566"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2653,"href":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2566\/revisions\/2653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}