Insights | Austrian sinologist recalls 1998 chimes: hope more people know how Spring Festival is celebrated

As the Year of the Snake approaches, Richard Trappl, an Austrian sinologist and former director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Vienna, shared his memory of celebrating the 1998 Spring Festival in Beijing during an exclusive interview with China News Network. He accompanied an Austrian journalist to the Dazhong Temple to record the chimes of the bell, hoping to let Austrians know how Chinese people celebrate the Spring Festival.

Trappl wishes Chinese friends a happy Spring Festival and may everyone in the world enjoy a peaceful, harmonious, and shared future. ( Zhang Dongfang)