(250124) -- NEW YORK, Jan. 24, 2025 (Xinhua) -- China's Consul General in New York Chen Li speaks during the 2025 Spring Festival reception at the Chinese Consulate General in New York, on Jan. 23, 2025. Prince Kung's Palace Museum, one of the top-level museums and tourist sites in China, Thursday kicked off a series of activities to showcase Chinese treasures of traditional culture on the occasion of the Spring Festival next week. A team from the museum presented immersive workshops on lacquer fan painting and making, Chinese calligraphy, paper cutting, rubbing of character "Fu" (Fortune), knotting craftsmanship and herbal sachet at the 2025 Spring Festival reception by the Chinese Consulate General in New York. (Xinhua/Liu Yanan)