Open day of "2018 Happy Chinese New Year: Fantastic Art China" held in New York

Children watch craftsmen making sugar paintings during the students open day of "Happy Chinese New Year: Fantastic Art China" in New York, the United States, Feb. 16, 2018. An open day of "Happy Chinese New Year: Fantastic Art China" was held here on Friday, the first day of Chinese lunar year of the Dog, to provide students and residents in New York an opportunity to learn and experience Chinese culture. The Chinese Lunar New Year becomes an official holiday in public schools in New York since 2016. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)