The canteen chef at Nantong University demonstrates how to make dumplings for foreign teachers. [Photo/ntfabu.com]

In light of the upcoming Spring Festival, Nantong University in Nantong, East China's Zhejiang organized a dumpling making activity on Jan 5 for its foreign teachers who decided to stay in the city for winter vacation.

The university's canteen chef was invited to demonstrate how to make dumplings, a traditional dish of the Han ethnic group that has been around for more than 1,800 years.

Participating foreign teachers also received Spring Festival gifts from the university on the same day.

A foreign teacher learns how to make dumplings. [Photo/ntfabu.com]

Foreign teachers eat the dumplings they made. [Photo/ntfabu.com]

Participants of the dumpling making activity pose for a group photo after the activity. [Photo/ntfabu.com]