Students at Academia Orienta make dumplings. [Photo/Nantong Daily]

Students and teachers at the No 1 Zilang Primary School in Nantong, Jiangsu, recently celebrated the Chinese New Year online with their counterparts at Academia Orienta in Spain, which has forged a friendly relation with Zilang.

Students at Academia Orienta enjoy the home-made dumplings. [Photo/Nantong Daily]

Nantong students introduced the customs of the Year of the Dragon as well as traditional festive delicacies such as rice cakes, fish, and glutinous rice balls in fluent English while making the dishes.

No 1 Zilang Primary School student Shi Yifan shows off his braised fish in brown sauce. [Photo/Nantong Daily]

Shi Yifan, a fourth grader at Zilang, shared how to cook braised fish in brown sauce. As the word for fish in Chinese sounds similar to 'surplus', this dish is eaten to pray for bountiful harvests year after year. Shi has also invited the Spanish students to visit Nantong and experience traditional Chinese culture themselves.

A Nantong student displays his creative rice cakes. [Photo/Nantong Daily]

Their Spanish counterparts learnt the dragon dance, made dumplings, and sent their New Year wishes to Zilang students and teachers.