By Rui Hu, iChongqing News

On April 12^th, Consul General and officers from Hungarian Consulate General in Chongqing visited Chongqing Jiangbei Beautiful Grassland Kindergarten (BGL) to introduce Hungarian Easter culture to the children. This event is one in a series of activities during the 7^th Hungarian Cultural Spring in Western China.

Dióssi Lóránd, Consul General of Hungary in Chongqing said that Hungarian Easter tradition differs from other countries. Besides the familiarity of finding eggs and painting eggs, Hungary has a special tradition-- splashing water. This tradition is similar to the Chinese Songkran Festival. In Hungary, the girl will send a favorite egg to the favorite young man, and the young man will pour water on the girl who wants to show that they have a good impression. This is the ancient Easter custom that originated in Hungary around the  2^nd century AD. Each year Hungarians welcome the spring in this unique way.

On the day of the event, the officers from Hungarian General Consulate played games with the children, taught them to sing the Hungarian version of happy birthday and simple Hungarian phrases, such as I love you "Szeretlek" good morning "Szia" and so on. Lóránd painted eggs with children and played the water spraying games in Hungarian customs. Kindergarten teachers also prepared the Easter puppet show. Children interacted and engaged in Hungarian culture on the event in a happy atmosphere.