Chinese Festivals

Yiyao Cai

ycai004@campus.goldsmiths.ac.uk

Instagram: @cai_yiyao

This group of illustrations for a non-fiction children’s book shows some of the traditional Chinese festival customs, food and activities. My intention is to make people who don’t know Chinese culture aware of the long history of cultural traditions by spreading the knowledge of festivals and culture, as well as letting children in this cultural environment understand the cultural content embedded in these elements. Encouraging people to understand the spirit of traditional festivals can inspire love and confidence in traditional culture.

I created 10 illustrations for this project, including a cover that focuses on two of the most representative traditional festivals, the Chinese New Year and the Chinese Lantern Festival.