Chinese New Year Family Festival

Virginia (age 5) poses with a giant panda. The Smithsonian American Art Museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Veronica Lewandowski (age 5) and and Anna Woo (age 6) of the Fairfax Chinese Dance Troupe pose with a giant panda. The Smithsonian American Art Museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Veronica Lewandowski (age 5) and and Anna Woo (age 6) of the Fairfax Chinese Dance Troupe pose with a giant panda. The Smithsonian American Art Museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Veronica Lewandowski (age 5) and and Anna Woo (age 6) of the Fairfax Chinese Dance Troupe pose with a giant panda. The Smithsonian American Art Museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Cui Tianka

Chinese Ambassador to the United States, Cui Tianka, speaks to Chinese Language reporters. The Smithsonian American Art Museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Cui Tianka

Chinese Ambassador to the United States, Cui Tianka, speaks to Chinese Language reporters. The Smithsonian American Art Museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Mrs, Zhao Hong of the Shaanxi Folk Arts Group holds one of her puppets of the Emperor's Concubine inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Elizabeth Broun

Elizabeth "Betsy" Broun, the Margaret and Terry Stent Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, rubs noses with a wooden puppet from the Shaanxi Folk Arts Group of China inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Elizabeth Broun

Elizabeth "Betsy" Broun, the Margaret and Terry Stent Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, rubs noses with a wooden puppet from the Shaanxi Folk Arts Group of China inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Mrs, Zhao Hong of the Shaanxi Folk Arts Group holds one of her wood puppets of the Emperor's Concubine inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Mrs, Zhao Hong of the Shaanxi Folk Arts Group of China holds one of her wood puppets of the Emperor's Concubine inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Mrs, Zhao Hong of the Shaanxi Folk Arts Group of China holds one of her wood puppets of the Emperor's Concubine inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Mrs, Zhao Hong of the Shaanxi Folk Arts Group of China holds one of her wood puppets of the Emperor's Concubine inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Mrs, Zhao Hong of the Shaanxi Folk Arts Group of China holds one of her wood puppets of the Emperor's Concubine inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Mrs, Zhao Hong of the Shaanxi Folk Arts Group of China holds one of her wood puppets of the Emperor's Concubine inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Mrs, Zhao Hong of the Shaanxi Folk Arts Group of China holds one of her wood puppets of the Emperor's Concubine inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Mrs, Zhao Hong of the Shaanxi Folk Arts Group of China performs with one of her wooden puppets of the Emperor's Concubine inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Mrs, Zhao Hong of the Shaanxi Folk Arts Group of China performs with one of her wooden puppets of the Emperor's Concubine inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Mrs, Zhao Hong of the Shaanxi Folk Arts Group of China performs with one of her wooden puppets of the Emperor's Concubine inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Mrs, Zhao Hong of the Shaanxi Folk Arts Group of China performs with one of her wooden puppets of the Emperor's Concubine inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Mrs, Zhao Hong of the Shaanxi Folk Arts Group of China performs with one of her wooden puppets of the Emperor's Concubine inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Mrs, Zhao Hong of the Shaanxi Folk Arts Group of China performs with one of her wooden puppets of the Emperor's Concubine inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Mrs, Zhao Hong of the Shaanxi Folk Arts Group of China performs with one of her wooden puppets of the Emperor's Concubine inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Changing Face Programme Actor, Pan Omans of the Shaanxi Folk Arts Group performs with one of his wooden puppets inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Changing Face Programme Actor, Pan Omans of the Shaanxi Folk Arts Group performs with one of his wooden puppets inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Changing Face Programme Actor, Pan Omans of the Shaanxi Folk Arts Group performs with one of his wooden puppets inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Changing Face Programme Actor, Pan Omans of the Shaanxi Folk Arts Group performs with one of his wooden puppets inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Changing Face Programme Actor, Pan Omans of the Shaanxi Folk Arts Group performs with one of his wooden puppets inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Changing Face Programme Actor, Pan Omans of the Shaanxi Folk Arts Group performs with one of his wooden puppets inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Changing Face Programme Actor, Pan Omans of the Shaanxi Folk Arts Group performs with one of his wooden puppets inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Members of the Fairfax Chinese Dance Troupe perform a "Little Lions" Lion dance inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Members of the Fairfax Chinese Dance Troupe perform a "Little Lions" Lion dance inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Members of the Fairfax Chinese Dance Troupe perform a "Little Lions" Lion dance inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Members of the Fairfax Chinese Dance Troupe perform a "Little Lions" Lion dance inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Members of the Fairfax Chinese Dance Troupe perform a "Little Lions" Lion dance inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Members of the Fairfax Chinese Dance Troupe perform a "Little Lions" Lion dance inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Members of the Fairfax Chinese Dance Troupe perform a "Little Lions" Lion dance inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Members of the Fairfax Chinese Dance Troupe perform a "Little Lions" Lion dance inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Members of the Fairfax Chinese Dance Troupe perform a "Little Lions" Lion dance inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Maureen Wang of the Fairfax Chinese Dance Troupe performed as a "Tunhuang Flying Apsara" inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. An Apsara is a female spirit of the clouds and waters in Hindu and Buddhist mythology. The Tunhuang caves of China are famous for their ancient Buddhist murals depicting flying apsaras: fairies dancing and playing celestial music, flying amidst the rainbow. This costume is an adaptation of a traditional Hanfu (traditional dress of Han Chinese people) designed for a dance depicting lotus flowers and lily pads. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Maureen Wang of the Fairfax Chinese Dance Troupe performed as a "Tunhuang Flying Apsara" inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. An Apsara is a female spirit of the clouds and waters in Hindu and Buddhist mythology. The Tunhuang caves of China are famous for their ancient Buddhist murals depicting flying apsaras: fairies dancing and playing celestial music, flying amidst the rainbow. This costume is an adaptation of a traditional Hanfu (traditional dress of Han Chinese people) designed for a dance depicting lotus flowers and lily pads. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Maureen Wang of the Fairfax Chinese Dance Troupe performed as a "Tunhuang Flying Apsara" inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. An Apsara is a female spirit of the clouds and waters in Hindu and Buddhist mythology. The Tunhuang caves of China are famous for their ancient Buddhist murals depicting flying apsaras: fairies dancing and playing celestial music, flying amidst the rainbow. This costume is an adaptation of a traditional Hanfu (traditional dress of Han Chinese people) designed for a dance depicting lotus flowers and lily pads. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Maureen Wang of the Fairfax Chinese Dance Troupe performed as a "Tunhuang Flying Apsara" inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. An Apsara is a female spirit of the clouds and waters in Hindu and Buddhist mythology. The Tunhuang caves of China are famous for their ancient Buddhist murals depicting flying apsaras: fairies dancing and playing celestial music, flying amidst the rainbow. This costume is an adaptation of a traditional Hanfu (traditional dress of Han Chinese people) designed for a dance depicting lotus flowers and lily pads. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Maureen Wang of the Fairfax Chinese Dance Troupe performed as a "Tunhuang Flying Apsara" inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. An Apsara is a female spirit of the clouds and waters in Hindu and Buddhist mythology. The Tunhuang caves of China are famous for their ancient Buddhist murals depicting flying apsaras: fairies dancing and playing celestial music, flying amidst the rainbow. This costume is an adaptation of a traditional Hanfu (traditional dress of Han Chinese people) designed for a dance depicting lotus flowers and lily pads. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Maureen Wang of the Fairfax Chinese Dance Troupe performed as a "Tunhuang Flying Apsara" inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. An Apsara is a female spirit of the clouds and waters in Hindu and Buddhist mythology. The Tunhuang caves of China are famous for their ancient Buddhist murals depicting flying apsaras: fairies dancing and playing celestial music, flying amidst the rainbow. This costume is an adaptation of a traditional Hanfu (traditional dress of Han Chinese people) designed for a dance depicting lotus flowers and lily pads. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Maureen Wang of the Fairfax Chinese Dance Troupe performed as a "Tunhuang Flying Apsara" inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. An Apsara is a female spirit of the clouds and waters in Hindu and Buddhist mythology. The Tunhuang caves of China are famous for their ancient Buddhist murals depicting flying apsaras: fairies dancing and playing celestial music, flying amidst the rainbow. This costume is an adaptation of a traditional Hanfu (traditional dress of Han Chinese people) designed for a dance depicting lotus flowers and lily pads. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Maureen Wang of the Fairfax Chinese Dance Troupe performed as a "Tunhuang Flying Apsara" inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. An Apsara is a female spirit of the clouds and waters in Hindu and Buddhist mythology. The Tunhuang caves of China are famous for their ancient Buddhist murals depicting flying apsaras: fairies dancing and playing celestial music, flying amidst the rainbow. This costume is an adaptation of a traditional Hanfu (traditional dress of Han Chinese people) designed for a dance depicting lotus flowers and lily pads. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Chinese New Year Family Festival

Maureen Wang of the Fairfax Chinese Dance Troupe performed as a "Tunhuang Flying Apsara" inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum celebrated the 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year, "the Year of the Sheep" with cultural activities at its Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C. on Saturday, February 14, 2015. An Apsara is a female spirit of the clouds and waters in Hindu and Buddhist mythology. The Tunhuang caves of China are famous for their ancient Buddhist murals depicting flying apsaras: fairies dancing and playing celestial music, flying amidst the rainbow. This costume is an adaptation of a traditional Hanfu (traditional dress of Han Chinese people) designed for a dance depicting lotus flowers and lily pads. (Photo by Jeff Malet)