Share Your Culture Emoji (表情符号) Designers and Win Prizes

Which symbol best represents Chinese culture in your eyes? Is it the panda, kung fu, or the Great Wall? Here’s your chance to decide what emojis best represent Chinese culture! The China Daily Design Contest of Chinese Cultural Symbols is calling for entries from all over the world! No matter the style, share your creative ideas with us! All winning designs will be shared and promoted on the China Daily app, and winning designers will receive prizes! So let your creative juices flow!

● Theme

The emojis should be centered around the subject of Chinese culture, presenting classic or popular cultural images in the form of emojis.

● Who can participate?

Professional designers

Design enthusiasts

Anybody who loves emojis

All nationalities are welcomed

● Awards

First prize: 6,000 yuan, with certificate of honor

Second prize: 3,000 yuan, with certificate of honor

Third prize: 1,000 yuan, with certificate of honor

Most popular award: prize-winner voted by online user

● When to submit?

From now till Nov. 25

Online voting: Nov. 26 to Dec. 7

● Result announcement

End of December

● Requirements

1. Work should be submitted online with required personal information. Maximum of three works can be submitted by each applicant. Only one prize will be awarded to participant even if more than one work by the same designer is selected.

2. Submitted works must be a group, with 8 to 16 emojis in each group. Formats: jpg/png/gif/jpge. Size: 240 x240px. Each picture should not exceed (超过) 100K, and the size of each group should not exceed 1.6M.

3. Work title, designing ideas and cultural meaning should be submitted as required.

● Organizer

China Daily Website

Starting from 1710, a public land, the New Hope area has a storied history. It began as a trading post. By the 1940s, New Hope’s name in the arts became legendary, for many writers of plays, directors and actors travelled through its busy streets. This tradition continues today. Hollywood and New York-based producers steal away to the community’s varied streets on weekends and holidays.

In response to this cultural environment, businessman and writer D. F. Whipple, decided to set up the New Hope film festival and became active on January 1, 2009. Whipple formed a group of artists who shared his love for discovering and encouraging independent filmmakers, many of whom will make world and U.S. first-shows at our festival.

The festival’s directors welcome you to our site and we hope you’ll join us at the exhibition.

Tickets: Advance tickets go on sale on June 15 and tickets will be got at the venues for any shows. Visit the free online Offical Guide for details on venues, schedules and prices. To get tickets in advance, please follow these easy steps:

* Pick Film — Check out our free online Offical Guide for the full 2018 time table through this line: Offical Guide.

* Visit Brown Paper Tickets.com — The festival’s offical ticket vendor for the second year running. Tickets are available by show names.

Advance ticket sales end at midnight before each show. If you miss it, you can still try to get tickets at the door. Tickets prices at the door are $12 for visitors, $10 for students and seniors (65+) and $6 for matinees. To find shows, check out the schedule in our Offical Guide.

Questions or comments may be directed to the Festival by emailing inquiries@ newhopefilmfestival.com.

Events Long March exhibit

The Shanghai History Museum is putting on an exhibition to mark the 60th anniversary of the Long March. On show are more than 220 photos and 40 items that explain with pictures how the communist Red Army drew back from its besieged ( 被围困的) bases in Jiangxi Province and fought its way to northern Shanxi province in the mid-1930s. Explanations are all in Chinese. The show will end on November 20.

Time: 10:00 am—4:00 pm.

Address: 1286 Hongqiao Road

Admission: 8 yuan for Chinese/ 15 yuan for foreigners

Thai elephants

Eight elephants from Thailand are entertaining visitors at Changfeng Park by riding bikes, playing basketball, balancing on a beam, dancing and blowing a mouth-organ. People are encouraged to have a tug-of-war (拔河比赛) with the animals or lie on the ground and have the elephants walk over them. The elephants give three shows a day at 9:30 am, 3:30 pm and 8:00 pm and there is an additional show at 1:30 pm at weekends. The show will end on November 15.Address: 189 Daduhe Road

Admission: 30-40 yuan

Dancing dolphins

Dolphins jumping from the water to touch a ball, swaying their bodies to music, kissing people and solving math by tapping their tails have made the dolphinarium in Peace Park an attraction for children. Seals and sea lions also perform.

Hours: 10:30 am, 4:00 pm, and 7:30 pm

Admission: 20 yuan for adults and 10 yuan for children.