(english.cnhubei.com) As the activity, spending Lantern Festival with foreigners was announced in the newspaper Chutian Golden News on February 6, 2006, about 200 readers telephoned and showed great interests.

Mr. Zhou applied for the activity for a group of foreign students in Wuhan University. “The foreign students are mainly from US, India and Pakistan. They feel lonely during their holiday and hope to communicate with ordinary local citizens,” Mr. Zhou said.

Some families provided their plans on the Lantern Festival. “We can teach foreign friends how to cut window decoration paper-cuts and show them acupuncture,” one of the families said.

As many Wuhan families showed interests, Chutian Golden News decided to choose 12 to 15 families.