Australian youths find understanding in cultural items

CANBERRA — From exquisite hairpins with flowers and handwoven red bags for Lunar New Year "lucky money", to Chinese emperors' hats with strings of beads, handicrafts by Australian children in Canberra showed their understanding of traditional Chinese personal accessories.

On Thursday, students from five schools in the Australian capital received awards for the 28th Panda Competition, a signature event hosted by the Australian Capital Territory Branch of the Australia China Friendship Society at the Chinese embassy in Australia, for their works. It is named the Panda Competition after the theme of its first edition in 1995.

The students, aged between 4 and 17, and their entries were judged in different age groups.