"It is something that, as far as I know, has never before happened in Greece. So, as soon as I heard about it, I thought it would be fun to join in," said Dimitris, who participated in the workshop with his girlfriend.

Both workshops were followed by two Chinese film screenings. The 2011 martial arts drama "Dragon," directed by Peter Chan, on Saturday, and "The Grandmaster," a 2017 film on the life of martial-arts grandmaster Ip Man, on Sunday, attracted a Greek audience eager to learn more about Chinese culture.

"Starting with the Chinese New Year, our goal is to introduce a new events section, through which we can initiate our visitors into foreign cultures, on the occasion of these cultures' biggest celebrations," SNFCC programming and production manager Gabriella Triantafyllis said in a recent interview. The organizers plan to make Chinese New Year festivities bigger every year, turning it into a colorful annual custom for locals.

Apart from fitting in the center's strategic goals, the small-scale celebration of this year also had its roots in Triantafyllis's personal experiences as a traveller.

"A few years back, I had the chance to be in Shanghai during the New Year celebrations and all the traditional customs, the fireworks etc. offered me a very intense and beautiful experience," Triantafyllis stressed.

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