{"id":17344,"date":"2026-01-23T00:17:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T05:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/events\/sri-lanka-independence-day-february-4-2026-china\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T01:14:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T06:14:24","slug":"sri-lanka-independence-day-february-4-2026-china","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/events\/sri-lanka-independence-day-february-4-2026-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka Independence Day &#8211; February 4, 2026 &#8211; China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sri Lankan community in the People\u2019s Republic of China will come together to celebrate the Anniversary of Independence of Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees will enjoy an evening filled with traditional Sri Lankan dance, fostering cultural pride and unity. The celebration will take place at the Auditorium of the Chinese People&#8217;s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, located at No.1, Taijichang Street, Stadium Center, Dongcheng District, Beijing.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Start Date: February 4, 2026<\/li>\n<li>End Date: February 4, 2026,<\/li>\n<li>Location: Auditorium of the Chinese People&#8217;s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, Beijing, China<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sri Lankan community in the People\u2019s Republic of China will come together to celebrate the Anniversary of Independence of Sri Lanka.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":205,"featured_media":17343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[4858],"mec_category":[4838],"class_list":["post-17344","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-independance-day","mec_category-sri-lankan-east-asia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Sri Lanka Independence Day - February 4, 2026 - China - VivaLanka.com<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Sri Lankan community in the People\u2019s Republic of China will come together to celebrate the Anniversary of Independence of Sri Lanka.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/events\/sri-lanka-independence-day-february-4-2026-china\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sri Lanka Independence Day - February 4, 2026 - China - VivaLanka.com\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Sri Lankan community in the People\u2019s Republic of China will come together to celebrate the Anniversary of Independence of Sri Lanka.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/events\/sri-lanka-independence-day-february-4-2026-china\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"VivaLanka.com\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VivaLanka\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-23T06:14:24+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/616489529_1178529371116685_355646350915255800_n.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1960\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@vivalanka\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/events\/sri-lanka-independence-day-february-4-2026-china\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/events\/sri-lanka-independence-day-february-4-2026-china\/\",\"name\":\"Sri Lanka Independence Day - February 4, 2026 - China - VivaLanka.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-23T05:17:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-23T06:14:24+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Sri Lankan community in the People\u2019s Republic of China will come together to celebrate the Anniversary of Independence of Sri Lanka.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/events\/sri-lanka-independence-day-february-4-2026-china\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/events\/sri-lanka-independence-day-february-4-2026-china\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/events\/sri-lanka-independence-day-february-4-2026-china\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Events\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/events\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Sri Lanka Independence Day &#8211; February 4, 2026 &#8211; China\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/\",\"name\":\"VivaLanka.com\",\"description\":\"VivaLanka.com - Sri Lanka&#039;s Latest News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/#organization\",\"name\":\"VivaLanka.com\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/VivaLanka-Logo-scr.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/VivaLanka-Logo-scr.png\",\"width\":3107,\"height\":2934,\"caption\":\"VivaLanka.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VivaLanka\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vivalanka\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@vivalankanews\"]}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sri Lanka Independence Day - February 4, 2026 - China - VivaLanka.com","description":"The Sri Lankan community in the People\u2019s Republic of China will come together to celebrate the Anniversary of Independence of Sri Lanka.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/events\/sri-lanka-independence-day-february-4-2026-china\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sri Lanka Independence Day - February 4, 2026 - China - VivaLanka.com","og_description":"The Sri Lankan community in the People\u2019s Republic of China will come together to celebrate the Anniversary of Independence of Sri Lanka.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/events\/sri-lanka-independence-day-february-4-2026-china\/","og_site_name":"VivaLanka.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VivaLanka","article_modified_time":"2026-01-23T06:14:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":1960,"url":"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/616489529_1178529371116685_355646350915255800_n.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@vivalanka","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/events\/sri-lanka-independence-day-february-4-2026-china\/","url":"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/events\/sri-lanka-independence-day-february-4-2026-china\/","name":"Sri Lanka Independence Day - February 4, 2026 - China - VivaLanka.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-01-23T05:17:11+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-23T06:14:24+00:00","description":"The Sri Lankan community in the People\u2019s Republic of China will come together to celebrate the Anniversary of Independence of Sri Lanka.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/events\/sri-lanka-independence-day-february-4-2026-china\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/events\/sri-lanka-independence-day-february-4-2026-china\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/events\/sri-lanka-independence-day-february-4-2026-china\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Events","item":"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/events\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Sri Lanka Independence Day &#8211; February 4, 2026 &#8211; China"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/","name":"VivaLanka.com","description":"VivaLanka.com - Sri Lanka&#039;s Latest News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-CA"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/#organization","name":"VivaLanka.com","url":"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/VivaLanka-Logo-scr.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/VivaLanka-Logo-scr.png","width":3107,"height":2934,"caption":"VivaLanka.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VivaLanka","https:\/\/twitter.com\/vivalanka","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@vivalankanews"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/17344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17344"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17344"},{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vivalanka.com\/slcommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_category?post=17344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}