Links between Perth and Kinross and China are being strengthened and celebrated through a variety of cultural exchanges.
A Chinese Mooncake Festival is currently running in Perth and Kinross until Tuesday October 6.
The Perth and Kinross Council-backed initiative aims to support older people from the local Chinese community.
This is the eighth year the festival has been celebrated by the Chinese Community Lunch Club since its establishment in January 2008.
Perth Academy pupil Rowen Strachan has also joined 15 other school-leavers from across Scotland who flew to China to study Mandarin for a year.
The 16 young people are former pupils of Confucius classrooms around Scotland.
They were selected from more than 50 applicants to form the group who will study Mandarin at Tianjin International Chinese College between September 2015 and July 2016.
The scholarship is jointly organised by the Confucius Institute for Scotland’s Schools based at Strathclyde University and the Tianjin Municipal Education Commission.
The mayor of Perth’s Chinese twin city Haikou also recently visited the Fair City to strengthen links between the two cities.
Provost Liz Grant said: “It was a pleasure to join members of the local Chinese Community Association at the MEAD Project headquarters to welcome the mayor of Haikou to Perth.
“Our twinning relationships are very special and it is always a pleasure to see any of our twin cities.
“Their representatives are always in Perth.”
The free Chinese Mooncake Festival activities will include baking mooncake today, making lanterns tomorrow, and a lantern display and competition throughout the festival.
The main event of the festival will be the Lunch Club and Mooncake competition at the Riverside Stadium, Perth, on Tuesday September 22.
Around 50 community members are expected to attend this Chinese harvest festival lunch, including Provost Grant and other invited guests.
To book a place on any of the festival’s activities, contact Carol Wen on 01738 567076.
The council’s housing and community care service supports the monthly Chinese Lunch Club along with PKAVS Minority Communities Hub.
The meetings give information about topics relating to housing, health, care and other related matters. The monthly meetings are attended by a wide representation of the local Chinese community.