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Celebrating Chinese New Year in Chinatown

14 January 2014 by Eileen

This coming Chinese New Year of the Horse falls on 31 January 2014 (Friday).  In Singapore, on the eve of Chinese New Year, everyone will go home to have a reunion dinner before heading to the temple (if you are Buddhist) or go to Chinatown or River Ang Bao or some might just stay at home!

winston teo photography chinatown

Since young, I have always followed my parents to go to temple to pray for the coming year to be a successful one.  It is also a belief in Singapore that the first person to insert their joss stick into the joss stick pot the moment it passes midnight, will get a prosperous year!  But it can get extremely crazy when thousands of believers are pushing and rushing to do that!  Now I prefer to stay at home and watch telly! China, Taiwan, Malaysia and others also celebrate Chinese New Year.

winston teo photography chinatown singapore

So how would you celebrate?  Have you thought of joining the celebrations with Chinese folks?  These are the events in each cities in UK:

Chinatown London Chinese New Year Dragon Dance
Chinatown London Chinese New Year Dance
Chinatown London Chinese New Year 1

LONDON

Date: 2nd Feb 2014

Time:10 am to 6 pm

Festivities begin at 10am with a New Year’s Parade winding through London’s West End before reaching its final destination of Trafalgar Square.  An opening ceremony officially launches the celebrations in Trafalgar Square followed by stage performances from an array of special guests which last year included tenor mega-star Paul Potts, and Hong Kong born musician Emmy The Great alongside traditional Chinese acts such as the gravity-defying lion dance.

Alongside the festivities in Trafalgar Square, a second stage on Shaftesbury Avenue traditionally plays host to performances from a range of local community groups and schools. Over the years the stage has seen fashion shows, plays and even Chinese Hip-Hop artists.

Check the website for more information: http://www.chinatownlondon.org/

BIRMINGHAM

Date: 2nd Feb 2014

Time: 12.30 to 5.30 pm

Location: Arcadian Centre

Free entertainment including lion dancing and firework.

MANCHESTER

Date: 2nd Feb 2014

Time: 12.30 to 5.30 pm

Location: Albert Square and Chinatown

With a 175-foot paper dragon, a lion dance, martial arts demonstrations, art workshops, fairground and a 15-minute firework display, the Dragon Parade is one of the highlights of Manchester’s annual events calendar.

DUBLIN

This is the seventh annual Dublin Chinese New Year Festival will take place in the city centre from January 7 – February 18, celebrating Chinese culture, music and dance.  Check out Visit Dublin for more information!

Disclosure: All images used with permission.  Special thanks to Chinatown London and Winston Teo

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Comments

  1. Victoria MyLittleLBlog says

    14 January 2014 at 12:44 pm

    i will definitely will go to Birmingham, pics look lovely i hope show would be worth my while)

  2. over40andamumtoone says

    14 January 2014 at 12:37 pm

    I’m not sure we’ll join in this year, but I think next year when Monkey is a bit older, I’d really like to come along to London or Birmingham, as never experienced it myself either. Always wanted to see Dragon dancing

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