Chinatown is getting ready to celebrate the New Lunar Year.
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London is getting ready to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
Despite its official beginning on 5 February, most of this year’s celebrations in the capital will take place on Sunday.
‘Shanghai Modern’ is one of the biggest restaurant in Chinatown and will hold special food tasting to whoever will be in the area to celebrate.
The main parade and music performances will be held around the West End and Trafalgar Square, while Chinatown will be the perfect place to be eating some traditional lunch or dinner as plenty of street food and restaurants will be available.
Most of this weekend’s events are organised and planned by the London Chinatown Chinese Association.
“In the Chinese culture the pig represents generosity and harmony. When we started organising the celebrations a few months ago we wanted to be guided by these values. The Chinese New Year events will be an opportunity for all the people in London to gather together, sing together, dance together and eat together! They will also have the chance to explore the Chinese culture by listening to some traditional music, we called artists who will perform live from all around the world! The involvement at the various events is completely free,” spokesman Dr Lawrence Lee said.
20 years ago, in London, the Chinese New Year was celebrated by only 1,000 people.
Today, it’s celebrated by the biggest Chinese community outside China and Asia in general.
This whole community is involved in the organisation. In fact, not only restaurants and bars owners are planning to contribute to the big shows this Sunday, but also dentists – Dr Lawrence himself has his own studio in Shaftesbury Avenue – bankers and doctors who cannot wait to start the new Lunar year.
“For Chinese people, this time of the year can be compared to the Christmas season” says Xiao Ma, programme coordinator of the charity association China Exchange.
“This is a great chance to reunite people from different cultures and background. I was born and raised in China and moved to London 5 years ago, my husband is British and he’s more excited than I am to celebrate the Year of the Pig. Also, because China is such a big country and Chinese people are spread everywhere around the world, it is great to have the majority of them reunited for the event!”
On Sunday, the main show will start at 12 in Trafalgar Square, but it’s advisable to get there early to get a good view of it. The official celebration will lasts until February 19th.
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London is getting ready to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
Despite its official beginning on 5 February, most of this year’s celebrations in the capital will take place on Sunday.
‘Shanghai Modern’ is one of the biggest restaurant in Chinatown and will hold special food tasting to whoever will be in the area to celebrate.
The main parade and music performances will be held around the West End and Trafalgar Square, while Chinatown will be the perfect place to be eating some traditional lunch or dinner as plenty of street food and restaurants will be available.
Most of this weekend’s events are organised and planned by the London Chinatown Chinese Association.
“In the Chinese culture the pig represents generosity and harmony. When we started organising the celebrations a few months ago we wanted to be guided by these values. The Chinese New Year events will be an opportunity for all the people in London to gather together, sing together, dance together and eat together! They will also have the chance to explore the Chinese culture by listening to some traditional music, we called artists who will perform live from all around the world! The involvement at the various events is completely free,” spokesman Dr Lawrence Lee said.
20 years ago, in London, the Chinese New Year was celebrated by only 1,000 people.
Today, it’s celebrated by the biggest Chinese community outside China and Asia in general.
This whole community is involved in the organisation. In fact, not only restaurants and bars owners are planning to contribute to the big shows this Sunday, but also dentists – Dr Lawrence himself has his own studio in Shaftesbury Avenue – bankers and doctors who cannot wait to start the new Lunar year.
“For Chinese people, this time of the year can be compared to the Christmas season” says Xiao Ma, programme coordinator of the charity association China Exchange.
“This is a great chance to reunite people from different cultures and background. I was born and raised in China and moved to London 5 years ago, my husband is British and he’s more excited than I am to celebrate the Year of the Pig. Also, because China is such a big country and Chinese people are spread everywhere around the world, it is great to have the majority of them reunited for the event!”
On Sunday, the main show will start at 12 in Trafalgar Square, but it’s advisable to get there early to get a good view of it. The official celebration will lasts until February 19th.
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