Chinese New Year Lanterns London

Chinese new year is the biggest festival of the year in chinese communities.

Chinese new year lanterns london. Chiswick house gardens is. The magical lantern festival features an imperial palace a terracotta. 2020 is the year of the rat the first of the zodiac symbols and the most respected of the chinese horoscope associated with wealth intuition and surplus.

As it is based on the lunar and solar calendars the date varies from late january to mid february. My brother told me about the huge celebrations in london the largest celebrations outside of asia so here is my experience and some photos of the beautiful chinatown lanterns. For more great photos visit the sputnik international website to improve the performance of our website show the most relevant news products and targeted advertising we collect technical impersonal information about you including through the tools of our partners.

Saturday 25 january marks the chinese new year and london is putting on a host of exquisite festivities to celebrate the event. This was my first time away from home during chinese new year. From specially designed chinese new year menus to chinese inspired family activities there are plenty of exciting things to do in london over the lunar new year.

The chinese community the city and the various organizations and sponsors come together to put on an extraordinary event that includes a spectacular grand parade through the streets of london lively street fairs and markets dazzling performances concerts fireworks and occasionally a stunning lantern festival coincides with the dates of the lunar new year. The theme this year is the silk road which were ancient trade routes that criss crossed from china to europe. The silk road only got its name in the 19th century because it sounded romantic and the first merchandise traded was silk.

Last year the locations listed below hosted some of the top chinese new year events in london check back later in the year for confirmed locations and details of london s best chinese new year celebrations in 2021. Exploring the silk road through magical lanterns. For any sponsor or media enquiries for chinese new year contact the london chinatown chinese association.

The festivities have now become the largest of their kind outside asia attracting hundreds of thousands of people to the capital each year. One of the uk s earliest examples of english landscape gardens has been taken over by bright and bold chinese lanterns as part of london s lunar new year celebrations. In 2008 the chinese new year festival and parade in central london celebrating the start of the year of the rat will take place on sunday 10 february.