London Chinese new year celebrations 2011

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Chinese new year London 2011Year of the RabbitCHINESE new year London 3 February 2011

The event is free for all who wish to attend.

The main festival takes place at Trafalgar Square with colourful stalls, dragon and lion dances and traditional and contemporary music. So be sure to wrap up warm and in Trafalgar Square for the opening ceremony on 12. 00 hours and in Leicester Square at the end of the day for Fireworks.

This annual event takes place in Chinatown, Leicester Square, Charing Cross Road and Trafalgar Square and is organized by the Chinese Association of London Chinatown. Last year, 300,000 people attended the celebrations the largest outside Asia.

Chinese new year London-new year ParadeAfter an official opening ceremony on 12. 00 in Trafalgar Square there will Chinese dragons, traditional and contemporary music, dance and martial arts.

Leicester Square contains displays of fireworks and firecrackers and in Chinatown and the surrounding streets, stalls will be full of food. A one-way system for pedestrians will instead with access in Chinatown via Shaftesbury Avenue. For more information click here.

Traditional celebrations for the 15 days of the Chinese new year: the Chinese new year begins with the new moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon 15 days later.

Traditionally a vegetarian meal is served on the first day of the new year, but this is not always the case. Red is also a very popular color as it brings happiness to all who wear it.

The 15th day of the new year is called the Lantern Festival and is celebrated in the night with lantern displays and children who have lights in a parade.

At midnight on new year's Eve the old year is sent and the new year with fireworks welcomed. On the stroke of midnight, every door and window in the House are open to allowing the old year to go out.

The parade of the new year begins from Chinatown and there are performers and dancers who dance the lion dance that brings good luck to everyone who passes by. The dance is accompanied by gongs and cymbals that are used to deter evil and bad luck.

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