A lion dance. (photo by goverment, Sydney)
As the year of the Dog approaches, Sydney's world-famous annual Lunar New year celebration will attract more than a million visitors to a three-dimensional Oriental feast of joy, experience, listening and taste.
Sydney-based goverment's Chinese Lunar New year celebration (Chinese New Year Festival), is outside Asia, the world's largest Lunar New year celebration, and the city's third-largest annual celebration for people free of charge.
Originally a small-scale Chinatown community event, the celebration has long been well-known and has developed into a festival event that brings together different cultural customs and characteristics such as China, Korea, Japan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The 2018 celebration will begin on February 16 and close on March 4. For the entire 17 days, the colorful festival lineup has been arranged such as: lunar Lantern Fair (Lunar Lanterns exhibition), Dragon Boat Race (Dragon Boat Races), As well as local associations and visiting Chinese performing arts delegation dedicated colorful performances, a total of 80 suitable for young and old fun activities.
A lion dance. (photo by goverment, Sydney)
Speaking of the upcoming New year celebrations, Sydney Mayor Moya (Clover Moore) cannot hide the excitement: "Sydney Chinese Lunar New year celebrations are classic preservation items in the city's cultural calendar and are also attractive to local residents. Domestic and foreign visitors to the city center of the main driving force. This celebration not only reflects the cultural diversity of the city, but also shows the world that we can bring together people from different cultures and national backgrounds to celebrate the new year when the festival is coming, "the spokesman said, adding that the celebration will not only reflect the cultural diversity of the city, but also show the world that we can bring together people from different cultures and national backgrounds."
It is reported that last year's celebration attracted a total of 1.4 million tourists to the city's seaport front beach to view the lights, creating an unprecedented festive atmosphere, greatly promoting the development of Sydney's local economy. The highlights of the 2018 Chinese Lunar New year celebration in Sydney include:
Chinatown celebration
Time: 16-18 February, 23-25 February, 2-4 March, Friday-Sunday
The Celebration of the year of the Dog in Chinatown will showcase Sydney's spirit, spirit and spirit in welcoming the New Nafu.
During the event, two 4.8-meter-high giant guard dogs will appear next to the streets, ensuring that all weather and rain are smooth and lucky.
Visitors can enjoy the thrill of lions and firecrackers at close range on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in Chinatown during the celebration.
(Friday night Chinatown markets), a Friday night market in (Little Hay Street), Chinatown's Little Jubilee Street, has also prepared classic delicacies such as Hong Kong-style morning tea, Japanese-style teppanyaki, octopus cooking and green tea-flavoured desserts for diners.
Australia premiere Stalker Theatre Drama < moving (Frameshift)
Time: Friday, 16 February-Sunday, 18 February
"moving" is a social and urban theme that is jointly produced by the Australian body Drama Company Stalker Theatre, the Korean vertical acting group creative Dandy (Creative Dandi), floor break Dance Troupe Drifterzcrew Trinity, which explores social and urban themes. Produced by the Art & About festival in Sydney, the first landing in Australia during the Lunar New year celebrations will be staged in (Customs House Forecourt), the vestibule of the Customs Museum in (Circular Quay), Sydney.
The show combines vertical performances, contemporary dance, floor break dancing (b-boy dancing) and other forms of performance, using technology to interpret physical movements and transform them into images on screen.
Lunar Lantern meeting (Lunar Lanterns)
Time: Friday, 16 February-Sunday, 25 February
This year's lantern will be a creative modern interpretation of a century-old tradition.
Lanterns, designed by Asian-Australian artists, can be up to 15 meters tall. From the Sydney Opera House to the overseas passenger terminal, the exhibition venue is alive in the coastal front of the circular wharf with 12 zodiac signs.
The year of the Dog celebration will feature two dog-themed lanterns-the Rui Dog Spring Lantern and the Wangwang Dog Shopper Lamp, which will appear in Sydney Opera House and Chinatown Dexin Street Shopping District (Dixon Street Mall)., respectively.
A folk dance performance. (photo by goverment, Sydney)
Chinese lantern club community performance activities
Time: 16-18 February and 23-25 February, Friday to Sunday
Community performance is a celebration of culture, community groups and friendship. More than 200 performers from native China, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia and other nationalities will participate in the performance during the celebration.
All live performances will be held at Blei and Barney Park (Bligh and Barney Reserve), near Sydney's overseas passenger terminal, offering traditional dance, contemporary hip-hop, chorus, kung fu martial arts and other elements to the audience.
Dragon Boat Race
Time: Saturday, 24 February and Sunday, 25 February
Thousands of contestants from all over Australia will take part in the biggest annual race in the Southern Hemisphere, sparking off on the surface of (Cockle Bay), (Darling Harbour) Fan Bay, Darling Port.
The 12-meter-long dragon ship, decorated with a beautifully carved faucet and tail, features dragon scales and oars symbolizing dragon claws, accommodating 22 crew members, including a helmsman in the direction of the collar and a morale-boosting drummer.
The two-day high-water event will hold a round of competition for every 10 minutes, with a total of about 100 outstanding professional, business and charitable classes for the audience.
Chinese performance in Sydney
Time: Saturday, 24 February and Sunday, 25 February
Twenty-five artists from Henan will visit Sydney.
At that time, outstanding Shaolin monks, singers and dancers will dedicate Shaolin kung fu, singing, dancing, opera and other wonderful traditional cultural and artistic performances to Sydney in Blei and Barney Park.
New State / Capital Territory Association of Blind Dogs (Guide Dogs NSW/ACT)
Time: Friday, 16 February-Sunday, 4 March, multi-session arrangements
Sydney City goverment's charity partner during the celebration will provide tour guides for blind or visually impaired tourists during the Lunar Lantern Show at the front beach of the harbour.
Well-known artists and celebrities will also be invited to do public-service painting of 60 guide dog-shaped fundraising boxes, as well as a public exhibition in Scout Square (Scouts Place), not far from the Customs Museum's vestibule, to celebrate the organization's 60th anniversary.
At the same time, all of the paintings will vote for the "People's Choice," based on the amount of public donations, to select the winning works. All works will then be auctioned for charity at the end of the Lunar New year celebrations.
The New State / Capital Territory Guide Dog Association will also hold a pilot Dog graduation ceremony in Bly and Barney Park on Saturday, February 17. Passers-by can watch the guide dog training display, and close contact with the guide dog baby.
The Dragon Boat Race during the Lunar New year. (photo by goverment, Sydney)
Celebration related activities
Time: Friday, 16 February-Sunday, 4 March, multi-session arrangements
During the celebration, more than 80 well-known related activities were arranged. These include: open-air karaoke hall at the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Tea Culture Festival, Moon appreciation at the Sydney Observatory, Lantern production, Photography Exhibition, excellent Arts and Arts performances, as well as a variety of parent-child activities and viewing activities.
Oriental cuisine
Restaurant celebrities in the (Haymarket) Golden Food area of Sydney's Jubilee City will offer coveted Asian food during the New year. At that time, the city of Korea, Thailand and Chinatown / Chinatown will be full of incense, for diners to set up a table with a very distinctive ethnic meal.
Many popular restaurants also arrange New year's Day themed dishes during the festival to satisfy customers' taste buds with contemporary cooking techniques.
