Foreign media said Sydney had officially renamed the city's annual Chinese New year celebration "Lunar New year Festival," ending years surrounding the Australian-based Chinese, Vietnamese, South Korea and other Asian-American groups celebrate the name of the most important cultural festival in the debate.
The latest move is intended to further expand the size of China's New year celebrations, a spokesman for Sydney said, according to the Australian newspaper's January 30 website. The Chinese New year celebration has grown from a community-led event 22 years ago to the world's largest celebration of its kind outside Asia.
"Sydney's Lunar New year Festival will cover all ethnic groups and cultures, whether or not they use the lunar calendar, and will create new opportunities for the further development of this activity," a city spokesman told the Australian newspaper.
According to the report, on the 28th, Mayor Crawford Moore announced a series of "exciting for everyone" activities at Sydney's biggest ever Lunar New year celebration. 2019 celebrations took place on Feb. 1. Held during the period from 10 to 10, It is expected to attract more than 1.3 million visitors.
The report also said that, The change is based on a more neutral "Lunar New year" in response to calls from non-Chinese communities in the towns of Ryder and Georges, which cover the Chinese-populated regions of Herstville and Kogela. Name followed by.
The Sydney Municipal Council said the decision to change the name was made after consulting "many leaders from all walks of life."
Daphne Kelly of the Australian Society of Chinese History said she was positive about the fact that although she knew that many people in the Chinese community were unhappy with the change of name.
Kelly told the Australian newspaper: "We should have a wider vision. For those who don't know what a Lunar New year or holiday is, I hope they also know,'Oh, well, that's because Chinese people and people in other societies always use the lunar calendar'. "
"if you want to involve the entire Australian community in the celebration and learn more about Asian culture, I can say it's also a positive thing," she said.
The renaming ceremony will include popular New year Lantern fairs, shows from Asian communities in Sydney, Chinatown celebrations, dragon boat races, gourmet tasting and lion dancing, the report said. There was even an attempt to break the Guinness World record for eating dumplings in the same place.
