Chinese New Year Kings Lynn Year of the Snake 2013.

The Hung Kuen Lion Dance Team - at King's Lynn.


Chinese New Year Photographs


Photographs taken by John Barrett LRPS © 2013

Chinese New Year celebrations. It was a time for the Chinese to pray to their ancestors as well as to all the gods. We encourage schools to allow the children to wear red for our dance session, as traditionally it's believed that the colour will ward off evil spirits. See below, our photographs of the Hung Kuen Lion Dance Team performing in The Vancouver Quarter, Baxters Plain, King's Lynn, Norfolk on 11th February 2013.

When Is The Chinese New Year 2013?

The first day of Chinese New Year 2013 (Chun Jie /2013) will be celebrated on Sunday, 10 February 2013, and the festival will last for as long as 15 days, till the Sunday, 24 February 2013.

Chinese New Year 2013 is an annual official public holiday for many countries, including Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Indonesia. The Spring Festival 2013 is among the longest public holidays in China, one of the Golden Week.

Some countries refer to the Lunar New Year with their local name, such as Tet Nguyen Dan (Vietnamese New Year) in Vietnam, Korean New Year in South Korea, or Setsubun in Japan. To the Chinese communities, Chinese New Year is the biggest annual event, where families would gather for a reunion dinner and friends would be visiting each other. Markets will be abuzz with activities and many beautiful ornaments weeks prior to the festival.


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