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Chikan celebrates the Year of the Dragon with lion and dragon dances, showcasing the Chinese New Year at the bridge

During the Spring Festival holiday, the Chikan Overseas Chinese Town, themed 'Chikan celebrates the Year of the Dragon', is decorated with a new Chinese-style atmosphere, presenting performances that blend Chinese and Western cultures. It not only restores the Chinese New Year memories but also integrates trendy culture, allowing the numerous visitors to revisit the traditional Lingnan culture in their memories and further understand the cultural history of the Chinese overseas hometown. During the Spring Festival holiday, Chikan Overseas Chinese Town creates a 'Dragon Culture' feast with the theme 'Chikan celebrates the Year of the Dragon'. The Lingnan New Year flavor of Chikan Overseas Chinese Town merges with the century-old arcades, allowing visitors to capture outstanding New Year photos in every corner. The ancient arcades and tram cars are dressed in festive Chinese red, Rong'an Building is adorned with giant Spring Festival couplets visible from afar, and the large-scale New Year's floral boards, specially customized by Hong Kong intangible cultural heritage inheritors for 'Chikan celebrates the Year of the Dragon', lean against the arcades, shining day and night. A hundred-meter-long dragon lantern winds around the arcade columns with auspicious clouds, and there are also 'Everything Lion Thinks' Chinese lion dance culture trend art exhibitions, folk music performances, New Year flower markets, river lantern blessings, and other New Year activities and exhibitions.
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Posted: Mar 30, 2024
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