Happy Chinese New Year
Yesterday, I celebrated Chinese New Year (The Year of the Rat) in Chinatown with my kids and their great-aunt. It was my first time celebrating the Lunar New Year in Chinatown. (Although I’m a big fan of Chinese food, I get so lost down there. I can barely keep my sense of direction on numbered streets!) Anyway, we were able to catch part of the parade. We especially liked the dragons, the drumming and the kids with the firecrackers and confetti poppers. There was also a stage with various presenters and two people dressed up as cute rats. Afterwards, we went to lunch at one of the restaurants down there. I can’t remember the name, but the food was good. We had crabmeat and pork buns/soup dumplings, chicken and broccoli, and chicken and shrimp in plum sauce. Everything was good, especially the dumplings. Michael, my oldest son, enjoyed the food so much that we had to stop him from eating before he got a tummy ache! On the way home, “Aunty” bought some Chinese New Year tchotchkes for the kids. It was a great afternoon.
-Chinese New Year Splendor, a celebration at Radio City Music Hall featuring classical Chinese performing arts along with a full orchestra and more.
And
-9th Lunar New Year Parade & Festival 2008, a parade and festival that starts at Little Italy and goes through the main streets of Lower Manhattan / Chinatown. Highlights include floats, marching bands, lion and dragon dancers, antique cars, beauty queens, Asian musical performers, magicians and acrobats, and much more.
The celebration will be continuing over the next couple of weeks. Two events of note include the following:
-Chinese New Year Splendor, a celebration at Radio City Music Hall featuring classical Chinese performing arts along with a full orchestra and more.
And
-9th Lunar New Year Parade & Festival 2008, a parade and festival that starts at Little Italy and goes through the main streets of Lower Manhattan / Chinatown. Highlights include floats, marching bands, lion and dragon dancers, antique cars, beauty queens, Asian musical performers, magicians and acrobats, and much more.
Enjoy!
