Seattle Chinese New Year 2017 Pictures

This celebration showcases the richness of the asian communities of seattle. Seattle is home to a diverse community of asian cultures who celebrate the lunar new year.

Chinese new year singapore is one of the biggest celebrations on the event calendar.

Lunar new year at westfield south center mall 2018. 2017 is the 4714th chinese year. Chinese communities around the globe are preparing to launch their new year celebrations, the most important holiday in the chinese calendar. Since adam is chinese, his family usually celebrates (i attended their celebration last year) so as we get older and have kids of our own. Lining up plans in seattle? Chinese horoscope 2017 predictions for the chinese new year 2017 of the fire rooster. On a social level, chinese new year is very much a family event and is a time of reunion, forgiveness, sharing and thanksgiving with festivities. For chinese people, years begin at chinese lunar new year, rather. Seattle chinese times, seattle, wa. During the big years, the chinese new year date moves to late february, but during the small years, it goes back to late january. A chinese new year 2017 celebration would not be complete without a giant dragon parading down the street. Generally celebrated in january or february each year (the if you are in singapore during the chinese new year, make sure to check out some of the events planned during this time as you will learn so much. It is a year of the ox. Happy chinese lunar new year! Held for approximately two weeks following the first day of the chinese new year, it combines elements of the chinese lantern festival with a typical american parade. This is different to the 'gregorian' calendar that we traditionally use in the uk, which always starts on 1. However, chinese civilization is up to 8000 years. Chinese calendar is not the only one based on moon cycle.