Monday, February 14, 2005
Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year
I took Junior Curly to Newcastle yesterday to witness and join in the Chinese New Year celebrations, we both found it instructional and interesting.
Putting the weather aside (because it was extremely cold with sleet and hail showers) we were at once impressed with the new entrance gateway into Newcastle's Chinatown - the junction of St. Andrews Street and Stowell Street in Gallowgate. You will be able to see from the pictures that it is indeed an impressive structure and give the area a unique identity and enhances the "village" concept.
The crowds were large and enthusiastic, with a good mix of cultures, the street entertainment was varied and Metro Radio had a stage in Bath Street for live performances of opera, kung fu, and traditional dancing.
As you wandered around the smell of food from the many restaurants was very inviting and they were all very full. We found ourselves in the premises of the North-East Chinese Association, a community centre in Stowell Street, where we enjoyed a large plate of ham fried rice for only £2.00, a real bargain!
However it was the traditional performances of the dragon and lion dance that captured our imaginations the most, watching the buffet owners trying to tempt the lion into their premises with the offer of food in order to gain good fortune for the year ahead.
I hope you like the pictures.
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I took Junior Curly to Newcastle yesterday to witness and join in the Chinese New Year celebrations, we both found it instructional and interesting.
Putting the weather aside (because it was extremely cold with sleet and hail showers) we were at once impressed with the new entrance gateway into Newcastle's Chinatown - the junction of St. Andrews Street and Stowell Street in Gallowgate. You will be able to see from the pictures that it is indeed an impressive structure and give the area a unique identity and enhances the "village" concept.
The crowds were large and enthusiastic, with a good mix of cultures, the street entertainment was varied and Metro Radio had a stage in Bath Street for live performances of opera, kung fu, and traditional dancing.
As you wandered around the smell of food from the many restaurants was very inviting and they were all very full. We found ourselves in the premises of the North-East Chinese Association, a community centre in Stowell Street, where we enjoyed a large plate of ham fried rice for only £2.00, a real bargain!
However it was the traditional performances of the dragon and lion dance that captured our imaginations the most, watching the buffet owners trying to tempt the lion into their premises with the offer of food in order to gain good fortune for the year ahead.
I hope you like the pictures.
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