The London Traveler

If Chinatown doesn’t appeal, the British Museum is also celebrating Chinese New Year with a number of events – all free, though you’ll get to get a ticket for some of them at the museum.
Chinese lanterns will show the signs of the zodiac, and there will be craft workshops, including “Make your own Terracotta Army” – or at least one terracotta soldier. There’ll be a performance of ‘Monkey – Journey to the West’  – a Chinese classic, but with music by Damon Albarn. This is at six o’clock – you’ll need to book your free tickets  when you get to …read more

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Welcome to the year of the Rat!
Rats may not be your favourite creature but it will be worth celebrating, anyway. The Chinese New Year celebrations on Sunday, February 10th will feature a parade from the Strand, at 11 in the morning, along Charing Cross Road and Shaftesbury Avenue, as well as lion dancing in Trafalgar Square and fireworks (at 2 and 5 pm) in Leicester Square. (Don’t forget that it was the Chinese who invented gunpowder, and they still know how to make a party go with a bang!)
Finish off if you like with a meal in one of Chinatown’s …read more

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