[BCMA] For Immediate Release

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

Media Release

January 26, 2011

For Immediate Release

 

Lunar New Year at Your Museum
Saturday, January 29, 2011, from 1 to 3 pm

 

Welcome in the Lunar New Year with the Nanaimo Chinese Society,
Vancouver Island Multi-Cultural Society and Nanaimo Museum.
Celebrations will take place here at the Nanaimo Museum on Saturday
January 29, 2011 from 1-3 pm. Admission will be by donation.
Refreshments will be provided.

 

The highlight of this 19th annual event will be the Chinese Lion Dance.
There will also be traditional crafts and cultural games such as Mah
Jong.  Entertainment from China, Thailand, Philippines and the Caribbean
will begin at 1 pm.  

 

The Lunar New Year is traditionally a family time. For Chinese families,
the New Year lasts for 15 days starting with the second New Moon after
the winter solstice. As part of the celebrations a religious ceremony is
given in honour of Heaven and Earth, the gods of the household and the
family ancestors. The Chinese community invites everyone to join in the
celebrations.

 

The Lunar calendar has a cycle of about 29.5 days and they insert an
extra month in once every few years (seven years out of a cycle of 19).
This is why the Chinese New Year falls on a different date each year.

The Rabbit is the fourth sign in the cycle of the Chinese Zodiac, which
consists of 12 animal signs.

 

Come Celebrate the year of the Rabbit at the Nanaimo Museum.

 

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Attached Image:  Courtesy of Nanaimo Museum - Traditional Lion Dance

 

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