Saturday, February 27, 2010

Chinese New Year in Sydney 2010.....农历新年虎年在雪梨2010年....

I celebrated the Lunar New Year here in Sydney this year by going to the Twilight CNY Parade as well as Dragon Boat Race at Darling Harbour. I've been to both events twice already, going there last yr too:-)

The Lunar New Year is celebrated in quite a big way here in Sydney and that's great for me given that CNY is one of my biggest festivals in the Chinese calendar.

Photos of both events below:
Above & Below: CNY Twilight Parade along George St (Sydney's main thoroughfare in the CBD).

Darling Harbour Dragon Boat Race 2010:



Above and Below: The scorching day @ CNY Dragon Boat Race Darling Harbour.

I was seriously sun-burnt on the uncovered areas of my skin (like last yr) at the Dragon Boat Race...my face, arms, and most seriously, knees, was seriously sun-burnt!...
Above n Below: Special Zodiac Illuminated Lanterns @ Customs House and Darling Harbour respectively..the lanterns were really really pretty!..I feel the Chinese New Year Festival in Sydney is better and bigger each year..actually, for the past 2 yrs, Chinese themes/festivals have been very dominant in Sydney...even the NYE Har Bridge Countdown Fireworks ended with the very Chinese/Oriental Ying and Yang Symbol!...
Above: May the Year of Tiger be a prosperous and fulfilling, smooth one for all:-) I copied the mark above from a Melbourne University Alumnae e-newsletter..

8 comments:

gina said...

Looks like Sydney didn't skim on the CNY deco and events!

aimlesswanderer said...

There are, after all, heaps of Asians in Sydney - about 700,000 or so, 17% of the population.

hcpen said...

gina: It gets better every year!

hcpen said...

aimlesswanderer: yeah..

fufu said...

happy chap goh mei... i kinda miss darling harbour =p

suituapui said...

Looks like it's every grander than hear. Here, we have LOTS of fireworks and firecrackers (Save the environment!)...open houses - all the visiting...and a lot of feasting and drinking. Dunno if there were any parades...

hcpen said...

fufu: Happy Chap Goh Mei to You too Fufu!:-)

hcpen said...

Suituapui: Yes, different places celebrate CNY differently:)