Chinese New Year, also known as Spring Festival or the Lunar New Year, is an annual 15-day celebration among Chinese communities.
It celebrates the beginning of a new year on a lunisolar Chinese calendar, with each featuring one of 12 Chinese zodiac animals that rotate yearly.
They are all linked to different elements and characteristics, which are believed to be inherited by those born that year.
The next Chinese New Year falls on 1 February 2022, with this year’s zodiac animal the Tiger.
Those born in the Year of the Tiger are supposed to be kind, adventurous and enthusiastic, but also aggressive, short-tempered and anxious.
They were born in 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010 and this year, 2022.
The Chinese New Year is a large and traditional celebration among immigrant communities around the world.
Here are the best events taking place over the next month in the UK, with links to purchase tickets.
London and South East
The annual London festivities across the West End, from Shaftesbury Avenue to Trafalgar Square, have been cancelled once more this year due to Covid-19 and replaced with a special television broadcast on 6 February.
However, there is still plenty going on in the capital:
South West England
Midlands and the North
- Calligraphy workshop, Leicester – opportunity to write the traditional Chinese letters in ink – 2 February
- Lunar New Year concert at the University of Birmingham – free concert organised by the University of Birmingham China Institute
- Cooking class, Manchester – Chinese New Year class creating well-known dishes at Thermomix studio – 22 January
- Dragon parade, Manchester – music, parade and fireworks in St Peter’s square – 6 February
- “WelShotRewards” Day, Liverpool – street photography mixed with Chinese New Year – 6 February
- Dance and calligraphy workshops, Liverpool – guided tour and activities at the Victoria Gallery and Museum – 29 January
- Liverpool’s China Town celebration – 6 February
- Lantern Decorating Festival, Salford – create and let go of traditional lanterns at Ordsall Hall – 30 January
- Chinese New Year celebration show, Lancaster – a theatre production including tradition Chinese music, instruments and dance – 5 February
- K-Pop Party, Lancaster – club night with DJ Emkay – 2 February
- Lunar New Year Rave – named the largest party in Sheffield – 11 February
- Lunar New Year Party – at K Club Newcastle – 1 February
Around the UK
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