农历新年 – Chinese New Year 2010 in Paris –
the dragon parades of 14th & 21st February 2010
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Bye bye water buffalo! Hello metal tiger. Let’s party!
photo by psy4x used under cc licence
I don’t know why, I was pretty sure that Chinese new year came not long after… French new year. But I was wrong; usually happening around the end of January, in 2010 Chines new year is celebrated on 14th February: you’ll be able to adorn your valentines with a metal tiger (虎), this year’s animal from the Chinese calendar. Apparently he is energetic, adventurous, independent, inventive, generous, tireless and impulsive… much like us!
image taken from the site www.chine-informations.com
As always, Franco-Chinese site www.chine-informations.com has the best lowdown on what will be happening in Paris around the 14th. First of all, they agree with our view that even if the dragon parade in the Chinese quarter (13th arrondissement) will draw the biggest crowds on Sunday 21st February (date may be modified), it’s the parade in the 3rd arrondissement on Saturday 20th February (date also subject to change) that will be the connoisseurs’ choice; just as spectacular, with lion dances, traditional costumes and more dragons than you can shake a metal tiger at.
photo by psy4x used under cc licence
The parade starts at 2pm on Sunday 14th February at place de l’Hôtel de Ville, and here’s the route:
For more info (in French) about the humungous parade in the 13th arrondissement on the Sunday, check out this page. We’ve been numerous times, but it’s become such a huge event that you’ll have difficulty seeing much at all.
And there’s a lot more going on for Chinese New Year 2010 in Paris besides::
- A Chinese New Year exhibition at the Centre Culturel de Chine from 5th – 27th February 2010
- A new stamp to celebrate the year of the tiger (56 cents)
- Gold and silver bullion with TIgger on it! (but you may have to go to Beijing to get them),
etc. etc.
To check out the latest info (in French, sorry), check out www.chine-informations.com. They seem to have all the details (and there are quite a lot). Check them out!
photo by busy-pochi used under cc licence
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février 1st, 2010 on 15 h 58 min
Hi, in your website, you mentioned that parade in the 3rd arrondissement on Saturday 20th. on the http://www.new-paris-ile-de-france.co.uk website, it mentioned 14 feb.
Do you know which date is correct? we are going to paris from 13 to 16 to cover the event.
Let us know if you have the information.
thank you
février 1st, 2010 on 21 h 45 min
You’re right! The dates were hadn’t been confirmed and one of them has now changed (the 3rd arrondissement parade is now on Sunday 14th February). Thanks for telling us! I’ve changed the article.