Wan Qing Festival of Spring 2020

Usher in the Year of the Rat at the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall’s Lunar New Year
celebrations! Wan Qing Festival of Spring 2020 presents an exciting line-up of festive offerings suitable for all ages, including auspicious lion and dragon dance performances, Chinese painting and drumming workshops, heritage tours and trails, and craft activities for the little ones. Join the Memorial Hall’s signature mass lohei and toss to bountiful luck and prosperity, get your zodiac predictions for the new year, enjoy an evening concert of contemporary and traditional performing arts, and more.Auspicious lion dance perfomances Chinese ink painting workshop Children’s lion dance workshop Sharing session preserving photographs and history Sharing session fengshui predictionsMake your own chinese sealOur festive art installations also promise to make for great photo moments with friends and family. Produced by Hong Kong collectible label, BigBoysToys, in collaboration with the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall, “Lunar Guardians” is an outdoor installation that pays homage to the ancient Chinese art of lion dance. Featuring two lion dance-inspired sculptures designed in a contemporary “mecha” anime style, this installation juxtaposes tradition with modernity, and encourages conversations about the significance and evolution of traditions in our rapidly changing world. This installation will be on display on the lawn of the memorial hall from 4 January until 9 February 2020.Chinese knot weaving Evening concert
 Special exhibition guided tourFestival of Spring prosperity tossFestive chinese drum workshopFestive fan origamiPermanent galleries guided tourDate: 1 – 2 February 2020Time: 10.00am – 9.00pm
Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial HallAdmission is free. For more information, please clickRead more. Keywords: lion-dance Nanyang-memorial-hall Wan-Qing-festival Chinese paintingRelated Link: 

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