VIDEO LINK:
Watch some of the celebration here.

Event Coordinator Winnie Yu and friend

Lions face off


Lion performer


Monkey on bike



There is a lion in The Pasta Shop!

CHINESE NEW YEAR 2009
Sponsored by Teance Fine Teas & Fourth Street Shops

Saturday, January 31, 2009
at Delaware and Fourth Street

For the Chinese, celebrating New Year's correctly means chasing away all the ill-fortune and evil spirits, and bring in prosperity, health, and good fortune all around. Festivities last 2 or more weeks and includes symbolic foods, lucky colors, and most importantly, ferocious lion dancers to chase away bad luck.

EVENTS:
1:15 pm Children's Story Telling & Lucky Candy Distribution
2 pm Traditional Lion Dance http://www.kei-lun.com/
3 pm Martial Arts demonstration http://www.goldnlion.com/
4 pm Classical Chinese Music http://www.berkeleymonastery.org/
4:30-6 pm Fortune Telling for the Year of the Ox

PARTICIPATING MERCHANTS ON FOURTH STREET:
Fourth Street Flowers: Purchase Chinese New Year's Flowers, including quinces and magnolias. The Pasta Shop: Serving a full menu of Chinese New Year foods for lunch including freshly made Jiao Zi (Dumplings) for sale.
http://www.teance.com/


Crowd watching lion dance



Lion head



Lion visiting with crowd