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!

LOOKING BACK ...

CHINESE NEW YEAR
Sponsored by Teance Fine Teas

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