Chinese New Year Celebration Festival Information History

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Chinese New Year

Year of the Ox

On January 26 2009, the Chinese year of the Ox was celebrated in no small fashion. In Bangkok the festivities began with a display of traditional Chinese dancing lions where acrobats dressed in lion costumes showed off their balancing skills by dancing on poles as high as two meters in the air.

In the evening, Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn officially signed in the New Year and Bangkok sprung into life with everyone participating in dancing, eating and of course having a lot of fun.

Good vibes for the future abounded throughout the city. The city's main entrance to Chinatown was marked by a brightly lit gate where visitors could ask for luck during 2009.

Alternatively, many of the Thai Buddhists visited the Yaowarat Chinatown Heritage Centre at Wat Trai Wittayaram, located just within the Chinatown area. Here, they asked Buddha for good luck during the coming year.

Just past the gate in the main street of Chinatown there was a stage set up, where the crowds were entertained by traditional style Chinese and Thai dancing.

The celebrations then continued with acrobats performing amazing balancing acts and a parade featuring very ornate (and very long) Chinese dragons.