Celebrating Chinese Culture in Toronto
Thursday Feb. 19 was Lunar New Year, and many came together to join the celebration of the festival. It was a day of rich Chinese culture, with blessings, Chinese treats, red pockets and lion dance.
Background
According to Statistics Canada, there are 34,126 permanent residents from The Republic of China as of 2013.
As of 2015, there are approximately 6 major Chinatowns in the Greater Toronto Area.
The Event
A big celebration for the Lunar New Year is inevitable for this many people. The Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto, has organized various celebratory events for the big day. They promoted their events through Facebook and Twitter, as well as through Chinese radio and broadcasting channels such as A1 Radio and Fairchild.
And a guide from Creative Tourist for an eventful weekend to Chinatown:
Coming into town for @CNY_MCR? Here's our guide to food in Chinatown: http://t.co/BRuDsKOZxl pic.twitter.com/GhCOcTXmG0
— Creativetourist.com (@creativetourist) February 20, 2015
As well as The Toronto Star!
Post by The Toronto Star.
Engagement
Between Feb 19-22, many attended and tweeted pictures, praising events held and recognizing the diversity of different cultures in Toronto. One of them is Helen Statigos, who brought her son to the events held at the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto, at 5183 Sheppard Avenue East.
Lunar New Year fun at Chinese Cultural Centre w/ @rcho42 @CncllrChinLee @RathikaS & MPP Balkissoon. #ScarbTO #TOpoli pic.twitter.com/sczanQgGN7
— Helen Stratigos (@HelenStratigos1) February 24, 2015
And of course food is involved. Lots of it.
What better day to food experiment than CNY Reunion dinner 😁 #cookingadventureswithlyannelow pic.twitter.com/GPM7maJIAz
— Lyanne ✌ (@lyanneeelow) February 18, 2015
Involvement
Yang Zeng is a lion dancer at Chung's Arts Academy. His Kung Fu team has performed almost every day since Tuesday Feb 17, at over 10 locations in Toronto. The below Instagram post of him is taken at latitude: 43.84393 and longitude: -79.38437, which is at Times Square, Richmond Hill.
Have a wonderful Year of the Goat!
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