It's about embracing the community's Canadian context and multi-culturalism. The Congress Centre gala is the community's major celebration. Besides the fashion show, it will feature performances by members of the Chinese community as well as the Russian Souvinious School of Dance, Les Petits Ballets, and the Thai Association. The Phoenix Dance Troupe will be performing a traditional Chinese MiaoTribe dance. Chinese New Year is calculated according to the Chinese lunar calendar which operates on a 12 year cycle.
Different symbols represent each year of the cycle.
The dragon, an important Chinese cultural symbol, has the power to ward off evil spirits. It's one of the most popular images in Chinese art and mythology. To return to previous link please click on this Back button. If your browser does not support JavaScript please follow this link.