Tens of thousands of people have turned out to see colourful dancing dragons help celebrate the Chinese New Year across the UK.
In London they were treated to a blaze of red and gold with elaborate costumes, awakening lion dancing, Chinese performers, street food stalls plus Chinese arts and crafts as the city’s Chinatown hosted a day of family-friendly activities.
Peter Yick Kuen Lam, president of the London Chinatown Chinese Association (LCCA) which organised the festival that welcomed the Year of the Dragon, said: “It is very important for us. Chinese New Year is just like Christmas.
“It is a very special event for the Chinese community and a chance for us to have a good cultural exchange.
More than 500,000 people were expected to have enjoyed the day’s celebrations.
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