Festivities are in order as the Chinese Lunar New Year approaches to celebrate the coming of spring and life’s most cherished properties: good health/longevity, fortune/success, happiness and loved ones. Oh, and you can expect for things to be hoppin’, as 2011 is the “Year of the Rabbit” (For those of you unfamiliar with the holiday, each year an animal from the Chinese zodiac is selected to represent). Check out a list of related shindigs happening in Charlotte this Saturday below:
• Annual Chinese New Year Celebration presented by the Chinese American Association of Charlotte at UNC Charlotte
• Chinese New Year Celebration at Charlotte Chinese Baptist Church
• A Chinese New Year Celebration at Dharma Lounge
• Chinese New Year: Celebrate The Year of the Rabbit at Wok
This article appears in Feb 1-7, 2011.
