Celebrate Chinese New Year in Vancouver and Richmond

Chinatown History
Written By HTCadmin

By Lucas Aykroyd

With a huge dragon, lion dancers, drumming, and firecrackers, Vancouver’s annual Chinese New Year Parade (January 22, 2023) attracts more than 100,000 spectators to Canada’s largest historic Chinatown. It’s the best-known display of authentic Chinese culture in this ultra-diverse British Columbia city.

Yet that’s just a small taste. This is a great time for exploring local Chinese art, food, and history more deeply. Vancouver just elected its first Chinese-Canadian mayor (Ken Sim) in its 136-year history, and close to 20 percent of the city’s growing population has Chinese heritage. Your options are endless. Read more…

Chinatown Story telling Centre Exhibit. Photo by Lucas Aykoyd.

HTCadmin

Admin for Judy Lam Maxwell who specializes in chinatowns around the world and dumplings. She is a business owner-operator, historian, chef, volunteer, and activist. Judy is a third-generation European Canadian on her dad’s side and a first-generation Chinese Canadian on her mother’s side. She has deep roots in the foundation of the City of Vancouver.

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