Lion dance kicks off Lunar New Year at Sun Wah Centre!

Lion dance kicks off Lunar New Year at Sun Wah Centre!

Lunar New Year, also knowns as Chinese New Year lands on Jan. 25 in 2020, and is celebrated by more than 20 percent of the world’s population.

Chinese Lion Dancing has been a traditional way to bring prosperity and blessings to important events for centuries. This year, Sun Wah Centre was proud to host a Lion Dance fundraiser event organized by BC Artscape on January 20th.

The lion dancers are average 11 years old from Yarrow Intergeneration Society for Justice to fundraise for their youth and seniors programs.


Lion dancers performing the traditional pick the green ceremonies at the entrance of Sun Wah Centre
Young lion dancers posed up! A fundraiser event for Yarrow ‘s youth and seniors programs
Catherine Kwan (middle), the property manager of Sun Wah Centre mentions that this event is not only meaningful but also marking the year of the rat for the centre this year.