Vancouver, BC (January 23, 2024) \u2013 The Chinese Canadian Museum is celebrating its first Lunar New Year at their permanent Wing Sang Building location in Vancouver Chinatown with special tastings, craft workshops, lion dances, added guided tours, and Chinese calligraphy demonstrations. To mark the special festival, the museum is also launching a unique Golden Ticket campaign for visitors to win coveted experiences and prizes from museum partners and local attractions.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLunar New Year is a special holiday for many in our country, especially those in the Chinese community,\u201d says Dr. Melissa Karmen Lee, CEO of the Chinese Canadian Museum<\/strong>. \u201cIt is a time when we gather with families to celebrate traditions and festivities to ring in the new year, and we are so grateful to celebrate our first Lunar New Year here at our new permanent location at the historic Wing Sang Building.\u201d<\/p>\n As part of the Golden Ticket campaign, all visitors through admission from Wednesday, January 24, to Sunday, February 11, will receive a fortune cookie \u2014 with a chance to find a golden fortune paper inside. Winners will then be entered into a guaranteed prize draw, which includes a trip for two from Rocky Mountaineer<\/strong>; a roundtrip Helijet<\/strong> flight to Victoria with a stay at the Grand Pacific Hotel<\/strong>; gift cards to Kissa Tanto<\/strong> and Bao Bei<\/strong>; two press box seats to a Vancouver Canucks<\/strong> game; a private group ceramics workshop in Chinatown, and more.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Lunar New Year \u2014 also called Spring Festival in some parts of the world \u2014 falls on February 10 this year, set to commence the Year of the Wood Dragon. At the museum, family-friendly festivities will run on Saturday, February 10 and Sunday, February 11.\u00a0<\/p>\n On February 10, <\/strong>master Chinese calligrapher Wai Yin Lau will host calligraphy demonstrations from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., with visitors able to take home an auspicious Chinese calligraphy greeting to bring in good fortune for the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n On February 11,<\/strong> Chinese Canadian artist Marlene Yuen, whose mural is featured inside the museum\u2019s introductory gallery, will host special Year of the Wood Dragon printmaking sessions from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. where visitors will be using various relief plate templates to ink, print, and string their own decorative Lunar New Year bunting.\u00a0<\/p>\n On both days, the museum will offer free tea tastings specially curated from Chinatown tea shops, along with free tastings of snacks and treats (until quantities last). Guided tours of the museum are available every hour from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on February 10, and from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on February 11 \u2014 which will be held in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.<\/p>\n