With the Southern Hemisphere basking in sunlight, Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, is perfectly timed to be celebrated in spring-like weather in Sydney.

For this year, four activities will be held from January 17 to 28 to welcome the New Year.

18:00, January 17

Movie Show: Our Shining Days

The China Cultural Center in Sydney will feature the film at 18:00. The movie is about love and dream of a group of music students.

18:00, January 20

China-Australia Youth Cultural and Technology Exchange Festival

As a prelude of Happy Chinese New Year activities in Australia, the festival will feature performances and works by young Huangmei Opera performers and intangible cultural heritage inheritors from Jiangsu province as well as the local youngsters.

January 21-February 7

VR Beautiful China Interactive Tourist Experience

The exhibition will show Chinese landscape and Spring Festival cultural customs with the help of VR and AR. Visitors can experience the way that Chinese people celebrate the Lunar New Year in a convenient way.

The show will be unveiled at the China Cultural Center at 18:00 on January 21, and featured on January 22-23 and January 28-February 7.

January 25-28

Happy Chinese New Year — The Glamour of Shaanxi

Artists from Shaanxi Performing Troupe will lead the activities to welcome Chinese Lunar New Year in Sydney for 2020. The events include a show at the Chinatown Dixon Street Haymarket on January 25, a special performance at the Nan Tien Temple on January 26 and a gala at the Sydney Town Hall on January 28. Acrobatics, Chinese martial arts, dances, folk music and operas will be featured at the gala to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year.

(Source: chinadaily.com.cn)