Celebrating Chinese New Year Sunday 29 January 2006
The Grand Parade from Charing Cross Road to Trafalgar Square, arriving at Trafalgar Square around 11.45am. In the afternoon there were Dragons and Lions Dance, Shaanxi and Beijing Dance Troupes, Shenzhen Arts Troupe, Martial Arts, Children's Folk Dance, Acrobats from Hunan, 1st Fireworks in Leicester Square 14.00pm, 2nd Fireworks 15.00pm, events finished around 17.30pm.
Meanwhile in Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL, celebrations continues from 11.00am until 17.00 with song, dance, music, painting, tea ceremony and the Xiangqi. Beginners of the game were quickly given initiation with the following concise instructions written specially by XIANGQI EN BLOG for the occasion :
Gun fires over mountain
The Horse gallops in L shape
The Elephant runs 4 corners
The Car is driven straight on
The Guard in good company
Making one diagonal step
The General commands
Execution according to plan
Prime Minister Tony Blair from 10 Downing Street has in a Chinese New Year Message said that he is delighted to send his best wishes to the Chinese community for the New Year and to wish everyone happiness in the forthcoming year of the Dog.
The Prime Minister said that "these celebrations, of course, now reach out well beyond the Chinese community and are shared and enjoyed by people from all backgrounds."
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