A huat-tastic guide for a fun-filled Chinese New Year!
Feb 4th, 2021
Singapore somewhat transforms into a deserted town every year during Chinese New Year. This comes as no surprise considering the fact that Chinese makes up 74.3% of the resident population and the majority of them observe the festival that marks the beginning of a new year in the lunar calendar.
For those celebrating, it is an exuberant time to catch up with family and friends and chow down on festive treats. For the rest, turning into a couch potato and binge-watching Netflix seems like the only possibility to while away time during the public holiday. Fret not, you don’t have to turn into a sluggard and miss out on all the fun (unless you have no qualms about it) this Chinese New Year.
Sales boom points to more relaxed, happier Chinese New Year
Wang Cong Published: Feb 04, 2021 07:08 PM
Residents shop for Chinese Lunar New Year decorations at a market in Hefei, east China s Anhui Province, Jan. 30, 2021. (Xinhua/Huang Bohan)
Around this time last year, China was brought to a virtual standstill by the novel coronavirus, with widespread business shutdowns and millions of consumers trapped at home. This year, cascading wave of people rushing to local markets and online shopping platforms to stock up on holiday products offers a vivid testament to the country s recovery from COVID-19 pandemic.
As the Chinese New Year draws near, sales of everything from food to apparel to electronics to cosmetics have climbed significantly. Most notably, sales of recreational and fitness equipment, such as electric mahjong machines and jump ropes, skyrocketed, foreshadowing a more relaxed and healthy holiday ahead in stark contrast with the gloom last year.
Open to public
Chinatown Festivals 2021
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Chinese New Year is going to be a little different this year. From 23 January to 12 March 2021, Chinatown Festivals is going virtual with plenty of online activities for everyone.
Chinese New Year Short Films
Jan 29 – Feb 28, 2021
Enjoy three specially produced short films featuring renowned Chinatown merchants such as Bee Cheng Hiang (Feb 14), Kele (Feb 28) and Spring Court (Jan 29).
The short films will bring the audience through a journey on the preparation of various Chinese New Year delicacies and how these delicacies came to be associated with the festival and its traditions.
Last December, culture360 launched a new series of articles on
how the arts are adapting to the New Normal . One year into the global pandemic, this series will present
experiences and stories of resilience, adaptation, and success from the arts sector to the Covid-19 pandemic, with particular focus on differently disabled artists and arts organisations, artists residencies and arts funding.
A library, a study room, and a hangout spot,
Reading Room is a public space where friends gather to read, discuss, meditate and imagine. Launched by HB Station in Guangzhou, China during the pandemic, it is an
offline project that aims to connect with friends through the medium of publications.
The Straits Times
Revamped gallery lets visitors explore Singapore s early link to modern China
(From left) Curator Jermaine Chua, assistant curator Tan Yan Ni with museum workers preparing the new artefacts featured at the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall.ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
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