Celebrating Chinese Lunar New Year in New Farm

This year, the Chinese Lunar New Year Day was on Tuesday, the 5^th of February. According to the Chinese Horoscope calendar, 2019 is the Female Earth Pig year. Brown is connected to the earth. Therefore, 2019 is also called the year of the Brown Pig.

As a tradition in New Farm State School, we invited the Southern Shaolin Wushu Academy to present the lion dance and martial art demonstrations. Children had a chance to closely watch the authentic Chinese cultural performances and be able to interact with the lions. The whole school enjoyed the lion dance and the martial art. It was a happy celebration in New Farm.