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Join the largest celebration of the Chinese New Year outside of Asia, when Chinatown becomes a giant street party.

Last year's event saw 300,000 people join the celebrations throughout Chinatown, Leicester Square and Trafalgar Square, and this year should prove to be no different. Last year saw the streets filled with a host of colour from visiting Chinese acrobats and musicians to giant Chinese dragons and lions. The night culminated with a spectacular fireworks display over Leicester Square.

The official Chinese New Year starts on Monday 23 January, however, the celebrations in London will take place on Sunday 29 January from 10:00 to 18:00. Each year in the Chinese Lunar Calendar is represented by an animal and 2012 is the year of the dragon.

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