Chinese
New Year 2005
Overview
Gung Hay Fat Choy! are words that come from the well wishers and say, "May you prosper." This year, the Year of the Rooster, the celebration begins on February 9 and is the most important holiday for the Chinese families. Each Chinese New Year starts with the new moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon 15 days later.
The last day of this celebration ends with the Lantern Festival. The Lantern Festival is believed to have originated in ancient times to usher the light of the sun after the winter.
Schedule of Events
February 5
Kick-Off... Southwest Airlines Mini-Procession and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Description:
This ceremony has its beginnings in the 1800's. The route
used to be different but because of the number of people in attendance, had to
be moved to these wider streets.
Location: Grant Ave. from California to Pacific Ave.
Time: 10:30am
Cost: FREE
February 5
Chinese New Year Celebration 2005
Description:
The Chinese New Year Celebration is an annual fundraising
event and a concert is held at the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall and includes a
Festival Reception one hour prior to the concert.
Location:
San Francisco Symphony
Time: TBA
February 5-6
New Year’s Flower Market Fair
Description:
Each year the Chinese New Year Flower Fair takes place
the weekend before the Lunar New Year holiday so that families can come to the
fair and purchase their traditional holiday plants, flowers and fruits.
Location: Grant Avenue from Clay to Broadway, Pacific Ave. from
Kearny to Stockton
Time: Saturday 10:00am - 8:00pm; Sunday 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Cost: FREE
February 9
Chinese New Year's Day
February 12 - February 20
Chinese New Year Carnival
Location: Walter U. Lum Place, Washington & Clay Sts.
Time: Daily 9:00am - 11:00pm
Cost: FREE
February 11
Miss Chinatown U.S.A. Pageant
Description: A beauty pageant to crown a beauty for San Francisco's
Chinatown and to appoint a goodwill ambassadors for the community.
Location:
Palace of Fine Arts
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $15, $30, $50, $100
February 12 and 13
Chinese New Year Celebration
Description: A weekend of
activities to commemorate a very important date in the lives of the Chinese
people.
Location:
Discovery Children's Museum
Time: 10am - 5pm
Cost: FREE with Museum admission
February 13
Chinese New Year YMCA 10K/5KRun/Walk
Description: Starting at California and Grant, the race winds its
way through Chinatown, Fisherman's Wharf and Fort Mason, finishing on Kearny
between Sacramento and Clay. A shorter 5K alternative run/walk is also available.
Time: 8:00 am
Cost: FREE
February 18
Harrah's Miss Chinatown U.S.A. Coronation Ball
Description: A
highlight of the New Year's festivities, the focus of this ball is the
coronation of the newly picked Miss Chinatown.
Location: Westin St. Francis Hotel, 335 Powell St., San
Francisco
Time: 6:00pm No Host Cocktails; 7:00pm Dinner
Cost: TBA
February19-20
Chinese Community Street Fair
Description: Become immersed in the sights and sounds of Chinatown
as you enjoy traditional and contemporary music, colorful folk dance from
throughout Asia, acrobats, lion dancing, lantern and kite making, arts and
calligraphy and magic demonstrations.
Location: Grant Avenue from California to Broadway, Kearny to
Stockton; Jackson St. from Kearny to Stockton
Time: Saturday 10:00am - 4:30pm; Sunday 9:00am - 5:00pm
Cost: FREE
February 19
Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year Parade
Location: Steps off at Market & Second to Kearny & Columbus Ave.
Time: 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Cost: FREE
Dates and events subject to change without notice.
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