Chinese New Year Festival 2015

From food markets to lantern warriors, the Year of the Sheep is bringing quite a bounty.
Elise Newton
Published on February 09, 2015
Updated on February 12, 2015

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Overview

Get read for sensory overload — Chinese New Year is here. Time to fill the streets with fireworks and dancing lions while you alternate between inhaling incredible Asian cuisine and watching feats of strength at the Darling Harbour dragon boat races.

For the Year of the Sheep (a sign of creativity and wisdom), the festival will be connecting you with the best of the Chinese creative world, including large-scale performance art pieces with the Yangjiang art collective and fire-breathing puppet troupes, as well giving you the chance to put yourself in the mix, whether walking through an army of glowing terracotta warriors or doing Tai Chi in the sunshine.

With so much to do and see, here are a few highlights from Sydney's Chinese New Year Festival you shouldn't miss.

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