NAPLES CELEBRATES CHINESE NEW YEAR Saturday, February 21 IN PIAZZA PLEBISCITO

According to the Chinese calendar, February 19, 2015 we will celebrate the start of the new year. For the occasion, even Naples will host the upcoming New Year, at Piazza del Plebiscito, February 21, 2015.
The event, organized by the Confucius Institute of the University L’Orientale and with the support of the Culture and Tourism of the Municipality, will pay homage to the beginning of ‘”Year of the Goat” through martial arts performances, activities painting, kites and many other initiatives.
The pride of the anniversary east, also known as Spring Festival, is the infamous dragon dance, organized by ASD Teng Long of San Giorgio a Cremano. For the uninitiated, the Chinese tradition goes, each lunar year, an animal sign according to a precise rotation between 12 elements; unlike the Western Zodiac Calendar where the signs are fixed.

Before the start of the New Year, Chinese families use to clean their homes to ward off bad luck and just like in Italy, it is customary to use the popular decorations strictly red. The morning of the last year, we went from family to wish good wishes and in the afternoon you will participate in the traditional lion dances and dragon.
In the evening, start the big party with fireworks and the famous Chinese lanterns, used to guide the spirits benevolent toward their houses. On 21 February 2015, therefore, Naples will host a new New Year full of color and fun, enclosing the hopes, dreams and expectations for the start of a new year Chinese.
About Chinese New Year in Naples
When: Saturday, February 21, 2015
Where: Piazza del Plebiscito – Naples
Time: from 11:00 to 14:00