{"id":491458,"date":"2026-02-22T05:55:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T05:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/491458\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T05:55:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T05:55:26","slug":"montreals-chinatown-prepares-to-celebrate-lunar-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/491458\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal&#8217;s Chinatown prepares to celebrate Lunar New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drums will echo through the streets of Montreal\u2019s Chinatown this weekend as the neighbourhood prepares to ring in Lunar New Year.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers say the celebration will highlight Asian traditions while bringing much-needed energy to Chinatown during the winter months. Crowds are expected to pack the sidewalks, stopping by local shops and restaurants as traditional dancing lions make their way through the area delivering blessings for the Year of the Fire Horse.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lunar-new-year-parade-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-468994\"  \/>Lunar New Year parade in Montreal\u2019s Chinatown on Feb. 21, 2026.  (Alan Sukonnik, CityNews)<\/p>\n<p>The free festivities, organized by Asie en f\u00eate, will feature traditional lion dances, cultural performances, family-friendly workshops and glowing light installations centred around Place Sun Yat-Sen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople want to touch the lion for good luck, and this is the cultural tradition for more than 3000 years in China,\u201d said\u00a0Jimmy Chan, president of Montreal Chan Lion Dance Club.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lunar-new-year-parade-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-468993\"  \/>Lunar New Year parade in Montreal\u2019s Chinatown on Feb. 21, 2026.  (Alan Sukonnik, CityNews)<\/p>\n<p>With vibrant costumes, rhythmic drumming and community spirit on display, the event aims to welcome the new lunar year while drawing visitors to the heart of the neighbourhood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Fire Horse is a lot of energy and it is the year to do great things, so a lot of people come together, get blessing, have lines dancing,\u201d said Chan.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"468995\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lunar-new-year-parade-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-468995\"  \/>Lunar New Year parade in Montreal\u2019s Chinatown on Feb. 21, 2026.  (Alan Sukonnik, CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"468992\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lunar-new-year-parade-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-468992\"  \/>Lunar New Year parade in Montreal\u2019s Chinatown on Feb. 21, 2026.  (Alan Sukonnik, CityNews)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drums will echo through the streets of Montreal\u2019s Chinatown this weekend as the neighbourhood prepares to ring in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":491459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-491458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}