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Chinese New Year is celebrated on 7 and 8 February 2008 by Chinese all over the world. CNY is the most important festival in the Chinese calendar and Chinese families all over the world will celebrate by making efforts to sit down together for a Reunion Dinner on CNY eve as much as the Western world make an effort for a homecoming dinner on Christmas Day.

Most shops, restaurants and certainly spas will be closed on the first 3 days of CNY which can be celebrated for as long as 15 days amongst the most traditional of Chinese. We wish all our Chinese friends a Happy Chinese New Year or ‘Gong Xi Fa Cai’ and may our Western friends join in the Chinese New Year festivities as much as the Chinese do.

For more information about the tradition and culture of Chinese New Year, please visit this Chinese culture website. In the meantime, enjoy this amazing Chinese Lion Dance show performed by one of the world’s Champion Lion Dance troupe held in a recent competition in Genting Highlands, Malaysia.