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It is Chinese New Year One Again and Colourful Celebration Time in Newcastle on Tyne Once More. This Year is 2011 Year of the Rabbit.



We are Very Fortunate in Newcastle to Have a Large,Thriving Chinese Community.We Also Have Our Very Own China Town With Chinese Restuarants,Supermarkets and Casino.There are Three Casinos in Newcastle,All Monopolised by the Chinese but Only One in China Town and a Cat's Whisker Away From The Irish Centre lol.

It Always Makes me Think of the Pioneering Railroad Towns in the Wild,WildWest,Where the Bulk of the Spadework was Done by the Scots,Irish&Chinese.
 The Chinese Community Does a lot of Charity Work and a Few Years Ago Erected the Magnificent Lion Gate at the Entrance to Chinatown.(Note St James' Park Just Behind&Irish Centre to the Right.)

Animal	Branch	New Year dates
鼠 Rat	子 Zǐ	February 19, 1996	February 7, 2008
牛 Ox	丑 Chǒu	February 7, 1997	January 26, 2009
虎 Tiger	寅 Yín	January 28, 1998	February 14, 2010
兔 Rabbit	卯 Mǎo	February 16, 1999	February 3, 2011
龍 Dragon	辰 Chén	February 5, 2000	January 23, 2012
蛇 Snake	巳 Sì	January 24, 2001	February 10, 2013
馬 Horse	午 Wǔ	February 12, 2002	January 31, 2014
羊 Sheep	未 Wèi	February 1, 2003	February 19, 2015
猴 Monkey	申 Shēn	January 22, 2004	February 8, 2016
雞 Rooster	酉 Yǒu	February 9, 2005	January 28, 2017
狗 Dog	戌 Xū	January 29, 2006	February 16, 2018
豬 Pig	亥 Hài	February 18, 2007	February 5, 2019

This is a Video of Some of the Celebrations But it is a Lot More Fun Than This Shows.If the Video Does Not Work I Will Add it With the Rest of my Videos.

There is Always Lots of Free Food in the Casinos&Everyone Goes Around With a Smile on his/her Face Face (Even Though Tis Blowing a Gale lol).

Enjoy. Come Visit Newcastle Sometime.

Love,Peace&Rock xx