You may like to know that the one major event of Chinese New Year is the parade. It has both modern as well as traditional connotation.
Parades which take place in China during New Year time is the most noteworthy part of the celebration. It is full of colors representing the age old customs of China in an innovative way and bringing forward the beauty of the whole show to the light and showcasing it for the whole world to see. This goes to prove how Chinese still enjoy celebrating their old customs and how they respect the ancient traditions.
The background of the Chinese culture expands over five thousands years. These years are filled with many unexplained and intriguing phases that give the Chinese culture its color. The fact that the extensive history of the country has such strong traditions makes the locals take real pride in their cultural heritage.
Today you will come across the New Year parade showcasing all those ancient traditions and mixing them up with a modern flavor in order to bridge the difference. The bringing back of ancient traditions serves as a great tourist attracting feature to which the modern amenities are added in order to make them comfortable. Hence the parade acts as a regeneration of ancient Chinese tradition as well as revitalization for all those present there to witness it.
The New Year parade that takes place in China today is based on the typical American marching format along with which there is the ancient traditional Lantern Festival. The essence of the parade is the dragon dance which is solely a Chinese tradition. Over the years though different western inspired ideas have been incorporated into the traditional parade such as marching bands etc which are not actually part of the Chinese culture.
Chinese New Year parades and processions are a result of expressing bonding and brotherhood among different people in the early civilization. The two factors which contributed to this was firstly a closer tie between the communities in the Chinese civilization itself and secondly a growth of friendly relations with the neighboring civilization.
In the modern time Chinese New Year parade has become an event which gets world wide recognition and people from all over the world come to China to see the programs and not limited to the neighboring countries. The rest of the world watches it on television.
If you want to see some beautiful performances and special artistry of China New Year parade is the time for it. You can see elaborately prepared floats drifting along the people in the parade. The parade also has people in lion, dragon and other gorgeous costumes adding vibrant colors to it.
The colorful sights and sounds are accompanied by lots of noise as the fireworks continue to explode throughout the duration of the New Year parade. Fireworks are an important part of the New Year parade and the people really enjoy the deafening noises which would otherwise be termed as noise pollution.
The best feature of the whole of Chinese New Year celebration is the dragon dance. The puppet dragon is formed with paper, bamboo and silk and goes up till the height of approximately hundred feet. The dragon is put upright by young Chinese people and made to dance to the sound of drums and gongs.
Chinese new year decorations are usually worked on well before new years day . If you would like to read further on the process of preparing for annual Chinese new year parades follow the links contained here.
