FESTIVITIES FROM FEBRUARY 10 TO 21, 2024
Our selection of Parisian festivities for Chinese New Year 2024
Paris celebrates the Chinese New Year with fanfare. Among the various activities, parades to enter the Year of the Wood Dragon (year 4721) with dignity.
A change of scenery and folklore guaranteed!
The parades take place in the 3rd, 8th and 13th arrondissements. It’s FREE.
Weekend of family activities at the Guimet Museum (10 and 11 February + 21 February)
“Happy New Year” 新年快乐 (Xinnian Kuaile) or 新年好 (Xinnian Hao)!
Family activities at the Guimet Museum
February 10 and 11 + February 21 (Paris 16th)
- Numerous family activities: storytelling tours around the New Year in the museum’s collections, greeting card creation workshop…
- From 4 years old
- Some activities are free, others are paid. Reservations required
Family activities at the Cernuschi Museum
February 10 and 11 (Paris 8th)
- Many family activities: “Draw a dragon!”, a free 15-minute workshop, inspired by the frieze of dragons in the Buddha room, puppet theater dedicated to the story of the White Monkey Sun Wu Kong…
- From 4 years old
- It’s free
The Faubourg Saint-Honoré Committee celebrates the Chinese New Year
February 13 from 1:30 p.m. (Paris 8th)
- On the program :
- A parade full of panache where dragons, lanterns and shimmering colors rub shoulders at the corner of rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré and rue Royale
- With the presence of about thirty artists from the group Paris Lion Sport, colorful characters and percussionists
- This grandiose ballet, made up of lions and mythical dragons, synonymous with nobility and vectors of luck, will wander to the sound of traditional rhythms
Great Chinese New Year Parade
February 18 from 1 p.m. (Paris 13th)
- On the program :
- Spectacular fashion show in the heart of Paris’ Asian district
- All the info here on the great Chinese New Year parade
- A free and very nice outing with the children!
