Kick off The Year of the Dragon at The Red Dragon Centre

Main image - The Red Dragon Centre's Chinese Lion for Chinese New Year

CARDIFF Bay’s leading entertainment venue is celebrating Chinese New Year with free workshops, activities and offers throughout half term.

 

To mark the Year of the Dragon, visitors will be greeted by the iconic Chinese Lion on 11 February, who will weave its way through the festivities and interact with at 12.30pm, 2pm, and 3.30pm.

 

The Centre will also be visited by the Cardiff Confucius Institute who will host free interactive workshops in lantern making and calligraphy from 12-4pm.

 

Throughout the week, visitors can become immersed in the celebration with pop-up workshop activities, a calligraphy showcase, and decorations by Dr Bob Balloons that will take over the Centre.

 

Experimental Science are hosting a sold-out workshop on 12 February to fuse curiosity and tradition with dragon-themed experiments.

 

Teaming up with The Makers Guild Craft in the Bay and Explore Learning Cardiff, the celebrations will continue throughout half-term with free workshops for children of all ages. On 14 February from 12-4pm, children can make their own Lunar New Year dreamcatcher and on 15 February from 11am-4pm, they can embark on a quest to free the dragon in a colour-by-numbers challenge.

 

All-you-can-eat Japanese restaurant, Volcano, and Pan-Asian restaurant, Everytime, will have exclusive offers, while Grosvenor Casino will be showing their spirit with exciting prize draws including the chance to win a 5-star trip to Macau, and are hosting a dragon dance and buffet on 29 February.

 

Dr Catherine Chabert, Executive Director of the Cardiff Confucius Institute, said: “We cannot wait to return to The Red Dragon Centre to mark the Year of the Dragon. After celebrating here in the past, we jumped at the chance to return and share the wondrous celebration with as many as possible.

 

“The Year of the Dragon symbolises power, nobility, honor, luck, and success, and we can’t wait to spread the word and welcome the New Year alongside the Centre’s visitors.”

 

Emma Constantinou, Marketing Manager at The Red Dragon Centre, said: “After such fabulous celebrations in the past, The Year of the Dragon is set to be one of our best yet. Chinese New Year is a special event that we all look forward to and I’m delighted to be welcoming back the Cardiff Confucius Institute.

 

“Being located in the Welsh capital, and the Red Dragon being at the heart of Wales, this is the perfect opportunity to celebrate such an importance symbol in the Chinese New Year and share this celebration with as many guests as possible.”

 

For further information about the event, visit https://thereddragoncentre.co.uk/chinese-new-year/ or follow the Centre on Facebook.