Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall’s Wan Qing Festival of Spring 2024 with a line-up of programmes and activities to celebrate the Chinese New Year in Singapore.
To welcome in the Year of the Dragon, there will be multitude of different events at Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall from returns from 16 January to 25 February 2024, including the Wan Qing Festival of Spring 2024 on 17 and 18 February.
Amongst the activities at the Memorial Hall are installations on the lawn, hongbao giveaways and workshops, crafting sessions, tours and more as Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall welcomes in the season of Spring.
What to Expect at the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall during the Chinese New Year Period
Prosperity All Year LONG: Lawn Installation
The lawn at Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall is hosting a cute lawn installation by local toy designer and artist Ziqi.
Titled Prosperity All Year LONG, the festive decorations for the Wan Qing Festival of Spring consists of Ziqi’s Dino character, reimagined in collaboration with Japanese Artist Yasu.
The pair of Mononoke Dinos are a modern take on the dragons and are intended to symbolise success, strength, nobility, abundance and good luck.
Since there are two of them, that signifies double the blessings in the Year of the Dragon.
The Prosperity All Year LONG installation will be on display from 10 am to 7 pm, 16 January till 25 February 2024.
Lunar New Year Hongbao Giveaway
Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall is one of the institutions taking part in the Museum Roundtable Hongbao Giveaway.
You can pick up these limited edition hongbaos at the institution.
To redeem these hongbaos, you will have to visit the Memorial Hall, follow the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall Facebook or Instagram page, and verify at the visitor services counter.
Hongbaos are limited to the first 50 visitors per day, limited to one pack per person, and available whilst stocks last!
Sun Ya Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall Lunar New Year Open House
Over the Chinese New Year period, the Memorial Hall will be having an open house with free admission on 10 and 11 February 2024.
Look out for fun festivities such as a lion and dragon dance performance on the first day of the Lunar New Year, 10 February 2024, from 10 am to 11 pm.
Wan Qing Festival of Spring Open House 2024
The Wan Qing Festival of Spring Open House will be held on 17 & 18 February 2024 from 10 am to 7 pm.
Visitors to the Wan Qing Festival of Spring Open House can look forward to hands-on workshops such as dragon lantern making, mythical creatures bag making and more on the Memorial Hall grounds.
One of the activities that we are most excited about look forward to is the Dragon’s Beard Candy Making Workshop on 17 February. This is a ticketed event that is recommended for those 6 years old and above and tickets are priced at $12 per person.
The ticketed events go on sale on 19 January 10 am at https://wanqingyuan.peatix.com/, so be sure to mark your calendars before tickets get sold out fast.
Expect other family-friendly offerings such as lion dance and festive drumming workshops, heritage trails, storytelling, mini games and craft activities for the little ones, food tasting and more!
Spend the spring evening at Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall as they bring you melodious Chinese music performances by Singapore Chinese Orchestra and Chinese wind and percussion ensemble, Reverberance, to close the festival on a high note.
For more information about Wan Qing Festival of Spring 2024, visit the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall website and Facebook page throughout the festival period.
For more festive fun, find out more about Chinese New Year events 2024.