LunarFest and Chinese New Year Parade offer free family-friendly celebrations of Year of the Monkey

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      Are you in the mood for lunar tea?

      Do you have a hankering to bring the kids to see the world's smallest lion dancers?

      How about having your fortune told, Chinese-style or Japanese-style?

      All of this and more is taking place from noon until 6 p.m. on the final day of the three-day LunarFest celebration on the plaza of the Vancouver Art Gallery.

      (See the complete schedule here.)

      The Southern Taiwan Artistic Dance Troupe will perform a dance. To catch them, you'll have to get there at noon or 3 p.m..

      And those tiny lion dancers? They come courtesy of the Chin Fei Feng Marionette Theatre Troupe, which performs at 1:45 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.

      Here's an idea to consider: if you're attending the annual Chinese New Year Parade in Chinatown, why not head over to the art gallery afterward to enjoy LunarFest?

      The Chinatown parade always attracts a large number of politicians. But it also showcases groups from different provinces of China, as well as Chinese Canadian community pioneers, like businesswoman Faye Leung. She grew up in Chinatown and remembers playing in the first Ming Wo store in the neighbourhood.

      For decades, businesswoman Faye Leung has been one of Chinatown's greatest champions.
      Charlie Smith

      The parade starts at 11 a.m. and will last for about two-and-a-half hours.

      It starts at the Millennium Gate on Pender Street before moving east up Pender Street, then south along Gore Avenue before coming back west along Keefer Street to Carrall Street.

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