Chinese New Year blooms red lanterns and dragon parade in London

LONDON: Streets of China Town blossomed with traditional lanterns, folk performances and annual light show in celebration for the New Year as per the Chinese calendar.

An annual dragon parade and many vibrant performances marched in with the hype of the Chinese New Year on February 18 – which embellished the popular China town in London with red lanterns and festive preps.

Another token into celebration hands children red envelopes that contains 'luck money' for the year ahead.

Captured in the video is the essence of the colorful parade that gathers legions of attendees to mark the annual festive, while this year around the celebration marked the Year of the Dog – which marks the first zodiac in the series of rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig.

There goes a traditional belief that the animal you are represented by can tell a lot about your personality. That’s not just it. The certain animal also has a few types that open a variety of explanations in personality traits.