Celebrate the Year of the Snake at one of our Lion Dance performances. Please call to reserve a spot. With the upcoming Lunar New Year on Wednesday, January 29th, we've added six lion dance events to our events page along with Lunar New Year Celebration: Year of the Snake event on Feb. 1st & 2nd. Dim sum is first come, first serve and dinner reservations are highly recommended for the evening lion dances. Come celebrate the Year of the Dragon at Li Wah with a traditional Lion Dance by the Kwan Lion Dance team! Friday, February 9th at 7 p.m. RSVP at 216-696-6556. Saturday, February 10th at 11 a.m. Chinese New Year; About Us; Job Application; Li Wah Restaurant Li Wah Restaurant Li Wah Restaurant. Lunar New Year 2025 - Year of the Snake. Find tickets & information for Chinese New Year 2024 Lion Dance at Li Wah. happening at Li Wah, Cleveland, OH on Fri, 09 Feb, 2024 at 07:00 pm. Register or Buy Tickets, Price information. Celebrate Chinese New Year at Li Wah for Dim Sum or Dinner with the Kwan Lion Dance team. See below for details or visit our Facebook Events at to invite family and friends. The seventh day of the Lunar New Year (February 4, 2025) is said to be when the Chinese mother goddess, Nuwa, created humanity. Thus, it’s called renri/jan jat (the people’s birthday). Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year, begins on Saturday. Celebrated by many Asian cultures, there are Lunar New Year-related events across the country, including in Oregon. What are the animals of the zodiac? Each year honors an animal based on the Chinese zodiac. The circle of 12 animals — the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig — measure the cycles of time. Li Wah offers a seat at the family table during Lunar New Year, China's most important (and most delicious) holiday. By Dillon Stewart. As Randy Hom grew up, the celebration around Lunar New Year, sometimes called Chinese New Year, morphed and changed. They might spend their Chinese New Year's Eve in a foreign country to experience different styles of Chinese New Year. The current population of China is more than 1.41 billion at the end of 2018. Overseas Chinese have at least 50 million. That means more than Chinese 1.46 billion will celebrate the Chinese New Year around the world. Went to Li Wah for the annual Chinese New Year. The event was fun and we particularly loved the Lion Dance.. Great family event and can't wait for next year. We ordered food off the menu and everything was delivered quickly and was delicious. We also recently went for Dim Sum and enjoyed various varieties of fresh dim sum brought to our table Many items can seem new and bizzare. At Li Wah, you can try Chinese Brocoli (Gai Lan), Yu Choy, Pea pod leaves (dao mu), or Bittermelon (Foo Gaw). These are only a few of the assorted vegetables in the restaurant. Chinese people have been raised on a predominately pork, poultry (duck and chicken), and seafood diet. On New Year’s Eve, families gather to eat and exchange gifts. Celebrating the New Year. A traditional celebration welcomes in the new year with loud firecrackers and a lion dance. Wear new clothes on Lunar New Year’s Eve and Day. Give out red envelopes (hong bao) with money, especially to children. Gather with family to eat a New Year’s meal! Li Wah Restaurant. 2999 Payne Ave #102, Cleveland, OH 44114. (216) 696-6556 Li Wah Restaurant. Opened in 1991 by Donna Hom, Li Wah is a Cleveland classic it has been a mainstay of the area ever since, open 365 days a year it's a favorite of the local Asian community, downtown workers and visiting suburbanites. Li Wah Restaurant. 2999 Payne Ave #102, Cleveland, OH 44114. (216) 696-6556 They celebrate the Chinese New Year for an entire week each year and you may be able to catch a really sweet Lion Dance where you can feed luck money envelopes to the lion's mouth! Yesss! See all photos from Joshua R. for Li Wah There’s another New Year to celebrate, and that’s Lunar New Year. What is Lunar New Year? Also sometimes called Chinese New Year because it’s based on the lunar-solar Chinese calendar, Lunar New Year is a 15-day-long holiday that begins at the start of the new lunar year and lasts until the Lantern Festival two weeks later.
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