WATCH: Chinese New Year comes to the Harris and Flag Market

Moods were high in Preston over the weekend as Chinese New Year celebrations took over the city.
By The Newsroom
Published 18th Feb 2018, 10:12 BST
Updated 18th Feb 2018, 11:25 BST
Members of the UCLAN Kung Fu Club perform a lion dance in the Flag Market (top), Director of UCLAN Confucius Institute, Feixia Yu has tea with mayor Brian Rollo (bottom left), and Alice Lin demonstrates tea making (bottom right).Members of the UCLAN Kung Fu Club perform a lion dance in the Flag Market (top), Director of UCLAN Confucius Institute, Feixia Yu has tea with mayor Brian Rollo (bottom left), and Alice Lin demonstrates tea making (bottom right).
Members of the UCLAN Kung Fu Club perform a lion dance in the Flag Market (top), Director of UCLAN Confucius Institute, Feixia Yu has tea with mayor Brian Rollo (bottom left), and Alice Lin demonstrates tea making (bottom right).

The Flag Market saw two lion dance performances from members of the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) Kung Fu Club, with hundreds of people stopping by to take in the unique show.

Inside the Harris Museum, every floor was taken over by a number of traditional and modern Chinese activities.

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Parents and children tried their hands at calligraphy and traditional Chinese instruments.

Members of the UCLAN Kung Fu Club perform a lion dance in the Flag Market (top), Director of UCLAN Confucius Institute, Feixia Yu has tea with mayor Brian Rollo (bottom left), and Alice Lin demonstrates tea making (bottom right).Members of the UCLAN Kung Fu Club perform a lion dance in the Flag Market (top), Director of UCLAN Confucius Institute, Feixia Yu has tea with mayor Brian Rollo (bottom left), and Alice Lin demonstrates tea making (bottom right).
Members of the UCLAN Kung Fu Club perform a lion dance in the Flag Market (top), Director of UCLAN Confucius Institute, Feixia Yu has tea with mayor Brian Rollo (bottom left), and Alice Lin demonstrates tea making (bottom right).

In the first floor library, Preston Mayor Brian Rollo took part in a tea ceremony with the Director of UCLan Confucius Institute, Feixia Yu, one of the brains behind the day's celebrations.

Elsewhere, traditional Chinese dancer Xue Ting Luo performed a number of long-established dances.

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