The arrival of spring, celebrated as the Chinese New Year, brings colour to the streets of Singapore’s Chinatown. Marked these days by a street light up, the anticipation of the festival also sees a host of events and activities as well as the crowd pulling Chinatown Chinese New Year Street Bazaar offering new year delicacies and must-haves, and an invasion of rats this year for the Year of the Rat.
Trengganu Street last weekend.
Anticipating the arrival of spring in Chinatown.
Rats have invaded for the Year of the Rat.
Heritage & Food Trail
Always a hit, the nightly stage shows run from 8 to 10.30 pm from 4 to 24 January 2020 at Kreta Ayer Square, opened each night with a lion dance performance. Another well received activity is the Heritage & Food Trail, which takes participants on a historical and cultural tour through the streets of Chinatown, culminating with a feast of Cantonese delights at Singapore’s largest hawker centre, Chinatown Complex Food Centre. Tickets for the trail, which run on 11, 12, 18 and 19 January, can be purchased at Kreta Ayer Community Club at $15/- per participant or online (with a 10% discount) at:
11 Jan : https://go.gov.sg/heritagefoodtrail11012020
12 Jan : https://go.gov.sg/heritagefoodtrail12012020
18 Jan : https://go.gov.sg/heritagefoodtrail18012020
19 Jan : https://go.gov.sg/heritagefoodtrail19012020
Food, glorious Cantonese food from some of the 200 food stalls in Chinatown Complex Food Centre.
Yes 933 deejays on the heritage and food trail.
Mural hunting during the heritage and food trial.
The “disneyfication” of Chinatown is complete.
A Walk through Temple Street
Photos of the always Colourful Street Bazaar
The Long and Winding Road 