Lion dance performances highlight Lunar New Year at The Woodlands Children’s Museum

Staff report

January 14, 2023

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1of8Performer Dianna Nguyen, center, with the Houston Lion Kings prepares to participate in a lion dance during The Woodlands Children’s Museum’s Lunar New Year celebration, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, in The Woodlands. Lunar New Year is a 15-day celebration of the arrival of spring and the beginning of a new year based on the lunar calendar. take part in a lion dance during The Woodlands Children’s Museum’s Lunar New Year celebration, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, in The Woodlands. Lunar New Year is a 15-day celebration of the arrival of spring and the beginning of a new year based on the lunar calendar. take part in a lion dance during The Woodlands Children’s Museum’s Lunar New Year celebration, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, in The Woodlands. Lunar New Year is a 15-day celebration of the arrival of spring and the beginning of a new year based on the lunar calendar. Jason Fochtman/Staff Photographer Show more Show less 4of8Children watch as dancer Dianna Nguyen with the Houston Lion Kings performs a lion dance during The Woodlands Children’s Museum’s Lunar New Year celebration, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, at The Woodlands. The Lunar New Year is a 15-day celebration of the arrival of spring and the start of a new year based on the lunar calendar.Jason Fochtman/Staff Photographer Show more Show less 5of8Children watch as Sky Dragon Dancers The Houston Lion Kings perform a lion dance during The Woodlands Children’s Museum’s Lunar New Year Celebration, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, at The Woodlands. Lunar New Year is a 15-day celebration of the arrival of spring and the beginning of a new year based on the lunar calendar. Celebration of the Year, Saturday, January 14, 2023, at The Woodlands. The Lunar New Year is a 15-day celebration of the arrival of spring and the start of a new year based on the lunar calendar.Jason Fochtman/Staff Photographer Show more Show less 7of8Children watch as Sky Dragon Dancers The Houston Lion Kings perform a lion dance during The Woodlands Children’s Museum’s Lunar New Year Celebration, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, at The Woodlands. Lunar New Year is a 15-day celebration of the arrival of spring and the beginning of a new year based on the lunar calendar. The Museum’s Lunar New Year Celebration, Saturday, January 14, 2023, at The Woodlands. Lunar New Year is a 15-day celebration of the arrival of spring and the beginning of a new year based on the lunar calendar.

The Woodlands Children’s Museum hosted a Saturday Lunar New Year lion dance performance by the Heavenly Dragon Houston Lion Kings.

There was also a special story time with The Year of the Rabbit: Tales from the Chinese Zodiac by Oliver Chin.

The Lunar New Year falls on January 22 and is the beginning of a calendar year whose months are lunar cycles, based on the lunar calendar or lunar calendar.