Celebrate the Year of the Rabbit at Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall with Wan Qing Festival of Spring 2023! Expect family-friendly choices similar to lion dance and festive drumming workshops, temple excursions and heritage trails, storytelling, craft actions for the little ones, and extra!
Finally, seize your Lunar New Year OOTDs with us with the adorably ginormous rabbit set up of Bit Bit Forest! The enjoyable by no means stops at Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall.
“Bunny-ful Blessings”
(Supported by Hong Kong primarily based illustrator and designer Chan Siu Kau)
Date: 29 December 2022 – 19 February 2023
Time: 10am – 7pm (Closed on Mondays)
Admission: Free
Titled “Bunny-ful Blessings”, this garden set up is a collaboration between the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall and artist Chan Siu Kau, a Hong Kong illustrator and designer. It options two of the artist’s Bit Bit Forest character, Bit Bit, rendered within the type of daruma dolls embellished with the phrases xìng that means blessing, fortune and luck, and fú that means happiness.
This set up subsequently represents the Memorial Hall’s want for a 12 months of fine luck and nice fortune for Singapore, and for Singaporeans to proceed to persevere as we get better from the COVID-19 pandemic and chart our method ahead collectively in an more and more complicated world. The set up will likely be on show on the garden of the Memorial Hall till 19 February 2023.
Lunar New Year Hongbao Giveaway
(Supported by National Heritage Board)
Date: 6 – 22 January 2023
Time: 10am – 5pm (closed on Mondays)
It’s time to usher within the Year of the Rabbit with the Museum Roundtable (MR) and Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall (SYSNMH)! Get prepared to gather specifically designed hongbao from 39 collaborating museums and galleries.
Don’t miss the possibility to get the restricted version SYSNMH hongbao for FREE! To redeem, merely go to the Memorial Hall, comply with the SYSNMH Facebook web page, and confirm on the customer providers counter from 6 – 22 January 2023. Limited to the primary 50 guests per day (1 pack per individual) and obtainable while shares final!
Auspicious Lion & Dragon Dance Performance
Date: 22 January 2023
Time: 10am – 11am
Admission: Free
Revel within the festivities and usher within the Lunar New Year on the Memorial Hall with the annual lion and dragon dance efficiency on the primary day of the Lunar New Year!
God of Fortune Visit
Date: 22 January 2023
Time: 10am – 12pm
Admission: Free
Rub shoulders with the God of Fortune for an auspicious 12 months forward! The God of Fortune will likely be on the Memorial Hall and giving freely candy treats for a bountiful 12 months.
Lunar New Year Free Admission
Date: 22 & 24 January 2023 (LNY Day 1 & 3)
Time: 10am – 5pm
Admission: Free
Come spend your time on the Memorial Hall as admission is free for all to the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall on the Lunar New Year vacation.
Festival of Spring Weekend Open House
Date: 4 & 5 February 2023
Time: 10am – 7pm
Admission: Free admission with paid actions
Children Lion Dance Workshop
(Supported by Martial House)
Date: 4 February 2023
Time: 1.30pm – 2.30pm, 3.30pm – 4.30pm
Admission: $10 per pax
Let your baby get into the festive spirit with this interactive lion dance workshop! Limber up with a sequence of full physique stretches, study fundamental dance actions from knowledgeable instructors, have enjoyable attempting on miniature lion dance costumes, and uncover the origins behind this well-loved artform.
Recommended for youngsters aged 6 years and above. Workshop will likely be performed in English and Mandarin.
Children Festive Chinese Drums Workshop
(Supported by Martial House)
Date: 5 February 2023
Time: 1.30pm – 2.30pm, 3.30pm – 4.30pm
Admission: $10 per pax
Drum up a storm on this energetic musical workshop – your baby will study fundamental drumming methods used for Chinese percussion devices and expertise a wide range of rhythms and beats.
Recommended for youngsters aged 6 years and above. Workshop will likely be performed in English and Mandarin.
Parent-Child Festive Cute Tangyuan Workshop
(Supported by MiracleMo SG)
Date: 5 February 2023
Time: 10am – 12.30pm
Admission: $38 per parent-child pair
Make lovable Lunar New Year-themed tangyuan (glutinous rice balls) with us! In this well-liked workshop, study numerous abilities similar to making glutinous rice ball pores and skin, wrapping and shaping of tangyuan, cooking strategies and plenty of extra.
Recommended for members aged 6 years and above. Workshop will likely be performed in Mandarin.
Storytelling Sessions: Tales of Spring
(Supported by Speak Good English Movement and Speak Mandarin Campaign)
Date: 4 February 2023 (Chinese), 5 February 2023 (English)
Time: 11.30am – 12.30pm, 2pm – 3pm
Admission: Free
Be swept away with enthralling tales in our well-liked storytelling classes! Discover the legends and myths behind well-loved Chinese tales as native authors and veteran storytellers carry you on a literary journey.
Drop-in Craft Station: Lunar New Year Inspired Crafts
Date: 4 & 5 February 2023
Time: 11am – 6pm
Admission: Free
Get artful as you make Lunar New Year impressed crafts similar to greeting card colouring and God of Fortune origami folding.
Let’s Celebrate with Uncle Ting: Lunar New Year Activity Kit
Date: 4 & 5 February 2023
Time: 10am – 7pm
Kids! Come choose up an exercise equipment to find extra in regards to the Lunar New Year! Join Uncle Ting to study extra in regards to the legends and well-liked customs related to this competition via a sequence of enjoyable actions together with purple packet making!
Activity kits are given out on a first-come, first-served foundation whereas shares final and one per baby.
Guided Tours & Trails
Touring Temples: Lunar New Year and Temple Traditions
Date: 28 & 29 January 2023, 4 & 5 February 2023
Time: 10am – 1pm
Admission: $20.00 per pax
Explore native temples in the course of the CNY interval to have a peek at how they and their devotees have a good time the New Year. You can have the chance to listen to from temple reps who will enlighten you on customs associates with particular temples and dialect teams.
Each tour contains visits to 2 completely different temples:
- 28 January – Sar Kong Mun San Fook Tuck Chee & Thian Hock Keng
- 29 January – Tiong Bahru Qi Tian Gong & Thian Hock Keng
- 4 February – Poh Chung Tian Chor Sian Tong & Toa Payoh Seu Teck Sean Tong
- 5 February – Hong San See & Sar Kong Mun San Fook Tuck Chee
Parts of the tour will likely be performed in English and Mandarin vice versa.
Balestier Heritage Food Trail
Date: 4 February 2023
Time: 10.30am – 11.30am (English), 11.30am – 12.30pm (Mandarin)
Admission: $12 per pax
Go on a gastronomic journey round Balestier with our ever-popular Balestier Heritage Food Trail! Delve into the architectural and cultural improvement of Balestier as you go to and pattern bites from heritage outlets similar to Lam Yeo Coffee Powder Factory and Sweetlands Confectionary and Bakery and uncover the wealthy meals historical past behind these locations.
Permanent Galleries Guided Tour
Date: 4 & 5 February 2023
Time: 2.30pm – 3.30pm (Chinese), 3pm – 4pm (English)
Admission: Free; restricted areas obtainable
Join a guided tour of Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall and listen to the tales behind this century-old villa that hint Dr Sun Yat Sen’s revolutionary actions in Southeast Asia. Gain useful insights on the impression of the 1911 Revolution on Singapore, in addition to Singapore’s contributions to the Revolution.
Images courtesy of Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall.