Chinese New Year in Bangkok’s Chinatown
Chinese New Year is celebrated by many Chinese-Thai people in many major cities in Thailand.
Yaowarat or Bangkok’s Chinatown is is the historical center of the Chinese-Thai community that is decorated with lights and Chinese lanterns to celebrate Chinese New Year and welcome Chinese tourists.
Yaowarat with a 45-metre light tunnel and Chinese lanterns
Image credit: @atomvitaway
On 17 January 2023, It was reported that Yaowarat – Bangkok’s Chinatown – will be decorated with a 45-metre light tunnel and Chinese lanterns, and visitors can visit to admire the festive decorations at The Chinatown Gate from 14th January to 15th February 2023, according to Thairath.
Image credit: @panpan.kamdee.9
Besides light decorations, there are also exhibitions of Chinese-style attractions, the history of Chinese New Year celebrations in Thailand, and Chinese horoscope-based fortune-telling.
Getting to Yaowarat in Bangkok
If Chinese culture is your thing, you shouldn’t miss the Chinese New Year celebrations in Yaowarat, Bangkok. You can try Chinese food and explore Chinese-style shops around the place.
If you live in Bangkok, you can take the MRT and get off at Wang Mang Korn Station, then walk over.
Yaowarat
Address: Samphanthawong, Bangkok
Nearest train station: MRT Wat Mang Korn Station
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Cover image adapted from: @atomvitaway and @panpan.kamdee.9