Chinese New Year Kicks off at Dubai Mall

Press release

Published February 5th, 2018 - 10:10 GMT

‘China Art’ at The Dubai Mall presents a culturally enriching program this Chinese New Year.

This Chinese New Year, visitors will be able to explore China’s vast provinces through various region-specific artforms including music, traditional dance, arts, crafts and cultural demonstrations. With themed décor depicting art from various provinces ‘China Art’ at The Dubai Mall presents a culturally enriching programme this Chinese New Year.

The Star Atrium will be the hub of festivities where a giant Chinese pagoda – an iconic symbol of traditional Chinese architecture, will host a full line up of activities: workshops showcasing bottle painting, face painting and calligraphy - all to the tempo of live musicians performing authentic Chinese melodies. Here, visitors can also learn the ancient art of Chinese Tea and watch a gravity-defying Tea Ceremony by Kung Fu artists.

A dedicated kids’ arts and crafts area, on the 2^nd Floor near the Dubai Aquarium will also give young ones the opportunity to explore China’s traditional arts with face-painting, Chinese dough doll making, fan making and Chinese origami. Visitors keen learning how to play the ancient games of ‘mahjong’ or ‘xianqi’ (Chinese chess), can visit the activity area in front of Paris Gallery, Ground Floor.

Roaming the mall will be an iconic Chinese character showcasing the art of ‘bian lian’ or face-changing, and live entertainers performing the famed Chinese umbrella dance throughout the two-week festivities.

Outdoors, a complimentary Tai Chi session will be hosted daily at 11:00am on the Dubai Fountain Promenade. An ancient martial arts practice, Tai Chi refers to the philosophy of the forces of yin and yang, and it is practiced worldwide thanks to its wide range of health and mental benefits.

Finally, The Dubai Mall has partnered with Union Pay to offer card holders the chance to win one of six Huawei Mate 10 Pro or Huawei Mate 10 Lite mobiles being given away daily, with every AED 500 spend.

Background Information

The Dubai Mall

The Dubai Mall - A place like no other. A new day, a new dawn.

From the wind swept sands, a new legend rises. A mall of epic proportions that is named The Dubai Mall.

Located in the heart of the prestigious Downtown Dubai is The Dubai Mall, the world’s largest and most-visited retail and entertainment destination, which welcomes more than 80 million visitors annually. With a total internal floor area of 5.9 million sq ft, The Dubai Mall has 3.77 million sq ft of gross leasable space, over 1,300 retail outlets including two anchor department stores – Galeries Lafayette and Bloomingdale’s – and over 200 food and beverage outlets.