Lunar New Year Festival

Celebrate the Year of the Sheep across Asia with a free day of performances, demonstrations, hands-on activities and gallery admission.

USC Pacific Asia Museum's 5th annual Lunar New Year Festival celebrating Year of the Sheep takes place Saturday, January 31, from 11 am to 5 pm, with performances, crafts, a puppet show, artist demonstrations and access to the museum galleries. Admission is free and open to the public. A full schedule is available at pacificasiamuseum.usc.edu.
 
The museum welcomes a delegation of 42 performers and traditional artisans from the Guangdong Province in China, and will also showcase the cultures of Korea, Cambodia and Vietnam who all celebrate the Lunar New Year as well. Performances and demonstrations will take place under a large tent in the museum's parking lot, while activities and crafts are available in the courtyard and auditorium. Food trucks around the parking lot provide a varied selection all day long. 
 
This program is made possible in part by Guangdong Province and the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China, the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Los Angeles, Beauty Media Inc. and ICN TV Network. Special thanks to media sponsor KPCC.

Performances:
11 am Lion dance
11:30 am-1 pm Guangdong delegation performance (songs and dances, puppet show, acrobatics, magic show, martial arts, opera)
1-1:30 pm Break
1:30-2 pm Vietnamese dances
2-3:30 pm Guangdong delegation performance (same as the 1st show)
3:30-4 pm Break
4-4:30 pm Korean dances and drumming
4:30-5 pm Taekwondo

Demonstrations:
Artisans from Guangdong was demonstrate the making of folk arts items including ceramics and pottery, lanterns, clay sculpture, miniature sculpture and embroidery.

Crafts & Activities:
Year of the Sheep group activity, sheep craft, lantern making, firecracker making, calligraphy workshop, etc. Plus, zodiac animal book program with author Oliver Chin, and public tours of the museum.

Visit pacificasiamuseum.usc.edu for schedule updates.

About USC Pacific Asia Museum
USC Pacific Asia Museum is the only museum dedicated to Pacific Asia at a major research university in the United States. The museum's mission is to further intercultural understanding through the arts of Asia and the Pacific Islands. Since 1971, USC Pacific Asia Museum has served a broad audience of students, families, adults and scholars through its education and outreach programs.