1995 LION DANCE CNCWS (*)

After the succes of the combined dragon and lion dance earlier this year, the CNCWS decided to repeat this exhibition at the Chinese New Year festival held at the Nieuwmarkt. This festival was used to draw the attention of the City council about the plans to build a Chinese Temple at the Zeedijk. This temple would be the first Budhistic temple to be build in Europe.

© by CNCWS - The CNCWS group assembled for the Chinese New Years celebration at the Nieuwmarkt on February 4, 1995. The festivities of the day are started with a first, in-house lion dance


The Parool reports as follows




Of course a line up of Chinese dignitaries was reported by the Chinese newspaper Sintao




© by CNCWS - The lion and dragon dance at the Nieuwmarkt was followed by a little kungfu demonstration.


The Volkskrant displayed a photo of the dragon



The daily cartoon in the Volkskrant displayed was an artistic combination of the dragon shown earlier this year and the year of the Pig



Moreover, the cartoon one week earlier on Januari 31 (Chinese New Year) in the Volkskrant indicates that the Chinese community has the attention of the media




© by CNCWS - The day was concluded with the lion wishing the shops and restaurants in Chinatown a splendid New Year.