Chinese New Year in Fountain Hills, AZ

A god of wealth 

This year while I was visiting Fountain Hills, Arizona I was able to see their first annual Chinese Festival. I don't understand all the cultural significance of the New Year other than the 11 animal signs and this year is the year of the horse. There were lots of dragons and lots of red. As I understand it red is a big color for the Chinese New Year. It's a lucky color.

This festival had the beautiful fountain hills fountain behind it. There were several really wonderful performances that ran throughout the day as well. We listened to Chinese Opera singing, we watched Tai Chi, and we also heard classical Chinese music played on instruments. 

The way the silky sculptures were lit up at night were amazing. They were beautiful and many of them moved. 

The rest of this blog is just pictures. It was really interesting. The festival goes on for another week through February 6th if you live in the Phoenix area.