Chinese New Year: The Biggest Celebration on Earth

Chinese New Year: The Biggest Celebration on Earth

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Chinese New Year: The Biggest Celebration on Earth

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Episode 3 | SBS | February 11, 2017

Asia and Australia

Geography

Intercultural Understanding

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Kate Humble and Ant Anstead present the final episode from Hong Kong, looking at what happens right after New Year. This great port city is a strange mix of ultra-modern and traditional. Kate trains with a top dragon-dancing troupe and discovers that not only is it a highly demanding kung fu-based art, it is also taken very seriously as Hong Kong people sincerely embrace the tradition of lucky lions and dragons at New Year. Meanwhile, the Hairy Bikers are in Beijing at the Temple Fair, where they explore a tradition from Imperial China. The Emperor starts the New Year by renewing his mandate of heaven.

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Kate Humble and Ant Anstead present the final episode from Hong Kong, looking at what happens right after New Year. This great port city is a strange mix of ultra-modern and traditional. Kate trains with a top dragon-dancing troupe and discovers that not only is it a highly demanding kung fu-based art, it is also taken very seriously as Hong Kong people sincerely embrace the tradition of lucky lions and dragons at New Year. Meanwhile, the Hairy Bikers are in Beijing at the Temple Fair, where they explore a tradition from Imperial China. The Emperor starts the New Year by renewing his mandate of heaven.

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