Bask in the prosperity of the Tiger Year with your family and friends at one of Singapore’s biggest Chinese New Year festivals – River Hongbao 2022!
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Capture family moments with the interactive and larger than life festive lantern displays, including an 18-metre tall God of Fortune. Experience dazzling stage performances and immerse yourself with the amazing songs brought to you by Getai and Xinyao singers. Explore the Chinese culture and learn the history of New Year paintings from the exhibition.
Photo credit: Li Ping
Stand a chance to win grand prizes on-site, as well as virtually through the River Hongbao website.
Don’t miss this chance to experience this festive event with your family and friends at River Hongbao 2022!
Date: 30 January to 6 February 2022
Time:
• Sun, 30 Jan: 6.30pm to 10.30pm
• Mon, 31 Jan: 6.30pm to 9pm and 9.30pm to 12.15am (next day)
• Tue, 1 Feb to Sun, 6 Feb: 2.30pm to 4.30pm, 5pm to 7.30pm and 8pm to 10.30pm
Venue: Gardens by the Bay
Photo credit: Li Ping
Admission is free but pre-booking of tickets is required. Visit here for details.
Charming Lanterns
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Journey through the lush flora and fauna of Gardens by the Bay and discover an enchanting line-up of giant lanterns from Chinese mythology. A total of 30 lantern sets will be featured this year, including the crowd favourite God of Fortune, and a floating lantern sited at the landmark ‘Dragonfly Lake’.
Photo credit: Li Ping
Photo credit: Li Ping
Nian Hua: Changing Times, Unchanging Aspirations
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With the theme “Nian Hua: Changing Times, Unchanging Aspirations”, this year’s exhibition takes visitors on a journey through time to find out more about traditional Chinese art and painting. Be sure to have your phones ready to participate in an escape-style mini-game, simply look for QR codes next to artefacts scattered around the exhibition hall to trigger your first clue. Get the full experience from home with the virtual 360 version of this exhibition.
Nightly Festive Shows
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Chope your seats for the nightly performances at the River Hongbao central stage. There will be different music, song and dance performances each night featuring the crowd-favourite Getai shows, action-packed martial arts display and performances by Singapore musical talents.
Amusement Rides
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This year, River Hongbao will feature kids-friendly rides and carnival games from the Double-Story Horse Carousel to a giant Inflatable Playground, Robotic Rides, Pirate Ship and Trackless Train rides.
CHINESE NEW YEAR 2022
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