Snow Storm Hits Chinatown Again

Support Chinatown this Valentine's Day Weekend and Win!

Shop and eat at participating Chinatown businesses this weekend and you can enter to win free prizes.

After the latest series of snowstorms and the economic blows to the community of the past few years, Chinatown and local merchants needs your help. During this special weekend, come shop, eat or visit participating Chinatown local businesses and you can enter free drawings to win hotel stays, airline tickets and many more other prizes, the more places you visit the more chances you get! It's a win-win for you and for Chinatown.

Double V-Day List of Participating Merchants

More Event Info, Disclaimers and Details

Double V-Day
Raffle Drawing Prizes:
Note: Prize List Subject to Change

1) St. Valentine's Swarovski Crystal - Courtesy of Mr. Zan Ng

2) Southwest Airlines (2) pair of roundtrip tickets to 48 States + PR, Courtesy of Southwest Airlines

3) Multiple Hotel suites, courtesy of New-A

4) Tea Parlor opening performance tickets, courtesy of Chen Dance Ctr

5) Thermal water bottles, courtesy of David J. Louie Insurance Company

6) Wrist-watch, courtesy of Golden Jade Jewelry

7) Wine, courtesy of Mr. William Su

8) One hour couples massage, courtesy of Forever Beauty Day Spa

9) 840+ pcs, 4-D Cityscape (NYC History Over Time puzzle), courtesy of Chinatown Partnership LDC

10) 10 Gift Cards to Haagen Dazs (Chinatown Store)

11) And More Prizes

The Second V:
Lantern Festival

There are many different beliefs about the origin of the Lantern Festival. However, it is likely to have had something to do with celebrating and cultivating positive relationships between people, families, and nature. Many cultural experts and historians consider this day as the real Chinese Valentine's Day.

The Lantern Festival also known as Yuan Xiao Jie in China is a festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunisolar year in the lunar calendar marking the last day of the lunar New Year celebration.

During the Lantern Festival, children go out at night to temples carrying paper lanterns and solve riddles on the lanterns (simplified Chinese: 猜灯谜; traditional Chinese: 猜燈謎;

Mandarin Pinyin

: cāidēngmí;

It officially ends the Chinese New Year celebrations.

Source: WIKI

Learn More About Lantern Festival

Eat Heart Shaped Rice Dish for Lunch on V Day

What can be more romantic than bringing that special someone a heart shaped rice meal for lunch on Valentine's Day!

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Valentine's Day Movie: Beijing Love Story

Different generations look at love, romance and commitment, all from a uniquely Beijing perspective. Chinese with English subs.

Opens Friday, Feb 14 at AMC Empire 25, 42nd Street (Manhattan)

Buy Tickets

Valentine's Day Sushi & Seafood

2/14 - Celebrate Valentine's Day At Mika Japanese Cuisine & Bar, 150 Centre St

Chef's Tasting Menu ($80 For Two-Five Course)

- Ika Sea Urchin Salad

- Sweetheart Lobster Tempura Roll

- Lover's Omakase

- Forever's Filet Mignon

Or

- Sea Bass in Love

- Sweet Dream

- Ice Cream Tempura

- Special Valentine's Drink Cupid
Tequila, Pomegranate, Khalua, Hershy's Kiss

More Info

Best Soup Dumplings NYC Chinatown 2014

By Sara Guaglione

Want to know where to get the best soup dumplings in NYC's Chinatown in 2014? Read on for our comparisons of soup dumplings, also known as Xiao Long Bao, and where to get the best ones in NYC's Chinatown in 2014!

Xiao Long Bao, commonly known as soup dumplings, are Shanghai's famous soup-filled dumplings and many restaurants in NYC Chinatown have attempted to make the best little pockets of deliciousness.

Double Valentine's Day Comes but

Once Every 19 Years

This year's St. Valentine's Day and Chinese Lantern Festival fall on the same day. To celebrate this special event, Chinatown Partnership Local Development Corporation (CPLDC) will be holding a "Double V Day Weekend" in Chinatown, Manhattan this weekend.

Support Chinatown

After the latest series of snowstorms and the economic blows to the community of the past few years, Chinatown and local merchants needs your help. During this special weekend, come shop, eat or visit participating Chinatown local businesses and you can enter free drawings to win hotel stays, airline tickets and many more prizes, the more places you visit the more chances you get! It's a win-win for you and for Chinatown.

Look for this poster below on storefronts and display windows to find participating merchants:

Chinese Lantern Festival, which is the last day of Chinese Lunar New Year, was considered the "Valentine's Day" in ancient China, where girls only came outdoors during the festivities, which made this day an ideal opportunity for couples meetings and dates. The coincidence that Chinese Lantern Festival shares the same day as St. Valentine's Day comes but once every 20 years! In light of this special day, CPLDC will hold a "Chinatown Double V Day Weekend" lucky draw from February 14th to 17th with grand prizes.

Purchases at qualified stores and restaurants will grant you entries to the Lucky Draw*. Winners will be drawn and announced live the next week at Mika Japanese Cuisine & Bar, 150 Centre Street.

*Qualifying purchases vary by store/restaurant, participating businesses will have above poster on display.

To learn more about this event, please visit www.chinatownpartnership.org/DoubleV, or contact CPLDC:

Address: 60 St. James Place, New York, NY 10038

Phone: 212-346-9288

Email: info@chinatownpartnership.org

Chinese Lantern Festival 10th Year Anniversary Celebration & Photo Exhibition

February 15, 2014 (Saturday) at 1pm at
75 East Broadway

The United Fujianese American Association
will hold the first session of the 10th US Eastern celebration activities Lantern Festival with China-US diplomatic relations 35th Anniversary Photo Exhibition.

The Spring Lantern Festival will begin at 1pm, in which foreign diplomats, students, academic leaders and community leaders have been invited to participate and speak. And then there are literary and artistic performances, sweepstakes, and so on. At 2pm, China and the United States established diplomatic relations 35th Anniversary Photo Exhibition will participate in a speaking forum at the East Market Restaurant. At that time, Chinese and foreign diplomats, students from Harvard, Columbia, Cornell and other Chinese-American students will be speaking on-site about their thoughts and perspectives on China and US relations and how things can improve. They are looking for full participation and interviews from news outlets and we look forward to seeing you there.

Valentine's Day Gift Ideas

Looking for a gift for your sweetheart, whether junior high, high school or college, Elizabeth Center has what you're looking for that's available nowhere else in Manhattan:

Text & Photo From: christinaofchinatown.com

If you grew up in New York City, you would know that there were no shopping malls to linger around in for hours with your friends. The closest was Manhattan Mall around 34th Street. If you grew up in Chinatown, the best thing you had to a shopping mall was Elizabeth Center. An underground mall with anything Asian and anything adorable, EC was a place to hide out when it was cold, cool off when it was hot, and bring your date there to buy the latest stuffed animal.

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