Chinese New Year Decorations in London Chinatown

As all of China is in, or already finished, the process of decorating its city streets with the traditional Chinese style lanterns and various kinds of red decorative items, in preparation for upcoming Spring Festival holiday season, another location halfway across the world is also doing the same.

Enter London Chinatown, some 8000 km away from Beijing but it feels much closer once you immerse yourself in the festive atmosphere.

A woman passes by a lantern-decorated Chinese restaurant at China Town, central London, Britain. (Source: Xinhua)

Lantern decorations at China Town in central London, Britain. Various of lantern decorations have been set up for the festive atmosphere of the upcoming Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year at China Town in central London. (Source: Xinhua)

An art amateur paints a picture of the lantern-decorated China Town, in central London, Britain. (Source: Xinhua)

A different angle shows an art amateur painting a picture of the lantern-decorated China Town, in central London, Britain. (Source: Xinhua)