Great Chinese New Year decorations and exhibits have been created by Hong Kong shopping malls to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year. We’ve compiled a list of the top Chinese New Year celebrations for you to enjoy with loved ones.
Mira Place
Boost your love fortune in the Year of the Rabbit! From now until 5 February, a giant Japanese Lucky Rabbit will grace Mira Place’s Rabbit Shrine with its presence, giving its divine blessings whether you are wishing for luck in friendship, fortune, love or happiness. Visit the Wishing Pavilion at the Rabbit Shrine, strike the Bell of Happiness and wish for good luck in the coming year. Take a selfie with the three-metre-tall Giant Fortune Rabbit waving from the giant lucky bag (fukubukuro) and kick off the New Year with a stroll under the Japanese Torii with your special one to get indulged in the Japanese romantic vibe. Grab your bunny blessings via “The Hidden Fortune Bunnies” AR Game, catch the Fortune Bunnies hiding at Mira Place with your phone and redeem Mira Place x Hong Kong Rabbit Society exclusive charity gifts to send love to fluffy bunnies in need. Last but not least, what better way to usher in the Year of the Rabbit than to post a Bunny New Year IG Story and stand to win HK$1,000 in shopping and dining cash vouchers?
Citywalk
The auspicious LEGO® rabbit is celebrating the Year of the Rabbit at Citywalk, where blissful experiences and games await. From 7 January to 5 February 2023, Citywalk and LEGO® are jointly organising the “LEGO® Prosperity Burrows Adventureland”, a Lunar New Year-themed campaign. Mallgoers can take snapshots with a giant rabbit-themed float and a cheerful scene of carrot harvest, before making New Year wishes at the LEGO® wishing tree and colourful waterfall-wishing well. They can also take part in four challenges inspired by the traditional Chinese festival to see how well they do in terms of creativity, physical fitness, courage and luck. LEGO® fans should not miss the CNY pop-up, which will be selling the latest LEGO® products including limited-edition Chinese New Year sets, like the new Lunar New Year Display (80110) and Lunar New Year Parade (80111) sets that will make mood-lifting decorations at home.
MOSTown
The Year of the Rabbit is coming and with it, a joyous and blissful celebration for all families in town! Between 7 January and 15 February, MOSTown in Ma On Shan is presenting the ‘MOST Chic New Year Snap & Tag’ campaign featuring three Instagrammable dioramas and five photogenic installations awash with the retro vibes of Hong Kong in the 1960s and 70s. The technicoloured scenes offer joyous and creative photo ops for families to celebrate the Year of the Rabbit! Five thematic installations include the ‘Retro Studio’, the ‘Grand Living Room’, the ‘Bountiful Mah-jong Tiles’, the four-metre-tall ‘Resplendent TV Tube’, and the ‘Blooming Days’, each one of them is replete with auspicious New Year messages to herald a blissful year to come. In addition, the mall has created a New Year INSTAGRAM filter with popular scenes borrowed from Chinese New Year movie classics for users to greet their friends and relatives on social media with playful images and feeds!
Citygate Outlets
Citygate Outlets and Chupa Chups continue to spread joy and fun at “FUNtastic World” by tapping cheeky cheeky , designed by famous local illustrator Pok Li, in the cheekiest Year of the Rabbit celebration! Colourful Lunar New Year’s diorama takes over the “FUNtastic Lolly Academy”, where hipsters can pose for photos with cheeky boy, cheeky girl, and the quirky cheeky bunny and whip up joy and luck for the Year of the Rabbit with the exciting Chupa Chups. Satisfy your spring festival shopping spree in the pop-up store featuring new Chupa Chups products from Europe and “Citygate Outlets x Chupa Chups x cheeky cheeky” CNY limited-edition premiums! There are also exclusive “Citygate Outlets x Chupa Chups x cheeky cheeky” fai chun and self-inflating balloon up for grabs for shoppers who activate their Bunny Lolly Virtual Campus Pass by scanning the QR codes and participating in creative FUNtastic Lolly online classes!
