London's Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations this year will be the biggest outside of Asia. The celebration will be held on Feb. 14 with the New Year parade as the main highlight.

According to the Telegraph UK, the proper London celebrations will begin not on the actual New Year's Day, but on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14. Thousands of people are expected to flock the West End to mark the Year of the Monkey.

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This huge Chinese New Year celebration is expected to fill the West End with music, acrobatics, activities and pyrotechnics. The highlight of the celebration - a grand parade - will feature ten lion dance teams. The parade will start from Trafalgar Square at 10:00 a.m. en route to Chinatown. The parade may ply the road along Charring Cross Road and Shaftesbury Avenue before reaching Chinatown.

If the arrangement is still the same with the previous years, then an official opening ceremony will take place at midday in Trafalgar Square. This will be followed by various performances like acrobatics, traditional dance, theatre and song recitals by artists visiting from China.

There will be craft stalls, Chinese street food stands and lots of dancing on Wardour Street and Gerrard Street. An additional stage will be placed on Shaftesbury Avenue.

There will also be musical performances from Chinese Young Culture Ambassadors and a martial arts display. Crafts and art workshops will be available for everyone to enjoy.

Meanwhile, Regent Street will celebrate Chinese New Year with the traditional Chinese Wishing Tree which will be placed on Glasshouse Street. Legend says that if you hang your hopes for the coming year on a Wishing Tree, your dreams will come true.

Meanwhile, London has been selected as the first city outside the Far East to host the Magical Lantern Festival. This is a dazzling showcase of lights, music theatre, culture and art.

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