Chinese New Year kicks off on February 10 – this year is the Year of the Snake (Ancient Chinese wisdom say a Snake in the house a good omen because it means your family will not starve. The Snake is keen and cunning, quite intelligent and wise

with garlic and simple steamed rice. This is the perfect meal to share with all the family, young and old.How do you like to celebrate Chinese New Year? Usually dining with family, we indulged and ate expensive dishes such as duck, lobster, and always fish

Serves 2IngredientsA carrot, peeled and sliced into matchsticks 1/4 Chinese cabbage, shreddedA handful of peas1/4 o f a broccoli head, broken up50g (2oz) of rice noodlesMethodBring a pot of water to the boil and add the vegetables, starting

attach to the tops of traditional chopsticks, or the Eddingtons Chopstick Buddy, £4.99, from Amazon. Holdstick are attached at the top, like a tong, so are easier for all ages – £4.99 from Amazon.2. Take a tip from your favourite child-friendly Chinese

to grab your spot on the two mile route through central London and welcome the New Year in spectacular style with pearly kings, marching donkeys, cheerleaders and acrobats.Chinese New Year celebrationsJanuary 29Known to be the largest outside of Asia

elegant of dances.Shadow PuppetsJanuary 21Welcome the Chinese New Year on January 23 by making shadow puppets, a 2200 year old Chinese tradition, at W5 in Belfast. Celebrate the Year Of The Dragon by making your very own shadow puppet based on the year

Winter BabiesJanuary 1–February 19Meet the adorable newborn lambs, piglets and goats in Longcot Farm, Oxfordshire during twice daily meet the animals sessions.Celebrating Chinese New YearJanuary 4–January 31Drop in to Banbury Museum to welcome

 delicious British loaf.Stargazing LiveJanuary 16, 17Wrap up in your warmest winter woollies and ascend the spiral staircase at Lincolnshire’s Tattershall Castle for an evening of celestial spotting in conjunction with the BBC’s Stargazing Live programme.Chinese New

, Saint Dwynwen's Day, by customising your very own slate heart to give to that special someone at the National Slate Museum.Enter The Dragon!January 22Have a taste of the east at Cardiff’s National Waterfront Museum during these Chinese New Year

was in the museum, I was knee high to a grasshopper and found it vast and intimidating, but packed with new discoveries. Imagine my delight to find that feeling was the same nearly two decades on. Walking into the main hall was like stepping back in time, but having