Chinese New Year - bkk or pattaya?

[12is12]

Has anyone ever participated in CNY festivities. Where would u recommend to do it? Any event tickets that require pre-buying? How r the boys and the venues during the 2-3 days?

[Raposa]

Chinatown on Yaowarat road is where you want to be with festivities and dragon dances, it is very lively (and congested) during this time. A big part of CNY is visiting shrines and honouring the ancestors.You will also see a ritual that includes burning fake money for good luck. This can be a very interesting experience but please don’t be a tourist and go in taking selfies and photos of everyone. It is best to visit respectfully and immerse yourself in the experience while leaving your selfie stick at home.

A significant part of CNY is spent with family eating together and exchanging red envelopes. This part of the celebration is hidden from tourists unless you are invited in by people you know. On the Chinese mainland people usually travel back to their ancestral villages during this time and all trains and transportation are packed.

I myself don’t know of any special events requiring pre-booking, but we might have some CNY experts here who might enlighten us.

You will find that the massage shops and bars in Bangkok will update their marketing, incorporating red clothes and CNY symbolism during this time.

While some holidays such as golden week can bring in a lot of mainland tourists to Bangkok, the family centered emphasis of CNY ensures that mainland tourists are relatively modest in numbers,.

The lunar year we are entering is the year of the wooden snake.🐍 

[12is12]

Thank u Raposa!

[jason1975]

10 hours ago, Raposa said:

You will find that the massage shops and bars in Bangkok will update their marketing, incorporating red clothes and CNY symbolism during this time.

The models at Jupiter will be parading in red briefs!

[jason1975]

10 hours ago, Raposa said:

While some holidays such as golden week can bring in a lot of mainland tourists to Bangkok, the family centered emphasis of CNY ensures that mainland tourists are relatively modest in numbers.

I know some Vietname massage and bar guys who will forgo work and go back to Vietnam to celebrate Chinese New Year with their families. They call it Tet in Vietnam.

[vinapu]

2 hours ago, jason1975 said:

I know some Vietname massage and bar guys who will forgo work and go back to Vietnam to celebrate Chinese New Year with their families. They call it Tet in Vietnam.

It seems that in Vietnam Tet= CNY is much more celebrated  and carries more weight than  in Thailand.  Friend who was  there at that time last year said  night before is very noisy with firecrackers to a point of nuisance but day itself is like Christmas - quiet , everything closed and people are visiting their families.

[spoon]

4 hours ago, vinapu said:

It seems that in Vietnam Tet= CNY is much more celebrated  and carries more weight than  in Thailand.  Friend who was  there at that time last year said  night before is very noisy with firecrackers to a point of nuisance but day itself is like Christmas - quiet , everything closed and people are visiting their families.

Yes, tet in vietnam is a huge holiday. Most companies/gov will get up to 1 week holiday and most shops will close for a week too.