Aberdeen Centre at Chinese New Year

Aberdeen Centre is a popular mall in Richmond with a distinctly Asian flavour. It has over 150 stores and is especially lively around Chinese New Year.

In 2024 the Year of the Dragon began on Saturday, February 10th. As in the past, Lunar New Year celebrations happened at the mall again at that time.

This article contains the following information about Aberdeen Centre:

Where is Aberdeen Centre? | Mall Hours | Lunar New Year | Other Information

About Aberdeen Centre

Aberdeen Centre is a fairly large mall with over 150 stores including Japanese department store Daiso, more than one ginseng store, and a large number of Chinese and other Asian boutiques and specialty stores.

Typical stores include ones with names like Ginseng World, Luk Fook Jewellery, Osaka Optical, Pinku Japan The Store, Taiwan Kwong Leung Hin Dried Food, and Ten Fu Tea & Ginseng. Also, an especially popular store with children is Candyland! It’s a fairly popular mall with all kinds of interesting, exotic and Asian stores.

Where is Aberdeen Centre?

Aberdeen Centre is conveniently located at 4151 Hazelbridge Way in Richmond right by the Aberdeen SkyTrain Station which is just a 25-minute trip from downtown Vancouver along the Canada Line.

Aberdeen Mall Hours

Unlike most other shopping malls, Aberdeen Centre is open 365 days a year. Its regular hours are the following (as of April, 2024):

11:00 am until 7:00 pm Monday to Thursday and Sunday
11:00 am until 8:00 pm Friday and Saturday

Aberdeen Mall at Chinese New Year

Having lots of Asian stores and being popular with Chinese Vancouverites, Aberdeen Mall is understandably a great place to celebrate Lunar New Year.

Below were some of the festive activities that took place over Lunar New Year season in 2024.

February 2nd to 11th, 2024

Every day during regular mall opening hours the Chinese New Year Flower & Gift Fair took place at various locations throughout the mall. The flowers were available to admire and purchase all week.

Friday, February 9th, 2024

“Countdown Night to Lunar New Year of the Dragon” is the New Year’s Eve celebratory event at Aberdeen Mall. In 2024 it ran from 8:30 pm until 12:05 am. It’s a free event with live entertainment in the Central Atrium.

The activity schedule for 2024 was the following:

Pre-Countdown Stage Show – from 8:30 pm to 10:00 pm.
Personal Blessings from the Chinese God of Fortune and Bill McNulty – at 10:30 pm.
Live Countdown with Fairchild Television – from 10:30 pm to 12:05 am.
Chinese New Year Flower & Gift Fair – extended hours until 12:30 am.

Saturday, February 10th, 2024

Chinese New Year celebrations continued on the Saturday, which was the official Chinese New Year’s Day. Here’s what happened at Aberdeen Mall:

Golden Dragon and Lion Dance – the traditional ceremony began at 11:00 am in the outdoor courtyard. It then went from store to store offering New Year’s blessings starting at 12:30 pm.
Chinese New Year Flower & Gift Fair – took place all day.

Other cultural activities that happened at the mall on the Saturday in 2024 included the following: