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Richmond’s Aberdeen Centre Mall and it’s Lunar New Year Celebrations

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 2025 the Year of the Snake begins on Wednesday, January 29th. As in the past, Lunar New Year celebrations happen at the mall around that time. For details, click Lunar New Year Celebrations. To learn about the mall in general, however, continue reading.

 


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.

 

Vancouver events at Lunar New Year

 

Where is Aberdeen Centre?

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

 

Aberdeen Mall Hours

Aberdeen Centre is open 365 days a year. Its regular hours are the following (as of January, 2025):

  • 11:00 am until 7:00 pm on Mondays to Thursdays, as well as on Sundays and holidays
  • 11:00 am until 8:00 pm on Fridays and Saturdays

 

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.

A popular event during that time is the LNY Flower & Gift Fair. It happens every day during mall opening hours from January 23rd to 29th. There are vendors set up in special booths across the mall selling flowers and other nice gifts.

Below are some other festive activities that took place over Lunar New Year season last year, and hopefully will return again in 2025. Exact details for this year, however, are to be confirmed.

 

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:

  • Colors of Dance Academy – performances from 2:00 pm until 3:00 pm.
  • Vancouver Academy of Dance – performances from 4:00 pm until 5:00 pm.

 

Sunday, February 11th, 2024

The festivities and entertainment continued on the Sunday at the following times:

  • Vancouver Beauty Dance World – performances from 1:00 pm until 2:00 pm.
  • BC Chinese Music Association – performances from 3:15 pm until 4:15 pm.
  • Chinese New Year Flower & Gift Fair – took place all day.

For a list of other Chinese New Year events in other parts of town, see Chinese New Year in Metro Vancouver.

 

Aberdeen Centre at Chinese New Year

 

Other Information

To learn more about the shopping centre itself, see the Aberdeen Centre website.

For a list of other Chinese New Year events, see Chinese New Year in Metro Vancouver.

For a list of other Lower Mainland shopping centres, click Vancouver’s Best Shopping Districts, Malls and Markets.

And for a list of other festivals and events taking place throughout the year, check out Vancouver’s Festivals & Events Calendar.

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