Best Themed Chinese New Year Decorations and Displays in shopping malls in 2024

Visiting shopping malls and taking photos with the coolest Chinese New Year decorations is a kind of tradition for many locals in Hong Kong. When everyone is getting ready to welcome 2024 the Year of the Dragon, the shopping malls, stores and restaurants are decorating with beautiful displays. Many feature special themed exhibitions and auspicious symbols such as flowers, ingots and lanterns.

Since this year is the Year of the Dragon, it is no wonder that the majority of the shopping mall CNY displays will feature dragon-related themes.

The highlights usually are dragon-themed displays and decorations, exclusive popup stores, game booths, markets and workshops. This year, besides the classic and traditional CNY settings, you will also find locals’ favourite cartoon characters Joguman, Donald Duck, Plastic Thing, Mufasand, Line Friends, Foodie Dinosaur are ready to meet the fans.

Let’s see where to find the best 2024 Chinese New Year decorations and displays. Do enjoy the spirit of CNY while doing some New Year shopping. Especially due to the influence of pandemic, lots of the traditional CNY celebrations are cancelled. Visiting the displays in the malls turn out to be not bad choices.

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When will the shopping malls set up Lunar New Year decorations in 2024?

Every year, Christmas till Chinese New Year is one of the best times to spend in Hong Kong. Usually it will be from the mid of November to next year’s January or February.

Right after the New Year (this year is Jan 2 2024), shopping malls and stores start to be busy with disassembling Xmas displays and putting up with Lunar New Year decorations.

In 2024 the Year of the Dragon, the CNY decorations and displays starts early from 5th of January, 2024 and last till March of 2024.

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Which shopping malls have the best 2024 Chinese New Year decorations in Hong Kong?

This year’ Chinese New Year shopping mall decorations feature a wide variety. Every shopping mall takes every effort to attract shoppers, fashion lovers and gourmet experts. Similar to the Christmas display, all the shopping malls are trying to out-do the most creative, auspicious and luck-bringing decorations every year.

No matter if you like a traditional Chinese New Year settings with peach blossoms, cute cartoon characters (such as Line Friends, Duckyo, mofusand), or if you are a Daruma fan, there is something for everyone to enjoy the Spring Festival and Lunar New Year.

So, head over to your favourite mall and welcome the Chinese New Year with the lovely shopping mall decorations. Make some good luck wishes for the New Year, take some luck-bringing pictures, post and share it with your beloved ones or fill up your Instagram or Facebook.

If you are looking for other major events and festivities of this year, such as Lunar New Year Fair, Night Parade etc., check out the following complete guide. Decide and choose your favourite one to enjoy upon your own interests and convenience.

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Best shopping mall Chinese New Year decorations on Kowloon

#1. Foodie Dinosaur CNY Celebration @ iSquare (Tsim Sha Tsui)

Date:　January 12 – February 25, 2024
Opening Hours:　10:00am – 10:00pm
Venue:　iPiazza (G/F), iExhibition (Lobby) and iFuntion (3/F)
Venue:　iSquare, 60 Nathan Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui
Ticket Fare:　Free admission

To welcome the Year of the Dragon, iSquare shopping mall invited the popular cartoon character Foodie Dinosaur from Taiwan. Right in front of the main entrance of the mall is the 6-meter tall Foodie Dinosaur inflatable wearing the traditional Chinese hat. He is eating a big bowl of soup noodles. Around the giant Foodie Dinosaur are many small dinosaurs with Dim Sum dishes.

On the lobby you will find gold ingot with Foodie Dinosaur and the whole family.

Come at noontime on Feb 15, 2024, you can also enjoy the CNY Lion Dance Performance. “God of Wealth” will come and greet everyone on Feb 17 – 18, 2024 in the afternoon (3:00pm – 5:00pm).

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#2. Find Your Fortune with Donald Duck @ Langham Place (Mongkok)

Date:　January 17 – February 25, 2024
Opening Hours:　11:00pm – 11:00pm
Venue:　L4 Atrium, Langham Place, Mongkok
Ticket Fare:　Free admission
Detail info:　https://www.langhamplace.com.hk/happenings/

The shopping mall Langham Place in Mongkok ushers in the Year of the Dragon with the Donald Duck and his family. Langham Place has been turned into a giant vault of Uncle Scrooge. Celebrate your new year with the world’s richest character and get some fortune from the golden coin pool.

Don’t miss the chance to collect some limited gifts from Donald Duck’s 90th Anniversary from the pop-up store. You can also collect the “Uncle Scrooge Fortune Cards” through social media accounts of Langham Place and Hong Kong Disneyland.

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#3. LCX x Plastic Thing CNY Fetty Fest
@ LCX (Tsim Sha Tsui)

Date:　January 19 – February 18, 2024
Opening Hours:　10:00am – 10:00pm
Venue:　LCX, Level 3, Ocean Terminal, Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui
Ticket Fare:　Free admission

This Chinese New Year, LCX joins hands with the cute fatty character Plastic Thing and presents everyone a prosperous year of Dragon. The main character Tummy Fatty invites you to her pinky home for the special festivity.

For those who don’t want to go home empty-handed, you can also get exclusive merchandise from Xplus.

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#4. Visiting Mofusand’s Home in CNY @ The ONE (Tsim Sha Tsui)

Shopping mall The ONE teams up with the most popular cat KOL mofusand from Japan and turns the mall into a giant cat house. Come and visit Mofusand’s cute home this Chinese New Year.

Date:　January 19 – February 25, 2024
Opening Hours:　10:00am – 10:00pm
Venue:　UG2 Atrium, The ONE, 100 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
Ticket Fare:　Free admission

What’s more, there are tons of different related merchandise for fans to choose in the pop up store.

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#5. Decole Concombre Daruma Shrine @ The Whampoa (Hung Hom)

Date:　January 9 – February 25, 2024
Opening Hours:　10:00am – 10:00pm
Venue:　The Whampoa, 10 Shung King St, Whampoa Garden
Ticket Fare:　Free admission

This CNY, the boat-shape shopping mall The Whampoa teams up with the Japanese household and design brand Decole to bring everyone the world very first Concombre Daruma Shrine. 888 lovely Daruma travelled overseas from Japan to celebrate the Year of Dragon with locals. Right in front of the entrance you will find a 4-meter-tall Daruma Torii.

Don’t forget to check out the giant display inside the mall.

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#6. LINE FRIENDS meets PLAZA HOLLYWOOD @ Plaza Hollywood (Diamond Hill)

Date:　January 12 – February 25, 2024
Opening Hours:　10:00am – 10:00pm
Venue:　1/F Stars Atrium, Plaza Hollywood, 3 Lung Poon Street, Diamond Hill, Kowloon
Ticket Fare:　Free admission

The characters of Line Friends Brown, Cony, Sally and Choco have changed to Chinese New Year outfits and arrive at Plaza Hollywood in 2024 CNY. 4 photo spots include the Heart Lock Lover Bridge, Lion Dance, Good Fortune Pavilion and Peach Tree.

Come and join Line Friends’ lion dancing team.

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#7. Joguman CNY Carnival @ MOKO (Mongkok)

Date:　January 18 – February 25, 2024
Opening Hours:　10:00am – 10:00pm
Venue:　MTR/F, L1, MOKO, 193 Prince Edward Road West, Mongkok, Kowloon
Ticket Fare:　Free admission

Watch out! A group of herbivorous dinosaurs is coming Hong Kong this Lunar New Year. The MOKO shopping mall in Mongkok invited the super popular dinosaur Brachio and his girlfriend Diplo, friends Tricera and Stego to celebrate the holiday with everyone.

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#8. Kokeshi Fortune Cat Chinese New Year Festival @ MegaBox (Kowloon Bay)

Date:　January 5 – February 25, 2024
Opening Hours:　11:00am – 10:00pm
Venue:　L5 Atrium, MegaBox, 38 Wang Chiu Road, Kowloon Bay
Ticket Fare:　Free admission

The 2024 CNY MegaBox invited Japanese artist Marucoro Chan and bring everyone the very first Kokeshi Fortune Cat Shrine in Hong Kong. The highlight is the 6-meter-high Fortune Cat cosplaying as dragon.

Eight cute Daruma cats represents eight different wishes including health, good luck, happiness, wealth, victory, blessing, love and god fortune.

Souvenirs of Marucoro Chan are available from the fortune cat pop-up store. Numerous items are directly from Japan.

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#9. Peacock Blossom Chinese New Year Carnival @ apm (Kwun Tong)

Date:　January 23 – February 25, 2024
Opening Hours:　12:00noon – 11:00pm
Venue:　apm, 418 Kwun Tong Rd, Kwun Tong
Ticket Fare:　Free admission

The atrium of apm has turned into a happy Chinese New Year garden with 10-feet-tall peacock and flower blossom.

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#10. FAT COFFEE WITH Kung Hei Fat Choi @ Festival Walk (Kowloon Tong)

Date:　January 19 – February 18, 2024
Opening Hours:　11:00am – 10:00pm
Venue:　Level LG2, Festival Walk, 80 Tat Chee Ave, Kowloon Tong
Ticket Fare:　Free admission

2024 CNY, Festival Walk teams up with lifestyle trendy brand FAT COFFEE WITH and presents a “Kung Hei FAT Choi” Lunar New Year.

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Best shopping mall Chinese New Year celebrations on Hong Kong Island

#1. Panther Chan: Whimsical Spring Blossom @ Times Square (Causeway Bay)

Date:　January 16 – February 25, 2024
Opening Hours:　10:00am – 10:00pm
Venue:　Times Square, 1 Matheson St, Causeway Bay
Ticket Fare:　Free admission

Times Square in Causeway Bay is one of the oldest shopping malls in Hong Kong. This year, they join hands with the local canto-pop star Panther Chan and presents everyone Chinese traditional style “Whimsical Spring Blossoms” installation. The display includes three major settings: Whimsical Blossoms Knitway, Pretty Petals Pathway and Bloom Bloom Drums. All wish to bring everyone blessings.

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#2. Mofusand New Year Cafe Party @ Windsor House (Causeway Bay)

Date:　January 19 – February 25, 2024
Opening Hours:　10:00am – 10:00pm
Venue:　1 G/F Atrium, Windsor House, Causeway Bay
Ticket Fare:　Free admission

Same as The ONE, in 2024 Year of the Dragon, Windsor House also works with the popular Japanese character Mofusand. The Atrium of Windsor House turns to a cute cat cafe, bringing a happy and auspicious new year to all.

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#3. Lantern-lit Year of the Dragon @ Lee Tung Avenue (Wan Chai)

Date:　February 1 – March 10, 2024
Opening Hours:　10:00am – 10:00pm (light on 5:00pm)
Venue:　Lee Tung Avenue, 200 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai
Ticket Fare:　Free admission

While many of the shopping malls establish Japanese New Year style and cute cartoon installations, Lee Tung Avenue continues its traditional Chinese settings in 2024 CNY. Hundreds of red lanterns will be over the shopping street and light up every 5:00pm.

Besides lanterns, there will be an 8-meter-long giant dragon standing at the Central Piazza. On the 12th of Feb 2024 (3rd day of Lunar Calendar), Lee Tung Avenue also will invite to the Spanish group “Golden Dream” and German group “Universe of Lights” to bring visitors a special Chinese New Year Carnival. These two teams will also perform in the Chinese New Year Night Parade Gather. Whoever doesn’t have chance to watch the Night Parade on the 10th of Feb, mark on the date.

The most spectacular Dragon and Lion Dance Parade will be on Feb 20th, 2024 (11:00am – 2:00pm). Don’t miss it.

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Best shopping mall Chinese New Year decorations on New Territories

#1. Knot of Blossom Garden @ New Town Plaza (Shatin)

Date:　January 16 – February 25, 2024
Opening Hours:　10:00am – 10:00pm
Venue:　Phase 1, Phase 3, New Town Plaza, 18-19 Sha Tin Centre Street, Sha Tin, N.T.
Ticket Fare:　Free admission
Detail info:　https://www.newtownplaza.com.hk/

In 2024 Chinese New Year, New Town Plaza shopping mall in Shatin collaborates with Home Square once again and presents 6 heartwarming photo settings by local handcraft designer Zoe Siu.

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#2. CNY Blossom Garden @ East Point City (Tseung Kwan O)

Date:　January 6 – February 26, 2023
Opening Hours:　10:00am – 10:00pm
Venue:　East Point City, 8 Chung Wa Rd, Tseung Kwan O
Ticket Fare:　Free admission

If you are looking for traditional Chinese-style installation, then come to East Point City in Tsueng Kwan O. This Chinese New Year, the East Point City has been filled with flower blossoms in the Chinese Garden.

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#3. Wings in Blossom @ Citygate Outlets (Tung Chung)

Date:　January 19 – February 22, 2024
Opening Hours:　10:00am – 10:00pm
Venue:　Citygate Outlets, 20 Tat Tung Rd, Lantau Island
Ticket Fare:　Free admission

This year, Citygate Outlets teams up with the local artisan Jennifer and has transformed into a lush garden with hundred of giant paper flowers. All the flowers are made from sustainable paper.

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#4. Duckyo Chinese New Year Displays @ Fortune Malls (various locations)

Date:　January 13 – March 10, 2024
Opening Hours:　10:00am – 10:00pm
Venue:　Ma On Sha Plaza, +WOO mall, Metropolis Mall and Fortune City One Market
Ticket Fare:　Free admission

The four shopping malls of Fortune Malls team up with the popular cartoon character Duckyo Friends and bring everyone 4 cute designed CNY displays.

Fortune City One Market, +WOO mall and Ma On Sha Plaza are located in New Territories while Metropolis Mall is in Kowloon.