1. the longest dragon in Malaysia, at 516 feet in length

The longest “dragon” in Malaysia made a rare appearance on the third day of the Chinese Lunar New Year at the ‘open house’ of Chin Woo Athletic Association, Ipoh.

2. Ipoh Chin Woo Board of Directors and guests of honour posing with the longest dragon in Malaysia

3. Ipoh Chin Woo Board of Directors and guests of honour wish everyone Gong Xi Fa Cai!

The dragon, which took two months to make, belongs to this association well-known for its lion and dragon dance troupes. It measures 516 feet in length and requires a team of 55 people to dance in sync. It debuted exactly 12 years ago in 2000, also the Year of the Dragon, at Ipoh Padang.

4. dragon dance performance

5. ten ‘lions’ paying homage to VIPs

This year’s Ipoh Chin Woo open house, where Dato’ Seri Ong Ka Chuan and Ipoh City Councillor Ceylyn Tay were guests of honour, was an opportunity for the association to raise funds to enable some of their wushu exponents to participate in the Chin Woo World Wushu Tournament to be held in Tianjin, China later this year.

6. receiving ‘gold’ from the lions

7. guest of honour, Dato’ Seri Ong Ka Chuan

Ipoh Chin Woo’s open house isn’t exactly like the conventional open houses that we know. It is more like an event for all Ipoh Chin Woo members to get together for a yearly reunion in conjunction with Chinese New Year, no matter which part of the world they live in now.

8. traditional Chinese drums

9. singing karaoke

This Chinese New Year, Roman Ingold, the principal of Swiss Chinese Chin Woo Athletic Association, a wushu school in Wettingen, Switzerland, joined the celebration. Roman is a familiar face at Ipoh Chin Woo which he has been visiting regularly since 1989, upgrading his wushu skills with instructors based here.

10. Chin Woo family (L-R): Mr. Chan Chee Kheong (wushu instructor), Mr. Roman Ingold (wushu instructor from Switzerland), Mr. Tan Chooi Eng (wushu master), Mr. Looi Kim Hoo (VP - Ipoh Chin Woo) & Mr. Ng Fook Cheong (Committee Member - Ipoh Chin Woo)

11. lion head decoration

Event: Ipoh Chin Woo Chinese New Year Open House 2012
Venue: Chin Woo Hall, Ipoh
Date: 25th Jan, 2012
Time: 7.30pm

Video (below): a dragon dance performance during Ipoh Chin Woo’s 2012 Chinese New Year Open House

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