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Malls welcome Chinese New Year

As Chinese New Year approaches, several Los Angeles-area malls are putting up decorations and arranging festivities and promotions around the holiday. Above, a dragon at the Grove.

As Chinese New Year approaches, several Los Angeles-area malls are putting up decorations and arranging festivities and promotions around the holiday. Above, a dragon at the Grove.   (Christina House / For The Times)

Shopping centers in Southern California are trying to attract Asian customers by celebrating the start of the Year of the Horse, festooning their courtyards with paper lanterns and hiring experts in traditional Chinese arts.
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The Grove

A shopper passes a dragon at the Grove in Los Angeles’ Fairfax district. The shopping center also had calligraphy, drummers and lion dances that day.  (Christina House / For The Times)

The Grove

A towering totem of red cloth and bamboo poles, guarded by glittering representations of mythical Chinese beings, has pride of place at the Grove.  (Christina House / For The Times)

The Grove

A dragon lights up at the Grove. Other L.A.-area malls, meanwhile, are celebrating Chinese New Year with wishing trees, crafts, fortune cookies and face painting.   (Christina House / For The Times)

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