For Chinese New Year, happening in January or February in accordance with the Moon calendar, the Chinese districts attire themselves with red lanterns. Floats parade and firecrackers are blown against evil spirits. These ceremonies are held in various parts of the city: Olympiades, Belleville and also in the third district.

For a plunge into the Wenzhu community, take a stroll in Belleville. The area has long been a shelter for immigrant communities : it welcomed Sepharadic Jews and Muslims before the Chinese arrived from the South of Shangaï. You won't miss the huge President : this restaurant towers above the Belleville square. Enter its doorway flanked by two lions and and go upstairs to the kitsch dining room - the double staircase is popular with Chinese weddings on Sundays nights, the Bride posing mid-way. Another successful and good address is the Nioulaville : dim sum are brought to your table with impressive trolleys, in a quite hectic atmosphere. For a quieter option and a shorter menu, numerous vietnamese eating-houses are available in the area : Cyclo, for example, will provide you with some faultless cooking in its tiny dining-room.

Another little Chinatown has settled in rue du Temple and the neighbourhood. It's one of the oldest communities, mainly organized in the Clothing trade business. On rue au Maire, various cheap restaurants offer some decent food : to find the best, follow the queue !

Two pagodas can be found in Paris and around: one welcomes the Art gallery C.T. Loo et Compagnie, near the Parc Monceau and the other is the modern Chinagora in Alfortville. The latest is a shopping mall which includes a hotel, several restaurants, the inevitable karaoke bar, shops, and a beautiful garden of the Nine Dragons, Jardin des Neuf Dragons.