Ring in Chinese Lunar New Year with University of Michigan bells

Charles Baird Carillon, Burton Memorial Tower (Photo: Meredith Bruckner)

ANN ARBOR – Celebrate the year of the pig on Tuesday with the University of Michigan carillons.

According to the event's Facebook page, listeners will enjoy, "Carillon works by Asian and Asian-American composers and arrangements of folk tunes to celebrate the Chinese, Vietnamese, Taiwanese, and Korean observance of lunar new year."

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Performances will begin at Burton Tower on central campus from 12 to 12:30 p.m.

Works can be heard at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Tower on North Campus from 1:30 to 2 p.m.

(Credit: Chinesenewyear.net)

The Chinese New Year repeats its zodiac cycle every 12 years. According to tradition, the pig is a symbol of good fortune and wealth.

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