Year of the Ox – CNY 2009
by Jan on January 30, 2009
Happy Lunar New Year! Since we left HK our family haven’t really celebrated CNY like we used to. We’d still gather for dinner on New Year’s Eve and the first and second day. That’s about it. Over the years we don’t even put out the red box with the candied veggies and sweets because no one eats them anymore. Honestly I missed those, especially the candied winter melon and carrots.
This year I went to the Aberdeen Centre for the CNY Flower Marketing to get myself in the festive mood. Here are some pictures from my visit.
- CNY 09 decoration on the main stage at Aberdeen
- Vendors selling new year related items. Most items are in red and gold for good luck.
- Flowers and plants are one of the must have items for CNY.
- Cute looking ash trays and jumbo Mah Jong tiles.
Here are some other photos I thought were interesting. There’s this one with a type of plant that I’ve never seen before.
There was also this one table that displayed clay crafts. Too bad I was not allowed to take photos. However I’m going to be taking the course to learn how to make a Chinese donut & soy milk cart (think of the wooden ones in HK from long long time ago). I’ll take photos of my finish project by the end of February.
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