Shanghai Yuan Xiao 元宵节

Today is the last day of the Lunar Chinese New year. Its called Yuan Xiao, also known as the Chinese Valentime's Day. The Shanghainese celebrated it with much joy and happiness. Its almost like the eve of Chinese New year in Singapore. I went to Cheng Huan Temple and the atomosphere here is fantastic. There's so much life and energy in this area.
今天是元宵节。上海人庆祝了它充满喜悦和幸福。几乎 象 新加坡 庆祝 农历 新年 除夕 夜 。我去Cheng Huan 寺庙并且气氛这里是意想不到的。有非常生活和朝气在这个区域。

Chinese New Year

Today, we welcome the Year of the Dog, sending away the Year of the Chicken. alot of politicans (well, i saw from the news from tv) believe that this is a good year for world economics. Lets hope so, increase pay increase pay INCREASE PAY!

Here are some shots of chinatown during the festive season, i took them a few weeks ago. See how busy Chinatown is.













This is a delicacy for the Cantonese folks. its actually preserve duck and chicken(i think)
there's preserve sasuages as well.


This is my favourite flower for CYN. its called "Ying Liu", i like to call it the cotton bud plant, cos when it blooms, it looks like little cotton bud on the stem.



My mum wanted to buy fake flowers for CYN deco but i insist we must have the cotton bud plant. So here some of my house's deco.






Pinapples means "Ong Lai", which means "Wealth coming"