Welp, I'm
kinda sure I'm the only Chinese here so far, and this week will be our biggest festival of the year - Chinese New Year!
Even though we all now use the conventional/western calender now, the traditional Lunar Calender is still a heavy part of our culture, dating the older Chinese festivals we still celebrate(like the Mid-Autumn Festival) and marking seasonal changes. The whole celebration starts a few days before the end of the year and can last for weeks, it's basically a 'doing what on which day' thing.
So anyways, we have this New Year Fair I just went to today, and got some cool photos to share. If possible, I'll be happy to share what I will be doing this entire week! :D
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Oh boy, here we go!
The more traditional New Year decors are also the staple of the Fair. Mostly red things, of course!
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Spinning pinwheels is one of the many symbols of fortune.
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Can you guess that most of these products are made from used red packets? They are not very hard to make and is a great way to recycle these papers.
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Look at the people go!
That's for today. Tomorrow will be The 30th(年三十晚), meaning that it will be the last day of the year. We are going to have a family union dinner tomorrow yay