Today is the 1st day of the Chinese Lunar Year, this year is the year of the Rooster. Here wishing all Chinese and those who celebrate the occasion, a very Happy Chinese New Year.
Not forgetting to collect the ang pows (or red packets) from the different banks to put money inside as gifts to distribute to family, relatives and children of friends.
This year I had the bags from a local bank to keep the angpows. The bag is so useful, it had different compartments, so I can keep different ang pows that contained different amount of money inside. The closer the relation of the giver and receiver will be bigger amount of money of gifts.
Last Saturday, I went to join in the fun to watch the Chinese New Year Street Light Up at Chinatown to user in the year of the Rooster. Time passes fast, Chinese New Year will be on 28th January 2017 and last for 15 days. There will be lots of programmes to watch in Chinatown during this period. For more information on the programmes, please view from the official website.
This year the Chinese New Year decoration of a big rooster looked so pretty especially at night.
There were so many people in Chinatown that night, I could hardly go near the stage to watch the performances. Best was the lighting of the firecrackers followed by fireworks. Watch the video below for the firecrackers and fireworks towards the end of the video.
Even South Bridge Road was beautifully decorated.
Video of Chinatown Street Light Up 2017 Ceremony and firecrackers and fireworks.
Long forgotten about these photos taken during the recent Chinese New Year 2016 , was a Chinese New Year Chingay Procession Parade in the heartlands in Toa Payoh. (Photos taken by handphone)
There were many beautiful lanterns at the Singapore River Hongbao 2016. The theme for this year is “Journey to the West" being the year of the Monkey. Journey to the west is a famous story based on the monkey and his master (a buddhist monk) with two other discples on a mission to obtain sacred texts (sūtras) and returned after many trials and much suffering. During their journey they encountered many demons and spirits.
A must have mascot for every Chinese New Year, the God of Fortune.
Not forgetting to collect the ang pows (or red packets) from the different banks to put money inside as gifts to distribute to family, relatives and children of friends.
This year I had the bags from a local bank to keep the angpows. The bag is so useful, it had different compartments, so I can keep different ang pows that contained different amount of money inside. The closer the relation of the giver and receiver will be bigger amount of money of gifts.
This year the Chinese New Year decoration of a big rooster looked so pretty especially at night.
There were so many people in Chinatown that night, I could hardly go near the stage to watch the performances. Best was the lighting of the firecrackers followed by fireworks. Watch the video below for the firecrackers and fireworks towards the end of the video.
Even South Bridge Road was beautifully decorated.
Video of Chinatown Street Light Up 2017 Ceremony and firecrackers and fireworks.
A must have mascot for every Chinese New Year, the God of Fortune.
