Chinese New Year - Singapore River Hongboa 2010 - Twelve Zodiacs

Twelve Chinese Zodiacs

Tiger - This being the year of the Tiger

Ox

Rat

Pig

Dog

Rooster

Monkey

Goat

Horse

Dragon

Rabbit

If you are curious about the readings of the zodiacs, you can view this website. But dont believe too much, I think we need to work hard to achieve the results that we want.

Chinese New Year 2010 - Singapore River HongBao - Exhibits 1

As it is year of the tiger, there are lots of exhibits on tigers.

A short video showing the tiger's exhibits and lots of people posing with them.



The panda exhibits are a favourite with the crowds too. They are so cute.

According to Legend, Goddess Nuwa created seven animals to go along with the earth that she created. Today is the seventh day of Chinese New Year and is also known as ren ri (human day or the birthday of human) and that is what Goddess Nuwa created for earth on the seventh day.

To honour the day, a special dish is created of raw fish and vegetable salad called yusheng. Yu sheng is very popular locally.

We had yusheng on 2nd day of chinese new year. This year, we decided to eat the yusheng, teochew style. It is so different from the normal yusheng (see photo below). I still prefer the normal yusheng with the crackers on top.

Skywatch Friday - Chinese New Year - Singapore River HongBao 2010

Today is the sixth day of Chinese New Year. The animal that Goddess Nuwa created for earth is the horse so today is the birthday of horse. Forgot to mention the animal for yesterday, it is the birthday of the Ox. Find out whose birthday it is tomorrow that Goddess Nuwa created for earth according to Legend.

I used a function in my new camera to take a wide angle of the whole scenery at the Singapore River Hongbao. You can see the "sea of people".
The colourful seats infront of me are the temporary platform for parades. I think the temporary platform might be permanent already, cause it is so useful and have a good view of the sea.

For other sky watchers, please hop over to Skywatch blog.

Chinese New Year - Singapore River Hong Bao 2010 - Art Candy

This is a dragon and it tasted very sweet. It is actually made of candy by craftsmen from china. If you looked at the video below, you can roughly know how it was made.