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Friday, September 24, 2010

Skywatch Friday - Mid Autumn Festival

Love these pink dolphins decorating the bridge over the Singapore River. This bridge is known as Read Bridge.

A short video showing the surrounding.

A night view of the surronding around Singapore River.

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

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Mid Autumn Festival - Lanterns at night

Soon it became dark as we strolled along the Singapore River. It's the time where all the lanterns and decorations were lighted. It was so beautiful.

It was so crowded but you dont see the crowds in my photos...lol. I will post photos of the crowd in coming posts.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Mid Autumn Festival - Floats on Singapore River

More floats on Singapore River. Most with chinese theme as it is the Mid Autumn Festival.

This float was designed based on the story of Dream of the Red Chamber.

This float was designed based on the story of Water Margin

Another interesting float of a war story - The Three Kingdoms.

This is the most famous float with the most famous legend story of the Journey to the West

The monk with the three disciples

Goddess of Mercy

I have more photos of the lanterns and floats during the night where they were lighted.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

My World Tuesday - Mid Autumn Festival - Lanterns by Singapore River

It is time of the year for the mid autumn festival. Mid Autumn Festival also known as Moon Festival is celebrated by many chinese all over the world. The Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar.

There are many versions about the Legend of the Moon Festival. You can read my past postings on Moon Festival in here.

There are many celebrations of mid autumn all over in Singapore. I was at Singapore River where there's many lanterns along the Singapore River for the occasion.