I love that there's never a dull weekend in Hong Kong. It seems like we're always celebrating something. This weekend was no different, especially with Chinese New Year coming up on Friday. Today, I ended up at Cityplaza at Taikoo Station. This was one of the more elaborate displays I've seen so far...
This year will be the Year of the Horse according to the lunar calendar, and celebrations leading up to the Chinese New Year have focused around this theme.
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The lovely CNY display at Cityplaza at Taikoo MTR station. (Photo: CathC)
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Here you can see different wheel barrels holding goods and symbols that are part of the traditional celebrations. Like clementines that represent luck, gold for fortune, and rice sacks written with the phrase "never empty" to represent the plentiful food. But I'm not entirely sure how the horse and carriage relates to traditional Chinese New Year celebrations, but it was a pretty display.
I was also at the mall just at the right time to catch the Jinan Acrobatic Performance. It was a fun show with talented acrobats and contortionists. I was pretty impressed by their talents. They were doing back flips so quickly and so high that it almost seemed like the stage was spring loaded!
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| The troup getting the crowd excited for the show(Photo: CathC) |
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| Watching the troupe perform their hat toss routine during the dress rehearsal. (Photo:CathC) |
What a nice way to spend a Sunday afternoon.
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