新年在马六甲 ZIGZAGS at Melaka this Chinese New Year
Yesterday was New Year Day. The day before yesterday was a count down day when everyone welcome 2012.
Today we saw some groups of people beautifying the city to get ready to bid farewell to the Rabbit and at the same time to invite the Dragon. The city is non other then the heritage city of the famous ancient port, Melaka.
These groups of people are making zigzags from street front to street end, from street to street. The zigzags are about 18 feet above the streets floor and they are formed using iron wire. When they have done that, they would line a long row of red lanterns along the roadside to make sure that all the bulbs fitted are functioning. It would take a lot of patience to do that and to hook them onto the iron wire of the zigzags.
By daylight, the red lanterns present to you a fresh network of a promising day, with the morning sun goldenly supporting from behind them. As mid-day arrived, round shadows dotted the tar road surface and it is a moment of joy to look at them while walking, or cycling. Most background seem to be keeping the merry of silence as though asleep to let the red lanterns command in the dark.
Smiling in the rain, the red lanterns keep you happy; dancing with the wind, the red lanterns keep amusing you.
Raise the Red Lantern 大红灯笼高高挂 and you could see that Melaka or 马六甲 larger than the largest Chinatown in the western hemisphere, the Manhattan's Chinatown.
A an old friend told me this afternoon that the city is also working very hard to structured a Dragon from one street into another. Wow ! Got to be a gigantic one. Guess, the Dragon is colourful in the dark as in the day.
Before we see the coming celebrations in person, sneak a view of the Dragon Dance at The Venetian, Las Vegas;
or the Singapore Dragon Dance.
Get down on it !
CLICK ZIGZAGS FOR MORE EXPLANTION.
Today we saw some groups of people beautifying the city to get ready to bid farewell to the Rabbit and at the same time to invite the Dragon. The city is non other then the heritage city of the famous ancient port, Melaka.
These groups of people are making zigzags from street front to street end, from street to street. The zigzags are about 18 feet above the streets floor and they are formed using iron wire. When they have done that, they would line a long row of red lanterns along the roadside to make sure that all the bulbs fitted are functioning. It would take a lot of patience to do that and to hook them onto the iron wire of the zigzags.
By daylight, the red lanterns present to you a fresh network of a promising day, with the morning sun goldenly supporting from behind them. As mid-day arrived, round shadows dotted the tar road surface and it is a moment of joy to look at them while walking, or cycling. Most background seem to be keeping the merry of silence as though asleep to let the red lanterns command in the dark.
Smiling in the rain, the red lanterns keep you happy; dancing with the wind, the red lanterns keep amusing you.
Raise the Red Lantern 大红灯笼高高挂 and you could see that Melaka or 马六甲 larger than the largest Chinatown in the western hemisphere, the Manhattan's Chinatown.
A an old friend told me this afternoon that the city is also working very hard to structured a Dragon from one street into another. Wow ! Got to be a gigantic one. Guess, the Dragon is colourful in the dark as in the day.
Before we see the coming celebrations in person, sneak a view of the Dragon Dance at The Venetian, Las Vegas;
or the Singapore Dragon Dance.
Get down on it !
CLICK ZIGZAGS FOR MORE EXPLANTION.
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