People, with eager faces, crowding around the Zodiac boards to
find out what the masters predicted for the year of the tiger.
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Chinatown filled with stalls selling New Year goodies, red
lanterns and banners to celebrate the Chinese New Year mood.
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A little town filled with many people. Its the season to
spend!
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A familiar scene every Chinese New Year: Customers shopping for
waxed and preserved meat.
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A butcher slicing a piece of waxed meat for a customer by the
road side.
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Nuts is always a must for long chats at relatives and friends
places! - A lady weighing some nuts out of the variety for a
customers purchase.
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An elderly man playing the er hu while wishing the public xing
nian kuai le! while the people shop for goodies.
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People trying out samples or cookies and nuts.
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Pomelo a must during the Chinese New Year Season.
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A row of colourful lanterns hanging from the trellises
complements the surrounding ambience.
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A fusion of cultures: Turkish Ice Cream in the middle of
Chinatown, a cool down for the shoppers of Chinatown!
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A Chinese lady paints - Intricate handwork needed to paint the
internal side of the glass bottle! Art that requires skilled
handwork an Art created by the Chinese people.
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An old couple selling nian gao a traditional Chinese food that
is always sold during this season.
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Chinese decorations always of the colours red and gold! Red to
scare off the monster in Chinese traditional stories, Gold for a
prosperous year ahead! Happy Chinese New Year!
