Tyan's Photoblog
Gong Xi Gong Xi!
Posted by tyan (Singapore, Singapore) on 23 January 2008 in Lifestyle & Culture.
Chinese New Year is happening in about 2 weeks' time and I bought some lanterns and couplets to put at our door and inside our house..Not a major fan of Chinese New Year, but just thought I'll put them up and can start some conversations rolling with Caleb about festivals that we celebrate.
And you will notice that the lanterns and couplets has got Mickey mouse on them. This is because 2008 is the Year of the Rat according to the chinese zodiac.
Nishana from Calicut, India
oh, but i heard it was the year of the snake? guess i got it wrong :)
23 Jan 2008 5:34am
@Nishana: The Year of the Snake is 6 years later,the year 2013.If i am not wrong,the mouse is the first of the 12 year cycle.:)
Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia
Thanks for the piece of cultural news, Tyan. Your snaps have beautiful color and detail.
23 Jan 2008 8:06am
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
lol I though you were saying it was a Mickey Mouse Holidays :) pretty photos :)
23 Jan 2008 11:06am
Mandy from South Africa
Oh wow - you have such wonderful traditions in Singapore Tyan - loads of culture to share with your children - so wonderful and I love this collage you've put together - masterful and the laterns are pretty cool too! :)
23 Jan 2008 12:23pm
Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States
I think celebrating Chinese New Year and the Mexican Cinco de Mayo are two examples of globalism having a great impact on us all. I am all for increasing the celebration of life, and more good holidays. This is a really fun shot tyan! Thanks for being so creative and sharing.
23 Jan 2008 12:52pm
Tricia from Melbourne, Australia
woahh you're early! and yes it's the year of the rat that's coming up.
23 Jan 2008 1:18pm
MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom
What lovely decorations Tyan, and I really love the way you've arranged the shots, it's brilliant :)
23 Jan 2008 5:03pm
bronzebilly u.k. from Barry,Vale of Glamorgan, United Kingdom
hey tyanmoon...Unclebilly popping in for a while..hope you and yours are fine and dandy my friend....
This is a cool and clever shot pal..good ol' Mickey ..brings out the smiles hey,???
I like Goofy myself..he reminds me of my long gone old granma with her teeth out..*-))
see you later..
Unclebilly...
24 Jan 2008 1:04am
Rabbit from United States
thats quite odd - year of the mouse? theres a mouse hummm i thought i was a rat, but maybe that sounded dirty. i think it to be funny that they use an icon image such as mickey? Using mickey mouse cost money - since hes a symbol of Disney.
24 Jan 2008 1:10am
Rabbit from United States
oh by the way - lovely how you complied your images here... i dig on that.
24 Jan 2008 1:11am
Dawn Sutherland from Phoenix, United States
I am liking how you are presenting your photos lately. Year of the mouse huh, I think I was born on a rat year, lucky me ha ha.
24 Jan 2008 2:40am
