We had a very good weekend. There was frost at night, but max temperature was15 degree in the daytime. Sunny and warm, even the tree was shinning, actually the wheat farm and greenery are greener than before in my eyes.
I feel lucky to be in London now, as the Chinese New Year celebration is wonderful (although a little bit sad that I am not being with family this time). Parade show, martial art, tradition Chinese instruments performance, sleeve dancing, drum dancing, dragon and lion dancing… to be frank, I haven’t seen all these combine together in China, it was on shown here. It included parade along the Strand, stage performance in Trafalgar Square, firework in Leicester square and door to door lion dances for every shop and restaurant in China town, with the result that the shop owners got good fortune for 2008 and the lion dances team got red bag (cash) in hand.
The open performance in Trafalgar square was dragon dancing. Two teams, one is performed by English people, the other by London Chinese kids. The English dragon is surprisingly good: harmony with drum, smooth movement! The Chinese kid one is brilliant; they use the dragon to tell a story. Then it was some traditional dancing and music. Pity that English might not understand what the dancing music was sing, but I feel they definitely got the festival air. I ask one guy before me what do u think of the dragon dancing, he said: the second one is better. I agree, I think they both did a great job, especially some foreigners play these Chinese games so well, I show my big respect to them.
Crowded! Yes that is one thing I must mention about Chinese New Year, the same in London. It already started from the tube platform, it was difficult to get on a train to China Town, it took long time to walk out Leicester Square station, it need courage to walk through China Town Street, I couldn’t get in Leicester square it took long time on a queue for my lunch and finally got a delicious one, the policeman controlled the pedestrian flow. It is Chinese New Year, just people and place are different, the air has the same smell: firework.
When I was waiting for my lunch on the queue, a couple: one French, one English, begun to talk to me, we decided to sit together and have lunch together, very cheerful couple, we took photo for memory afterwards. I love this celebration and look forward to 2009.
On Saturday, it was also very good. I think nobody stayed in door, it was so attractive outside. Family walked out together, people who live alone spend time with their dogs outdoor and kids played ball games in the park, etc. I did my shopping in the morning, and then visited local Charity shop, I have a picture about what I bought on Saturday, not too much room for them now, and I need control my collection a little bit more strict. Now the day time is longer, so even after I watched the local football match on Saturday, I still had time for my running.
I feel lucky to be in London now, as the Chinese New Year celebration is wonderful (although a little bit sad that I am not being with family this time). Parade show, martial art, tradition Chinese instruments performance, sleeve dancing, drum dancing, dragon and lion dancing… to be frank, I haven’t seen all these combine together in China, it was on shown here. It included parade along the Strand, stage performance in Trafalgar Square, firework in Leicester square and door to door lion dances for every shop and restaurant in China town, with the result that the shop owners got good fortune for 2008 and the lion dances team got red bag (cash) in hand.
The open performance in Trafalgar square was dragon dancing. Two teams, one is performed by English people, the other by London Chinese kids. The English dragon is surprisingly good: harmony with drum, smooth movement! The Chinese kid one is brilliant; they use the dragon to tell a story. Then it was some traditional dancing and music. Pity that English might not understand what the dancing music was sing, but I feel they definitely got the festival air. I ask one guy before me what do u think of the dragon dancing, he said: the second one is better. I agree, I think they both did a great job, especially some foreigners play these Chinese games so well, I show my big respect to them.
Crowded! Yes that is one thing I must mention about Chinese New Year, the same in London. It already started from the tube platform, it was difficult to get on a train to China Town, it took long time to walk out Leicester Square station, it need courage to walk through China Town Street, I couldn’t get in Leicester square it took long time on a queue for my lunch and finally got a delicious one, the policeman controlled the pedestrian flow. It is Chinese New Year, just people and place are different, the air has the same smell: firework.
When I was waiting for my lunch on the queue, a couple: one French, one English, begun to talk to me, we decided to sit together and have lunch together, very cheerful couple, we took photo for memory afterwards. I love this celebration and look forward to 2009.
On Saturday, it was also very good. I think nobody stayed in door, it was so attractive outside. Family walked out together, people who live alone spend time with their dogs outdoor and kids played ball games in the park, etc. I did my shopping in the morning, and then visited local Charity shop, I have a picture about what I bought on Saturday, not too much room for them now, and I need control my collection a little bit more strict. Now the day time is longer, so even after I watched the local football match on Saturday, I still had time for my running.
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