Tonight is new year eve, tomorrow will be the Lunar New Year, the Year of Dragon! If you were born in 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, this is your lucky year! Happy Lunar New Year to all my readers!
Tag: Lunar New Year
Silhouette
Even though few weeks has passed since Chinese Lunar New Year (year of tiger), I am still amazed by the creative choreography presented on New Year's celebration party. A lady was dancing in front of a background of a bright moon. With other part of the music hall turning completely dark, the effect of dancing … Continue reading Silhouette
Cheongsam – the Grace throughout History
Chinese New Year can't be celebrated without the show of Chinese traditional fashion - cheongsam. The kind of dress tailored to hug the body of a woman actually brings out all sexy and Graceful features of a female. It is inherited from Qi dynasty, and already lasted for a few hundreds years. It used to be … Continue reading Cheongsam – the Grace throughout History
Here Comes the Year of Rooster
I decided to use this post to response to our weekly photo challenge. The reason is that the fireworks photos were taken last July 4th, in order to Repurpose the fireworks to celebrate this Chinese New Year, I applied the layer techniques in Photoshop to combine the imagines of roosters and "2017" with the fireworks. What … Continue reading Here Comes the Year of Rooster
Seek the Colors of the Harvest
Even though the autumn has officially arrived, there are not many signs of the fall yet. The trees are still green except some leaves start dancing their way down to the ground. Most flowers are still waving in the wind. But I was excited to find those colors of the harvest at a roadside stand today. … Continue reading Seek the Colors of the Harvest
Soaring Dragon – Photo 101 Day 20
The photo of this soaring dragon was taken on the night of lantern display at my hometown, Xi'an, China. I was at first hesitate to go out at a cold night in the middle of February to take pictures in the crowd. But my sister encouraged me and she even went with me to climb … Continue reading Soaring Dragon – Photo 101 Day 20
Grumpy God and Imaginary Dragon – Photo 101 Day 18
The following couple of photos were taken on the last Lunar New Year, at a village located on the Northwestern part of China. The sculpture of a grumpy god ridding on a lion - like animal was standing besides the front door of a tea store. It was funny that the god was wearing a red scarf … Continue reading Grumpy God and Imaginary Dragon – Photo 101 Day 18
The Dancing Light Beams
The Lunar New Year celebration at China is all about lights. There was a new kind of light beams emitting from one of the ancient buildings on the city walls of my hometown - Xi'an. The beams were moving back and forth, scanning across sky at night, switching colors with the rhythms of the musics, … Continue reading The Dancing Light Beams
A Lonely Valentine
I had never spent any Valentine days alone since I married to my husband in 2003, until the last one. I travel to my hometown, Xi'an, China between Feb 4 and Feb 18, 2016 alone to celebrate Lunar New Year. The past Valentine Day was on the seventh of Lunar New Year. Immersed in a … Continue reading A Lonely Valentine
The Photos with Complementary Colors
This is the entry to "CEE’S COMPOSE YOURSELF PHOTO CHALLENGE: #17 Complementary / Harmonious Colors". The following photo was taken on Lunar New Year's Eve (Feb 7, 2016). Those sanitation workers were collecting together and getting ready to sweep the streets. I was moved by their dedication to a better appearance of my hometown while … Continue reading The Photos with Complementary Colors
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