Chinese new year

Chinese new year decorations



The Chinese temple




The first dancer takes to the floor amid the explosion of hundreds of firecrackers, smoke fills the air and a cloud of red paper wrappers swirls around the crowd



This dragon is made of brightly painted fabric stretched over a wire frame to which have been attached strings of several thousand lights





The lions perform various antics



and beg money from the crowd




portable shrines are carried round the villages, with much pomp and ceremony, and local businesses are blessed