Video: Draconian Events: Celebrating Chinese New Year
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
The dragon officially came into its own, and thousands of people took to the streets of Beijing, Shanghai, Xi'an and many other cities to greet the symbol of 2012. The celebration of the Chinese New Year began a week ago (the most impatient dragon lovers did not wait until January 23rd) and does not think to stop yet. The Chinese still have a dozen days off and a lantern holiday on the last day of the celebrations. But photos from the draconian events can be seen right now.
Celebrating the Chinese New Year is always a bright and colorful show. And if you have to celebrate the Year of the Dragon - a creature especially dear to the inhabitants of the Celestial Empire, it is worth climbing out of your skin to make the holiday a success. "Descendants of the Dragon" greeted the symbol of the year with fireworks and street processions, hoping for the favor of the hero of the occasion. The representatives of the diaspora did not lag behind the Chinese draconian celebrations.
The power and beauty of the Dragon during the New Year celebrations were emphasized by numerous images of the mythical beast, which burned and shimmered, and sometimes spewed smoke. Remembering that the symbol of 2012 is not a simple one, but a Water One, in Shanghai they bathed it in an aquarium, performing the traditional dragon dance under water.
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