According to Chinese Tradition, All parents will prepare new clothes for their children before the Chinese New Year’s Eve. So I prepared a typical Chinese style new colthes for my doggie Leo, and took these photos before I left home.
Yeah, Leo loves New Spring Festival, He can have new clothes and new toys. So he hope you have a happy happy new year too!

Chinese tradition is somewhat complex. Several food exhibitions will open to celebrate the new spring Festival in Chengdu. Yeah, People here love tea and noshs more than flowers.
ChengDu is a city very different from GuangZhou. I love Chengdu, But I miss Guangzhou’s Spring Festival Flower Market too! There are some pictures I took last year, You can see how people enjoy flower market at GuangZhou.

Today, Chinese traditional things are so popular that many cities have old-style streets. You can find some traditional Chinese gadgets and traditional food there. Jinli is one of old-style streets in Chengdu, SiChuan.
But I always think all these old-style streets are too similar, They should have more local color to attract the tourists.

John Woo’s new movie “Red Cliff “(赤壁 in Chinese ) is very hot these days. That’s a story about an important campaign in Three Kingdoms (三国) period.
I don’t know how do you think about Woo’s Three Kingdoms story, But I know many Chinese people are unsatisfied with this movie, Because they know the story of Three Kingdoms better than John Woo.

New Year Painting is one of the most important Chinese traditions. It’s a kind of Wood Block Painting which past on walls and doors during New Spring Festival.
Mianzhu new year painting is one of the main four new year paintings of China. I love Mianzhu New Year Painting very much. And hope it can recover quickly from the damage of WenChuan Earthquake.

Dachshund Leo lives with me for one and half a year now. I believe he feels very happy in most of time. Because he know I love him so much.
But I was astonished to find that he also easy to envy another doggies I like.

Louisa is a creationary girl. She can always chance things from normal to brilliant.
I am a simple style person, But I love to stay in her small office, Yeah, It’s a Chinese Traditional style office desgin by Louisa herself. I can feel warm, leisurely and comfortable there.

The new Ox year will begin on 26 January 2009.
I specially make this full list of Chinese Zodiac stamps for you. These collections include many elements of Chinese traditional art. I hope it’s helpful to know better about Chinese culture.

Today is 30 Dec,2008. New year is coming!
I specially choose one of my favorite Cantonese song named “God of Fortune is Coming” for all my friends. Hope you a happy and lucky new year!

We work and live in skyscrapers, eat fast food, meet friends online. Are we too urban?
Maybe we need a real relaxation, even just two hours.
So, let’s go to countryside and enjoy the real country food.

December 21 was the Winter Solstice day . It’s also called Midwinter, But we call it DongZhi in Chinese.
I had never celebrated this festival before I came to GuangDong, Where people believed it’s the most important day of a year. As the tradition, The whole family enjoy this day with some Winter Solstice Food.

Earthquake, Economic Crisis, Somali Pirates…The keywords of year 2008 are so gloomy. Maybe we should encourage ourselves with something special!
There is my suggestion about how can we find fantastic gifts of Christmas & New Year, how about your opinion?