For a simple lunch, we ordered sparerib with sticky rice cake at a restaurant named "Delectable to the Utmost" i.e."Xiandelai" in Pin Yin system of romanization as a rhetorical expression. What a good fun to see such beautiful terminology!
As the annual lantern show is underway in the classical Chinese tradition,visitors are pouring into the site. The warmth and spirit of the Chinese Lunar New Yedar are everywhere. It is expected to be light, bright,crowded and cheerful.
The lantern show runs through February 12th. The night of Lantern Festival itself is today,Monday, February 9th in the Year of the Ox/Cow. On the very night, a night of families,folks traditionally walk in the street and carry lanterns,often shaped like the zodiac animal of such year i.e. Ox/Cow in 2009. Some neighborhoods organize walks and children parading with their animal lanterns to be endearing and memorable.
It is a time of family togetherness and eating glutinous rice dumplings;(yuanxiao) round being the symbol of family unity and togetherness.
I do enjoy such Chinese tradition with Chinese culture as a native of Shanghai since 1926. It is great to be back to Shanghai to relive my childhood days.
Francis Shieh a.k.a. Xie Shihao on Monday,February 9,2009 a misty day with overcast. We took a public bus with 2 TV screens on the bus for passengers' enjoyment. That is quite an experience for me.
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