Light Up The First Joss Sticks

Filed under : Festivals

This is the first day of Chinese New Year. Many people like goto Wong Tai Sin Temple to light up the first joss sticks, which they believed to bring good luck for coming year.

At the entrance, you will see some shop selling Joss Sticks and other related materials.

Location: Wong Tai Sin Temple
Canon EOS 20D, 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM @ 85mm, f/5.6, 1/80 sec, ISO 1600

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

Location: Wong Tai Sin Temple
Canon EOS 20D, 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM @ 85mm, f/8, 1/200 sec, ISO 1600

Beacuse there is too many joss sticks, He don't wait them burn out and clean it up for next worshipper.

Location: Wong Tai Sin Temple
Canon EOS 20D, 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM @ 85mm, f/7.1, 1/200 sec, ISO 1600

Glutter

Just check my mailbox, and found Yan's website - Glutter have an hyperlink to my Photoblog. http://glutter.typepad.com/glutter/2005/02/zhao_zi_yang_me.html

This is 2nd website that have hyperlink to my site, so in return, I added link to her site.

Chinese New Year Flower Market

Location: Victoria Park
Canon IXUS i, 64mm, f/2.8, 1/50 sec, ISO 100

At the Eve of the Chinese New Year, we usually go to flower market for last moment shopping for flower and foodstuff.

Each type of plant brings different good fortune

Peach blossoms mean longevity

Canon IXUS i, 64mm, f/2.8, 1/250 sec, ISO 100

Tangerines mean “fruitful” marriages

Canon IXUS i, 64mm, f/2.8, 1/320 sec, ISO 100

Year of the Rooster, so I lot of toys are related to Chicken

Canon IXUS i, 64mm, f/2.8, 1/80 sec, ISO 100