foongpc: thanks for visiting!!

I have yet to go to Thean Hou Temple. Hope I can visit it one of these days! Lovely photos! : )

Cheers!
mylo

henry, rafael: thanks for the compliment!

ai shiang: yea the queue can be pretty bad…

khengsiong: when did u visit? this one i took on 2nd day CNY morning.

There will be a parade tonight but I don’t think I will be taking pictures ‘cos it will guarantee to be too crowded.

Happy New Year!

sorry I thought you’re a Filipino too (with a chinese surname). Ü
ganda ng blog mo means “your blog is beautiful” that’s why im flattered that you like some of my shots.

Hanging coffins in Sagada is really a burial place for Igorots. The dead will be placed in a small log of tree and then the whole town will walk thru that dangerous and risky trail just to bury their loved one. In case you might ask, they dont use any chemical for the dead’s body. Amazingly, the place doesn’t smell like rotten species. Ü

Nomadic Pinoy: well yes… it’s 15 days but we only have 2 days of public holiday here unlike in china. however the open houses, visiting and all goes on for the entire period

Cecil: i dropped by at 10 sumthing… there was a morning lion dance at 10.30am… on the way back about 12pm i saw the queue of cars trying to get up the hill… so the no-jam time would be in the morning or later at night 9pm-ish

chyng: so there is quite a celebration in phillipines too!… sorry didn’t quite get the hanging coffin u were referring to in the post (i can’t understand some of the fillipino phrases u’ve written)… the site u visited is just a place with empty coffins?

nice shots, galing! Ü

LondonCaller: yea the whole floor is covered with the polka dot shadows!

Re: Pancake Day / 煎饼节 / Hari Penkek / パンケーキデー

Yes, they still do that pancake race here! It’s kinda funny!

Re: Irises & Apples / 鸢尾和苹果 / Iris & Epal / 菖蒲と林檎

It’s taken at Royal Festival Hall. In the square behind the hall.

horsoon: i actually passed by on the first day and saw the queue of cars going up.. if u go at night after 9pm or so, or earlier in the morning like i did 10am-ish there wasn’t a queue. hey great that u explored Chan See Shu Yuan instead… more authentic and less touristy right and can imagine when u say it’s a totally different atmosphere.. will u be posting some shots up? looking forward to them!

aloysious: thanks a bunch! the deco was fabulous.

ron: r the temples in phillipines all decorated up too? thanks for the compliment!

the lanterns are beautiful, i almost drooled while browsing through thihs set… GOOD JOB!

Gong Xi Fa Cai!

I did try to go to Thean Hou Temple on the 1st day of CNY but the queue of cars up the hill was, like, impossible! So I went to this much quieter temple not too far away, Chan See Shu Yuan, and took some shots with an entirely different atmosphere

Ian: maybe you can try to take the kids on one of the nights…. it’s very pretty at night and not so hot. and they’ve got tonnes of deco all around of animals, statues and tigers lit up.

uLi: you can still go this week or weekend… it’ll be decorated until chap goh meh still.

mylo: haha, perhaps the Chinese New Year dragon has always been symbolic. There is a stage with tigers set up too – looks better at night though when it’s lit up. There’s one tiger on a high pole rotating around.