Happy New Year

Farmboy never seen Hello Kitty nor Lion dance. Home boi time to get out to the real worlD!

Time for sum Dim suM.

Happy Chinese New Year!

Happy Chinese New Year!

How about some horseplay?

I have learned airfares from US/Asia are higher before Chinese New Year. After it is over then the airfare prices normally drop.

Call me crazy but that doesn't look like any lion I've ever seen. Not even Kimba the white lion.

Call me crazy but that doesn't look like any lion I've ever seen.

Chinese lions are supposed to reflect the emotions of the lion, whereas Western depictions reflect the appearance.

@House

I don't know why, but the Chinese language conflates "lion" and "dog" readily. The famous Shih Tzu breed is literally "Lion dog".

The famous Shih Tzu breed is literally "Lion dog".

I think that is perhaps because the dog looks like a Chinese lion.

@slumdog

Yep. You're very astute. : )

Or maybe I'm a bit slow..... : (

I don't know why its name became "lion dance" in English but it is in fact a mythical animal called " kirin" in Japanese, I think.