Happy Chinese New Year

Japanese sandwich cakes

It's Chinese New Year tomorrow, which means it's a night of celebrations tonight.

Festivities in Sydney's Chinatown have already begun, with the annual Chinatown Markets lining Dixon Street and Hawker Central taking over Belmore Park.

Chinese New Year dog mascot in Sydney's Belmore Park

Tree festooned with red colanders--surprisingly pretty!

Chinese chess players on Dixon Street

Takoyaki (octopus balls)

Sandwich cakes filled with vanilla, red bean, chocolate or vanilla custard

Children's drums

Hello Kitty lucky red envelopes

Tomorrow, January 29, will be the first day of the Year of the Dog. Dogs are renowned for the loyalty and generosity, and the year ahead should bring increased social awareness, charitability and an emphasis on family and friends.

So Happy Chinese New Year everyone, or gung hei fut choy!

Chinese New Year activities in Sydney City:
WED 25-SUN 29 JAN: CNY Hawker Central
FRI 27-SUN 29 JAN: CNY Chinatown Markets
SAT 28-SUN 29 JAN: CNY Children's Fair
SAT 04 FEB: Beijing Night
SUN 05 FEB: Chinese New Year Parade
MON 06 FEB: Yiu Ming Temple Tour
TUE 07 FEB: Sze Yup Temple Tour
SAT 11 FEB: CNY Lantern Festival
SAT 11-SUN 12 FEB: Dragon Boat Races

10 Comments:

At 1/28/2006 2:45 pm, Anonymous said…

Happy Chinese New Year, Helen! Wishing you all the best in this Year of the Dog! :)
At 1/28/2006 3:44 pm, Rose said…

Ah, Gong xi fa cai to you too Helen!

May the year of the dog be filled with much prosperity and happiness :-)

Oh, and lots of great food!
At 1/28/2006 3:45 pm, Robyn said…

Double happy Chinese New Year! SAVE ME SOME SAMMICH CAKES!!
At 1/28/2006 4:55 pm, Rachel said…

Gong Wan
Xi Shi
Fa Ru
Cai Yi

May this year bring you much happiness and adventure with lots of food of course :)
At 1/29/2006 2:23 am, Cat said…

cheers to a fabulous new year! love the colourful photos... those sandwich cakes look sooooo good. just thinking of vanilla custard between 2 soft cakes? *drool*
At 1/29/2006 10:28 am, Anonymous said…

happy new year dude!
you went to chinatown yesterday??? did you see the dragons beard candy demo??? i was so mad that i missed it!
At 1/29/2006 3:22 pm, jismgor said…

hope u stuffed urself last nite , and had lots of food left over! it means that you'll have food to eat forever (according to tradition)
At 1/29/2006 10:51 pm, FooDcrazEE said…

Helen,

Happy Chinese New Year. May you and your family be blessed with good health.

Nice to see some pic of Chinatown. Kinda different atmosphere with Malaysia.
At 1/30/2006 9:13 am, Julia said…

Gong xi fa cai Helen!

I was at the Fish Markets on Saturday and was pleased to see the dragons making their way through each store :-)
At 2/20/2011 11:48 pm, Jane said…

My favourite Chinese New Year food (though you sometimes find it all year round) is the Dragon Beard Candy, an ancient Chinese Emperor’s Dessert. It’s made into very sweet thin strands and sometimes filled with peanuts.
If you’ve never tried it, you simply have to!