Chinese New Year is on January 23rd which is in two days and the festivities have already begun. This is one of the many flower markets opened during Chinese New Year and I believe is the biggest in Hong Kong. This New Years is also even bigger then most because it is the year of the dragon (scary). I visited twice and both experiences were very different. The first time I went was on a Wednesday the aisles were crowded but I could still navigate through the crowds pretty easily, the second time however I pretty much gave up on trying to fight through the crowds and just settled with being gently pushed to where ever I needed to go. There were many traditional items like windmills which are believed to bring luck and the flowers in the picture above are believed to bring popularity and luck in relationships. I told my friend Vivian I need to buy them all, but then she told me that I was already popular, lol. :)
haha NO SCARY!!! :P Dragon symbolizes son of the heaven and is a good creature in Chinese culture. Chinese Emperors always saw themselves as dragons. Even in modern days, like now, people all want to have a baby born this year because they will have a son of Dragon!
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