Back with my own traveling companions now. In Hong Kong, just in time for the third day of festivities in the 15 day celebration of Chinese New Year, 2016, the Year of the Monkey. In Hong Kong the greeting of the day is Gung Hay Fat Choy, in Cantonese. In mainland China happy families are wishing each other Gong Xi Fa Cai, in Mandarin. Either way, the characters are the same and they spell out "Happy, and Prosperous New Year"! Red is an very auspicious color and there are intricate red paper cutouts decorating homes and businesses, red paper envelopes full of money for the children, and the night sky is filled with glowing red silk and bamboo lanterns. There are parades though the streets with magnificent Lion and Dragon dancers, and feasts of wonderful food that make me go weak at just the thought!
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