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Guangzhou Flower market is a traditional market to sell and buy flowers and a great place to watch lighting during Chinese New Year period.    The above video showing the street view during Chinese New Year period.   Street view during Chinese New Year period.  

Pan Xi - it's of the three big traditional Chinese garden-style restaurants in Guangzhou city South China. Because it is surrounded by five small streams, including one called Panxi, and so the restaurant is named "Pan Xi restaurant". The restaurant connects with the Liwan Lake Park which occupies an area of 12,000 Sm. and was the Imperial Garden "Chang Hua Yuan" of the king of Nan Han Dynasty in 1000 years ago. It was founded in 1947 and designed by Chinese famous landscape architect Mo Bozhi. It gathers the landscape essence of Southern China and is condensing the cream of China's history, culture and nationality arts and crafts. More photos are in http://pinterest.com/littlepointa/travel/ It has many specialities such as Steamed Whole White Gourd Soup, Garden Herbs Chicken and Assorted Platter. The most famous are its pastries. The famous pastry is Pan Tang horseshoe cake ( Chestnut cake) which is the steamed mixing water ch...

The dinner on Chinese new year's evening - just like Christmas dinner , it is the primary meal traditionally eaten on New Year's evening and a great time for entire family getting together. People usually go to restaurant to have this most important dinner. Below are the typical dishes in the Chinese New Year Dinner. Steamed Pork shoulder Steamed Prawn Tofu & Vegetable Pork & Vegetable Dumpling Vegetable & mushroom Beijing Duck

Orange bonsai means good luck in Chinese culture. They are usually showed on the street during the period of Chinese New Year. It's also as a New Year decoration within the house. 

Chinese New Year - "The Spring Festival" is the lunar new year, commonly known as have the Spring Festival, generally refers to new year's Eve and the first lunar January. It's traditional, the biggest, most exciting and important festival in China. I will write serials posts of Chinese New Year. Shops selling traditional ornament God of Wealth - a traditional God means bring wealth to people

Sweet and Sour Pork Ribs - a very delicious and health food for everyone. [ You'll need: ] Pork ribs, Thai sweet and sour sauce , cooking wine, Salt, Soy sauce, Corn starch, Sugar, Ginger, garlic , strawberry or orange [ To do this: ] 1. Pork ribs clean and then dry , adding the right amount of oil , salt , cooking wine , a little soy sauce and sugar , cornstarch , a little ginger and garlic . Stir marinate for half an hour . 2. Finely chop the strawberry or orange.  3. Add ginger and garlic to a preheated oiled pan. Whilst ginger and garlic are cooking, add Pork ribs to fry for 10 minutes. 4. Add Thai sweet and sour sauce to pork ribs. Fry for 10 - 13 minutes until ripe.  5. Add the strawberry or orange. Cook them over low-medium heat for 2 minutes. Enjoy!  

Chinese New Year Snacks usually have Fried dumplings, Egg power and Fired lotus root.     Fried dumplings: means future life is rich and full. It looks like fried dumplings . But the stuffing is sweet , mixed with shredded coconut , fried peanuts, sesame seeds and red beans mash ​​, wrapped with dumpling skin . Egg power: Are made from flour , gluten flour , eggs and lard . Mixed all ingredients and then  drop them to the oil pan , deep-fried to a pale yellow color. Picked up, and then dipped maltose to serve.     Fired lotus root: Sliced Lotus root dipped in flour and then into the pan, until golden brown color.

Fai Chun is one of the traditional customs in Chinese Lunar New Year.  Post New Year Fai Chun in the front door of residential means goodbye to the old and welcome to new year. Below is a video of writing Fai Chun.