Showing posts with label festival. Show all posts
Showing posts with label festival. Show all posts

2010-03-03

放多少天假?combien jours fériés?

Officiellement trois jours sur le calendrier à Hong Kong, depuis les décennies. Mais pour les PMEs dont le nouvel an chinois est la seule période où tout le monde, c'est-à-dire les patrons et les salariés,ont leurs congés payés, cela peut varier. J'était ravi d'avoir vu plusieurs ont affiché le 7ème, le 9ème, etc. comme la rentrée. Les domaines ne sont JAMAIS des magasins de vêtements ou des restaurants. Ils sont ouverts parfois tout le long du nouvel an chinois si l'achalandage tient suffisamment haut ou important pour eux. Les grossistes, les marchands en gros, ou les quincailleries ont plutôt des longues vacances. Le cas extrème que j'ai noté rentre au 15ème!


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coming back on the 9th day of the Chinese New Year 年初九開市 revenir au 9ème
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How many days you can have for Chinese New Year? Three days for most industries but a few lucky ones can enjoy their extended time away til the 7th or 9th day after the new year. The longest I saw this year had the 12th day written as their re-entry! This is probably the ONLY time they got off for the year though.

Best calligraphy that I've found 這手字寫得最好看 La meilleure calligraphe parmi tous:


我看見最長的年假是年十五才回來!幸好有少部分行業依然有放長年假的傳統!

2010-02-23

五彩繽紛的新年

五彩繽紛的新年


un nouvel an coloré


colourful Lunar New Near


cartoonish tigers! 卡通版老虎

2009-12-25

假日 Holidays




假日

崇洋的中國人搞聖誕比西方人還熱烈。但是你可要知道這是消費主導的現象,而不是在每年的年底,整個社會都變成基督教聖地。

Holidays cuz it is the way for many non-religious folks, even it is IN NO WAY a public holiday in China. I chime in only because I got bombarded with consumer driven lightings and what not, both in Beijing and as well as in Hong Kong.

(click on the pic above to view a short video clip shot from a bus)

Christmas Eve in Beijing at 11:30pm was surprisingly vibrant given a sand-storm like weather conditions. Credit it with the ole mighty globalisation.

2009-10-05

大坑火龍 fire dragon in Tai Hang, Hong Kong

closeup 近距離 face à face




le dragon de feu, un parade amené chaque année pour trois jours entourant la fête de la mi-automne dans l'ancien village de Tai Hang à Hong Kong. Le rituel, qui célébre son 130ème anniversaire cette année, était pour chasser les diables. Ces jours-ci, il est un arrêt incontournable pour des plusieurs touristes locaux et internationaux.

有一百三十年歷史的大坑舞火龍,我今年還是第一次去看。每年的中秋節一連三晚都有在大坑范圍內的街道遊行。除了舞龍,還有鑼鼓。跟其他很多節令一樣,這習俗源於把不好的運氣驅走。要知道嗎,火龍身上插的全是香燭,不用說牛鬼蛇神,普通旁觀的人也薰得暈暈到,特別是在準備的時候。習俗經過一百多年,已變成一個本地和外來逰客的中秋節目。

Mid-autumn festival in Hong Kong means fire dragon parade in Tai Hang. The drgon, dotted with joss sticks all along, is longer than a city block. The parade and 'dance', completed with drummers transcend the streets in the neighbourhood for three consecutive nights. Though I am born and raised in Hong Kong, this was only my FIRST time seeing the parade, which marked the 130th anniversary in 2009! Being a tourist in your hometown could be nice.

prepping準備




一百三十周年 130ème anniversaire

2009-02-22

pics from CNY 2009

Some pics taken right after Chinese New Year 2009 in East Tsim Sha Tsui. I post them now before they get really dated.

pigeon for peace?


year of the ox


(迎?)春 接福


吉祥

2009-02-04

農曆新年遊行 Chinese New Year parade 2009-1-26

Let's begin with one of the random video clips I took at the Chinese New Year parade in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.



The parade was really international, with many non-Hong Kong and non-Chinese groups represented. It has been going on all these years that I have been overseas, but this is only the first time I got to take a closer look at the U-turn point two-third into the parade route.



據聞香港的旅遊發展局花了二千萬,舉辦者一年一度的遊行,我怎能不去看呢?十幾年來這才是第一次。政府在每一個香港市民身體上花了那麼多錢的話,不去看就太浪費咯。韓國和日本來的表演團體都有多個,希望我們亞洲人之間和睦相處吧。哈哈不談地區性的政治。參加的隊伍一個跟一個,快而且密,真的讓看的人有點兒眼花繚亂。不過在場人士都看得很開心,那我可能有一點曲高和寡的問題。哈哈!



Plusieurs groupes internationaux ont été représentés. Je me souviens bien un groupe de danseuses Samba, MAIS elles étaitent toutes d'origine danoise! Quelle surprise! Cependant, elles ont montré leurs pas comme les professionnelles. IMPRESSIONNANTES!
Un des avantages de mondialisation, n'est-ce pas?

2009-01-14

aw 2009!


又新一年咯! My new year was spent in Shanghai, a delayed and extended stay actually. I was planning to be there for Christmas, not for New Year, but end up staying way into 2009, til almost Jan 10th, before heading South back to Hong Kong. 2008 was a mixed year in terms of mischances and fortunes. I would not ask for a better year since life is a roller-coaster ride, hopefully we get out in one piece at the end!

我希望2009年會像我在上海看見的繁榮景象一樣好,雖然不一定是越多越大就越好。其實2009年的開始並不是和平,只看看Gaza地帶便知道,但是新一年還是有新的希望。然而我的是壞的開始,好的結局。


L'autre nouvel an, le temps passe vraiment vite, comme on est dans la dixième année qui commencent avec 20--. 2008 n'était pas parfait je ne souhaite pas un meilleur que avant, comme la vie est des montagnes russes. Bon voyage à tous.

2008-12-22

聖誕與環保 Christmas and Environmental Protection


聖誕對於不是教徒的人,只是一個假日。看看環保團體如世界自然基金會香港分會說聖誕節的活動如大吃大喝可能加重二氧化碳排放。

另一方面,維港璨爛燈飾甚至是一般大廈的裝飾,也用了很多能源雖然我們現在少用聖誕卡,少用木的聖誕樹,但是如果我們慶祝節日的時候也想想我們的生態足跡,也許能慢慢但肯定地向好的方面改變。


So with Christmas around the corner, do you think about the carbon emission increased, indirectly of the extra food or products consumed? For example the CO2 emission from shipping some exortic delicacy across the Pacific Ocean? For Hong Kong, I guess it is the lightings - from the skycrapers dotting both sides of the Victoria Harbour to just ordinary residential or commercial buildings in your neck of the woods. We better catch up before the whole of China has that kind of light pollution like in Hong Kong. You don't believe it? The pics in this post are taken in Beijing, and these installations are growing everywhere.

Extra: my enviromentally unrelated blog entry on Christmas.

2008-12-14

Christmas in Beijing / Noël à Pékin


Well, if you walk around town, at least the CBD or more of the area inside 2nd ring road, you will notice more and more tell-tale signs of the holiday season (in Western or American terminology, since it is not quite a holiday in mainland China). Notwithstanding, businesses, especially hotels and restaurants are more than happy to embrace it.

Alors on se sent que Noël arrive quand on voit des décorations dans la rues, les lumières, les arbres de Noël, etc. La plupart des Chinois ne fêtent pas le Noël mais c'est une occasion pour les restos, les hôtels, etc. à gagner plus vers la fin d'année.

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