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Dragon Parade 2010
Things were done a little differently this year. The Millennium Dragon didn’t gatecrash the main lion dance this year. In the past, the dragon and his entourage would gatecrash just before the finale and it was fun to watch how the ‘creatures’ and humans greet each other to negotiate the tight space. This year the dragon and his entourage were later than normal. (Could it be the pollies’ fault?) M and I left the car park hoping to find a good spot where we could pat the dragon’s ‘cheeks’. We thought we found a good spot but when the dragon made its appearance, we were totally pushed back by the people. Pretending to be small and important like everyone else, I pushed and shoved until I got to pat his back as well. Surprisingly, M followed suit. LOL. We were so bad! We should have done the ‘right’ thing by letting all these small (in size not in age) people walk all over us. LOL. Below are a few snaps of the dragon parade.
As soon as you see the procession of small creatures like this Qilin pictured here, you knew that the dragon was not far behind them.
In the middle of the procession is a small group of lions and following his entourage ever so slowly at the back is the dragon loved by many Melbournians. His name is of course the Millennium Dragon. For years I had mistakenly call him Dai Loong but that is actually the name of the other dragon. Dai Loong has retired and the two live in the Chinese Museum. M and I always stay long enough to watch the dragon’s safe return to his home.
As soon as you see the procession of small creatures like this Qilin pictured here, you knew that the dragon was not far behind them.
In the middle of the procession is a small group of lions and following his entourage ever so slowly at the back is the dragon loved by many Melbournians. His name is of course the Millennium Dragon. For years I had mistakenly call him Dai Loong but that is actually the name of the other dragon. Dai Loong has retired and the two live in the Chinese Museum. M and I always stay long enough to watch the dragon’s safe return to his home.
2 comments:
Look at all those people out to watch the festival!! CNY is really popular in Melbourne isn't it.
I just read this on another blog I read. Do you eat special food like this during CNY? I was interested to see that it is eaten on a certain day.
http://www.notquitenigella.com/2010/02/18/yee-sang-chinese-new-year-salad/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NotQuiteNigella+%28Not+Quite+Nigella%29
Hi again Achan,
I heard that CNY is even more popular over in Sydney. Last week, Jeff Fatt (aka Sleepy Purple Wiggle) turned up at Sydney's Chinatown wearing a red shirt. He was there distributing chocolate coins wrapped in red packets. Apparently a little tot didn't recognise him because he was not wearing his purple skivvy and his three mates weren't with him. LOL.
Yes, I do love to eat Yee Sang. My mum is not a big fan of raw seafood so we had them made to order. I am not a good cook so we don't eat stuff like that here.
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