Thursday, February 03, 2011

Happy CNY!

I still have a lot of love for my Fuji Instax. I meant to only be very selective and take a FEW photos of things that represent Chinese New Year in my household but behold, a crazy 5 photos for you.

So OK, it's not really that crazy but when a box of 20 films costs you £17...
CNY snapshots
Sweet Box CNY
So all these things are pretty much traditional in my house. From the door decorations wishing good fortune, red envelopes with money (called Laisee in Cantonese), crates of clementines which are symbolic for good health, burning joss paper for Buddhist rituals and our round sweet box filled with candied fruits. It's the same every year which made me think twice about putting this post together at all but obviously, there was no stopping me with the instant camera.

Right, I'm off for a meal at my grandma's restaurant tonight for more food and festivities!

Happy Chinese New Year!
新年快樂, 恭喜發財!
(sun lin fai lok, gung hei fat choi: Happy new year, be healthy and prosperous)
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  1. Hannah3 February 2011 at 19:07

    Happy Chinese New Year Winnie, the pictures are lovely and I adore all the red!! When I was in Beijing there was red every where, such a nice colour!!! Hope you have fun celebrating =)


    Bow Dream Nation xx

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  2. Hello Naka3 February 2011 at 19:12

    happy chinese new year ^^ i hope u have a nice meal ^^ i lvoe the colour red and i wish my family were more traditional in that way :3

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  3. www.janetteria.com3 February 2011 at 19:17

    Happy Chinese New Year, darling Winnie!

    Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ

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  4. vivthediv3 February 2011 at 19:21

    Gung Hai Fat Choi! Laisee Dow Loy!!

    Have a wonderful night, I wish I was with my family - currently at Uni doing work :( xx

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  5. Cara3 February 2011 at 19:23

    Happy Chinese New Year! ^O^

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  6. Unknown3 February 2011 at 19:24

    Happy Chinese New Year! Hope you have a great night, I've always wanted to join in with festivities but always end up missing out. Hopefully I will be able to rope my friends into a meal this weekend! Love the last photo.

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  7. thingsIlove3 February 2011 at 19:28

    恭喜發財! xx

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  8. Bonnie3 February 2011 at 19:37

    Happy Chinese New Year!!!
    I love this post. Thanks for sharing. :)

    http://glamkittenslitterbox.blogspot.com/

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  9. Filipa3 February 2011 at 19:55

    Oh Winnie, have the best of times!! And eat lots and drink lots and enjoy lots and lots!! Happy new year to you! :)

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  10. Nana3 February 2011 at 20:13

    Happy Chinese New Year! Your photos look so awesome. If I remember correctly the first time I left you a comment was on your last chinese new year's post! It's been wonderful to get to know you a little better XD I can't believe film is so expensive there! How outrageous!

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  11. ediot3 February 2011 at 20:22

    oh happy chinese year dear. sweet shots. thanks for sharing!
    hope you're having a great week darling

    xx

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  12. daisychain3 February 2011 at 20:43

    happy chinese new year lovely xo

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  13. MargieF3 February 2011 at 20:56

    i hope you have fun chinese new year celebrations and have lots of yummy food:) now the next step is deciding what to spend your money on!
    margief
    x

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  14. Kit3 February 2011 at 21:42

    Lovely visuals! Ah man I bought a box of 20 fujimax films for £20 :S where did you buy yours?

    Kung Hei Fat Choi!!!

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  15. Penny Dreadful Vintage3 February 2011 at 22:00

    I love those cute little envelopes, even when they don't have money in them. Happy year of the bun bun! x

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  16. Cecylia3 February 2011 at 22:14

    happy rabbit new year to you too hun!!

    Such gorgeous red things :)

    Come and see my blog :)

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  17. Imogen3 February 2011 at 22:30

    Happy Chinese New Year Winnie. I enjoy seeing your pictures and reading about the festivities.

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  18. Helen3 February 2011 at 22:40

    Happy Chinese new year! I really really must go to china town in Liverpool one year for the celebrations. I can't this year because we're going to Spain booo but maybe next year!

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  19. Jade | The Jade Aesthetic3 February 2011 at 23:18

    Kung hai fat choi! Your photos have basically captured my CNY too! Got to love lai see but one day I'll be the one actually giving them out :O ! x

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  20. Sarah3 February 2011 at 23:31

    Gosh, I wish I could see you're pictures better, it's just not the same on a terrible phone. Have a great Chinese New Year!

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  21. Unknown4 February 2011 at 02:45

    What grace.
    I loved it

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  22. Anonymous4 February 2011 at 04:52

    Happy CNY Winnie. Have a great time with your family. Hope you get many red packets hehe

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  23. Kiyo4 February 2011 at 06:09

    Happy Chinese New Year!
    It's interesting to see lots of similarities between Chinese and Japanese culture! Currently there's a bag of clementines at my house too, and Japanese kids also receive money in an envelope at New Year's :) Love the feel of the photos!

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  24. Sherin4 February 2011 at 09:30

    Happy Chinese New Year!! Love these pictures: The decorations look so cool. I remember, I used to love Laisee's when I was growing up in HK. They were so much fun to receive.

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  25. Veren Lee4 February 2011 at 11:22

    Happy Chinese New Year! Wishing this year is full of happiness and luck! did you get a lot of hong baos? :)

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  26. Jeans Please!4 February 2011 at 12:13

    haha nice!

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  27. nadine ahmad4 February 2011 at 13:45

    going to a big cny festival in trafalgar sq on sunday cant wait!

    http://nadineahmad.blogspot.com/2011/02/white.html

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  28. yiqin;4 February 2011 at 14:25

    happy cny to you :)

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  29. LA4 February 2011 at 16:34

    Happy Chinesse Year for you honey!
    I always get so interested in this celebration!







    LA

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  30. Angela4 February 2011 at 18:24

    happy chinese new year, your photos are lovely! i love how personal your blog is, and getting to see little snippets of your life :) xx

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  31. Audrey Allure4 February 2011 at 19:13

    Hope you had a wonderful Chinese New Year!

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  32. Rand T4 February 2011 at 22:03

    happy chinese new year!
    and nice photos:)
    xx

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  33. ❖❖мoɴιcα-αι❖❖5 February 2011 at 01:35

    happy chinese new year!!! in Hawaii, we would celebrate it in chinatown with that huge dragon who would eat (or was it give?) you money in an envelope. and gau (sp?) was sooooooo good.
    love the polaroids! i'm really thinking about getting one now that i'm back in japan hehe

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  34. Anonymous5 February 2011 at 11:08

    woah fuji instax does cost a lot!
    but the pics are good, look so vintage

    Happy New Lunar Year! Gong xi ni!
    LOL I'm a chinese (hua jiao) myself and we have stuffs like those too every year on Lunar new year.

    So do you get a lot of red envelopes?
    We call them 'ang pao' / 'hong bao' here in my country ;)


    Castor Pollux

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  35. Sharon 5 February 2011 at 15:15

    Hi my dear-wishing you a Happy Chinese New Year, your meal sounds so lovely-have a great weekend!

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  36. Radiant Make Up5 February 2011 at 17:42

    happy new year :)
    gorgeous post!! x

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  37. dunia kecil indi5 February 2011 at 18:06

    Hi Winnie :) Happy Chinese new year, I'm glad u had a nice one :) Mine is so exhausted. Me and my fiance made ifumie and wanton. They're taste so funny, lol.
    I like your little envelope. We use the regular style here :S
    Please visit my blog. Hope you enjoy my post too.
    xo,
    Indi.

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  38. Laura Mullins5 February 2011 at 18:36

    aww, sounds like so much fun!! i love the photo of the clementines (:

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  39. Grace6 February 2011 at 00:43

    And to you my dear!

    Love Grace.

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  40. Tria Zaluska6 February 2011 at 01:30

    lovely picture

    http://ladymitroz.blogspot.com/

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  41. Anonymous6 February 2011 at 10:07

    Happy CNY! all the best for this year of Rabbit <333

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  42. Reena Rai6 February 2011 at 11:01

    Happy Chinese new year Winnie! The photos are beautiful I love the decorations

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  43. daniela kate morosini6 February 2011 at 14:04

    well i'll be making sure i'm at LFW on sunday to see you then!
    i purposely took a long cut through china town this week just to see all the decorations, it looked amazing. have a lovely time! xxc

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  44. PinkBow6 February 2011 at 14:59

    i love these shots you have taken. i'm not sure i'v quite got to grips with mine yet! and oh the film is so bloody expensive isn't it!

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  45. Style Eyes6 February 2011 at 15:08

    Happy New Year! Love the cards, the pictures look so cute

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  46. Unknown6 February 2011 at 15:43

    Happy Chinese New Year- I love all your decorations.that is seriously expensive film though!

    My friend at work brought in fortune cookies for us to celebrate- I love appropriating others' holidays for my own! I get even more celebrations!

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  47. Feny6 February 2011 at 16:52

    Your first word really make me jealous. I really love those fuji instax but I'm still thinking should I buy it or not. Happy Chinese New Year anyway!

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  48. Raj6 February 2011 at 17:33

    Happy Chinese New Year!
    Your celebrations sound absolutely wonderful, it all must be so much fun!
    I make an effort to attend Soho's Chinatown every year and I love the vibrancy and festivities that go on, it must be so cool to experience all of that in your own house
    All the best for the coming year

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  49. STARR6 February 2011 at 23:05

    Really pretty photos! I was in chinatown today and the street was still covered with red streamers haha

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  50. Imogen7 February 2011 at 04:26

    Also I love your blog header so much.

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  51. galatea.7 February 2011 at 07:29

    love your fotos x

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  52. Siru7 February 2011 at 15:57

    Looks beautiful!

    Juliet xxx

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  53. Style and coffee7 February 2011 at 18:18

    great pics, happy new year to you too :)

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  54. Anonymous7 February 2011 at 20:17

    Nice photos:)

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  55. MY REPUBLIC OF FASHION7 February 2011 at 21:34

    HAppy Chinese New Year! I love those ornaments and decorations you have in your house. :)SArahD

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  56. Jenny8 February 2011 at 11:50

    Gong hei fat choi! I ate myself silly that day! Yum yum. Nice instax pics. Shame the film is so darn expensive or we could all be snapping away ^_~ not looking forward to buying my film when I run out...eek. A great camera nonetheless^o^

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