second day of lunar new year
on the second day of the lunar new year, stanza made an excursion to guangzhou, south of china, the Shangxiajiu-Dishipu pedestrian area was crowded with tourists and guangzhou residents. the whole area are full of old brand names of shops and restaurants. Enjoying a cup of tea with some good food is part of guangzhou life which is quite the mentality of hong kong people in their leisure...
residents of gz heading the street with colourful wind propellers held high up in the air, hoping to go with the flow of the wind of fortune
almost a cliché of images of contempory china, mcDonald against old brand named guangzhou teahouses and restaurants...
An old teahouse Taotao Ju (at 20#, Dishipu Jie) greeting kung hei fat choy
The teahouse,established in 1880,is one of the teahouses with the most typical Cantonese features.The three Chinese characters ""(Tao Tao Ju,roughly "house of happines s")are in kang Youwei's handwriting :a famous scholar from Guangzhou who attempted to bring about reforms during the late Qing Dynasty
an old cinema in beautiful architecture
renowned Guangzhou Restaurant (2#, South Wenchang Lu) is considered to be the best in town for Cantonese cuisine (all fully booked!!)
the streets composed of blocks of shophouses in old architecture and stain glass windows
Lianxiang Lou (at 67#, Dishipu Jie), the hongkong old restaurant of the same name in western central is probably a branch of this gz old restaurant
the lobby selling new year coconut rice puddings and other pastries
stanza among the egg rolls
folk street hawking of preserved olives 雞公欖
stanza jerked at the loud trumpet
The second new year day is much associated with eating, another family reunion feast to celebrate the commencement of the year (literally 'opening' the curtain of the year)...
on stanza, pink japanese patterned cotton padded coat and jeans (sugarmag)
