My Own Chinese Brocade

The Lantern Festival, celebrated on the 15th day of the lunar new year, ends the Spring Festival celebrations.

The Longji Rice Terraces, also called Longsheng or Dragon’s Backbone Terraces, in Guangxi Province. April 2015, first visit.

A Visit to the Dongguan Xiangshi Zoo in Liaobu

Taohuayuan or Peach Flower Park is in Songshan Lake in Dongguan. The large stone gate is quite impressive with four lion statues standing guard on the top. There is a Bamboo Wishing Grove, a Matchmaker statue, a Wishing Tree, the Wind Pavilion and Laughing Buddha Statue on the hilltops, and so much more!

"Spring Festival" is what the Chinese citizens call Chinese New Year.  About 2 weeks prior, decorations start appearing and quickly become plentiful where ever you go. Red and Gold are the predominant colors.  I've covered quite a few of the meanings of specific decorations in my "Picture A Day" posts.

A Visit to Ngong Ping Village, the Big Buddha and Po Lin Monastery

A day trip to Tukuran Falls in the Puerto Galera area. 

The Cloud Forest at Gardens by the Bay in Singapore.

Gardens by the Bay in Singapore

Oriental White-eye, some of my pictures from Songshan Lake and Shenzhen, in Guangdong Province

The Camellia

Instructions for making a looped ribbon wreath. Good for any theme, color or holiday, and an easy DIY project even for a beginner. 

Learn to make a hanging fish decoration from Chinese New Year red envelopes

Photographer and her Photos, Looking at a photographer from the distance and then the pictures that were taken

What do you do when you only have a Chinese menu and can't read it?

My father left this earth on December 14, 2015, these are the "lessons" he left me with