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| January 26, 2009 |  Permalink |
Chinese New Year - Welcoming the Ox
Today is the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, met with celebrations and observations by ethnic Chinese and others around the world. This year, we welcome the Year of the Ox, the sign representing solemn hard work and prosperity - an animal that appears aptly symbolic for these difficult times. Millions of people traveled long distances to be with family during this Spring Festival, choking transit systems in China especially. Collected here are photographs of people celebrating and preparing for this Lunar New Year festivities. (35 photos total)
To see the entire entry, with all photographs, click here.
253 comments so far...
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Awesome compilation! Thanks!
#35 is INCREDIBLE!
@15: HOLY!! How much firework they have need to made that?
Very nice pictures, as always :)
Strange that these is only one picture of an ox!
Beautiful
Beautiful as always [this is good]
Phenomenal Photos. Combination of technical expertise with camera combined with exquisite composition share the content and culture of these people beyond what any words could describe. Thank you so much!
so boootifull :)
Beautiful, as usual.
Thanks so much for this blog
I can't have enough, it's really amazing!
Wow... #35 is stunning!
Great Pictures
Number 34 is what you see after 12 or so Tsingtao beers. Number 19 is what you get the next morning. Happy New Year
You never fail to deliver. Excellent pictures.
Agreed. #35 is ridiculously amazing. Didn't even know there was a partial eclipse yesterday.
#35... how?! just.... wow...
Thank you!
Happy year of the Ox everybody =)
How many inmates are in chinese prisons compared to US prisons?`
Amazing!!
Wonderful Shots....
Well Jacob.
Its about the people. Not the animal
lovely... breath taking... loved #8, #19, #26, #34 and #35... It''s stunning... great job...
Excellent photos as ever! Thanks.
I miss the fireworks!
I have a greater understanding of the magnitude of big Chinese New Year is after seeing the photos. Beautiful!
I love 35. i wish there were more for that kind of series.
There are some though provoking pictures in this one.
#35 - with or without the eclipse, the sunset would still be beautiful
excellent pictures, especially those with the many lanterns.
I love how #28 has "Burberry" cups! Fabulous pictures, though I wish I had been able to be in China for all the festivities!
Thank you so much for these photos! They helped me cope with not being able to celebrate the festival this year
I can't wait to share these with my daughters, who were both adopted from China. We had our own CNY celebration over the weekend complete with dragons and dumplings! Nothing however, like they would have experienced in their homeland. Happy year of the Ox!
Breathtaking photographs, as always.
This is the Number One news photo site on the entire internet. Fantastic!
wow! thank you for posting these!!
Breathtaking ...
The Chinese people sure do know how to make living celebrations ...
#29 brought tears to my eyes. Beautiful!
#19 is great, No?
33 is awesome!
#33 is brilliant. Subdued, yet poignant. and well placed, as well. it really gives perspective on the environment onto which the offering is given.
Although the every update continues to astound me, this is the best update I have seen all year, both in the diversity and sheer magnificence of the pictures. Can someone post a video showing the celebration pictured in #15? I also love the contrast between the somber inmates and surroundings, and the balloons in #23, and the contrast between traditional architecture and belief in #32, and the modern skyline visible beyond the foreground.
#35 is increadable
Great.
BACAN!
That's one hell of a firecracker!
Amazing pictures as always - China is a fantastic country with its culture, habit and costume.
It's a incredible country, I was there last year and intend go bach many others times.
Thanks for show it - fabulous!
Beautiful! Thanks a lot!
Well done.
#8 is eerie.
It's good to see that the people in #28 can still have a good time even though they survived an earthquake and lost a lot.
#35 is wicked awesome
Ảnh rất đẹp ( Very nice)
Happy new year in China and Wel come Viet Nam
How nice ~~~~
THANK YOU
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Superb photos uploaded in double-quick time, adding more Joy to the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations worldwide!
All of these wonderful pictures simply explode with color !No pun intended :)
Thank you for all this pictures. They are all great!!!
Especially #35
It is amazing how the ethnic Chinese communities in all parts of the world still celebrate the Lunar New Year at the same time and in similar ways, even though some, like those in Singapore and Malaysia have emigrated for generations already.
#35 very awesome!
As usual, such beautiful photos.
#34 has a really nice almost mona lisa-esque hint of a smile going on there. Plus a performer who can actually do production level make-up? impressive
#35 is simply marvelous..
I live three blocks away from #18, and while in the US now, I can't wait to get back for the tail end of the CNY festivities. Well done on the photos!
I liked these photos, especially the one waiting for train ticket. I think that how eager people want to go home and share happy time with their familly.
The caption for No. 34 could be: Look into my eyes, look into my eyes, the eyes, the eyes, not around the eyes, don't look around the eyes, look into my eyes...
And the caption for No. 19 would be: And you're under. Happy New Year!
Superb. I Noticed the color 'Red" dominating. Happy New Year to all Chinese. May this Year bring u all, Luck Peace,Prosperity,Happiness,Joy.............
Mr Wang say Happy New Year
35.... you could wait all your life and never take that frame.
gong xi fa cai 2all
Having recently been to China, these bring back the best of her WONDERFUL people! The Templ of Heaven Plza, the dumplings, the beautiful faces, and colorful plastic stools EVERYWHERE! But for sheer "finding the right moment" I LOVE the little boy under the Lantern shadows in #30, and the perfect illustration of the juxapostion of old & new that is China, in #32. And I didi NOT see lanterns like those in #24... Next trip!
THANK YOU!
Awsome !
#1, #8, #19, #34 and #35 are my favourites.
@ raul briseno : lol !
Happy year of the ox !
Wonderful, terrific !!!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!!
Beautiful shots! Thnkx for showing them.
Wishing a Happy OX year to all.May it bring Harmony and work to all
Happy New Year to All, Wish Year of Ox will bring a Bull Market!!!
Beautiful photos
Happy New Year Everybody
Amazing!!!!!!
W O W....
# 34 is really cool because it makes you realize how differrnt their culture is than ours.
just... WOW
I love the effect in #9. Red is such a lovely color.
#35.. woah. I live right along Manila Bay, and I never knew there was a view like THAT at night. In fact, my brain's refusing to make sense of the size, since I've never seen the sun that large. The things we miss all around us, huh? I really should go out more. Haha.
AMAZING, SPECTACULAR,LOVELY CHINESE PICTURES. THE OLD WOMANS SHOT WAS SO ARTISTIC, MAYBE I WILL BE LIKE HER NOT LONG FROM NOW.THE SOLAR ECLIPSE SHOT IN MANILA BAY WAS SPECTACULR, LOVE IT. THANKS FOR ALL THE AMAZING PICTURES WHO EVER TOOK ALL THOSE SHOT, THANK YOU.
Gorgeous!
Great Job again !!!! Thanks a lot !!!!!
Beautiful, beautiful. I'm curious though why there weren't any pictures from Guangdong Province...but overall, I'm impressed that there were pictures from so many different parts of China and other places in Asia!
damn. i will say those asians really know how to put on a new years celebration. and at the last picture... how can the sun even get that large? thats crazay!
I'M TYPE IN ALL CAPS BECAUSE I HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT COMMENT THAT I WANT YOU ALL TO READ.
Nice photos! My fav is:34 and 35.
the last one is pic of the year material
nothing short of amazing!
gung hay fat choy!
Simply mind blowing!
Solar Eclipse,BREATH TAKING!! Good to hear you again. I am in Texas for keeps.
Wonderful indeed I enjoy the nice photos collections.
Aswin Harriman Vancouver Canada
I love #35, what a great shot of a partial eclipse on the ocean!
NICE &BEAUTIFUL PHOTO AND THANKS I LIKE IT TO C
NICE &BEAUTIFUL PHOTO AND THANKS I LIKE IT TO C
Awsome pictures, thank you very much! What a way to start the Year of the Ox! Happy New Year!
its awesome
Amazing from the UK
A FULL solar eclipse will swing across China July 22nd 2009. Shanghai is a spot I chose to go to, to view it but as it is, my plans have changed. Go there if you can make it....
AWESOME PICTURES
Exquisite beauty, sadness, tradegy and ecstasy all combined - Beautiful!
Great pics, thank you, Big PIcture :)
My favorites are 29,30 and 35.
WIsh us all around a very Happy Year of the Ox!
love this blog
I love those wonderfull worldwide celebrations of the Chinese lunar New Year of the Ox and send my good wishes herewith from Holland!
I feel so lucky that I live in Beijing, China!
thanks for all your comments and good words from all around the world!
God bless you~
This kind of celebration can only take place in China, beautiful, spectaculary, powerful and fantastic.
Gorgeous as usual.
Wonderful! Beautiful!
GREAT COMPILATION ! DEMONSTRATES THE STRONG TRADITIONAL VALUES
OF THE ASIAN CULTURE GLOBALLY. HOPE WE SEE MORE OF THIS.
GREAT ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY. DESERVES AN OSCAR!
Fantastic photos! Happy Year of the Ox.
Beautiful photos! Great selection you've chosen.
BEAUTIFUL PICS. THE COLORS ARE AMAZING. THEY MAKE ONE FEEL LIKE CELEBRATING.
REDONKULOUS PICS...AWESOME
Fantastic photos!!, Amazing
Amazing!! I love all of them especially pic no. 14. It's so real. Thanks for the hard work of the photographers. Excellent!!
What a rich Chinese cultures!
Amazing colours. This site always has amazing pis. Happy New Year everyone!
Opppppppppppppppppppps!!! good.
Great Pictures! Thank you.
Zhuhai, China
Great photos, BUT WHY AREN'T THERE MORE FROM HONG KONG?!
Cazzo ... che bello !
amazing pics - #19 is great - so much detail, made me smile!
wow, the photos are really beautiful :)
The colour RED is really dominating, which makes the pictures eye-catching
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That's Awesome
#19 is not right!!!!!!!
Magníficas fotos. China, séculos de cultura e sabedoria. Mas, existe uma cidade no interior de Minas Gerais, Nepomuceno, que daria fotos de paisagens e pessoas muito melhores como a vista da Marciolândia, o Toninho e o Zeca da tia Vanja por exemplo.
Great pictures and bring the New Year atmonsphere to me
I MUST ADD TO THE COMMENTS ON PORTRAIT #35...EXTRAORDINARY!!!!!!!! THANKS ROCCO...
BILLY MAC, COLUMBIA SC
THE BIG PICTURE IS THE ABSOLUTE BEST ON EARTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you
Happy New Lunar Year of the Ox to everyone in the world. Please retain the feelings these pictures invoke.
Great!!
Amazing photography of a cultural tradition....
# 35 is A.W.E.S.O.M.E
Happy New Year to all!
what beautiful pic....Congrads.. to all...
very impressive and great art.Can anybody tell me where the crushing number of people go to relieve themselves?Please help.
that is so cool what you do in china i what to live thar what grat pichits
The colors and the way these pictures capture the face of China is remarkable. Happy New Year!
am i the only one that sees all those worms piled up in the 3rd picture?
thats nasty....
these pictures are great. Happy Chinese New Year.
Happy New Year China!!...you have come a long way.... I was amazed as to how far you have advanced...what an Amazing & rich Culture.
To Beth (135):
They are not worms. They are shrimps, just thawed from frozen.
vey nice pictures ,thank you
I, like the Chinise pitures because there interseting and weid.
I love pictures #3, #4, #11, #12, #14 and #19
But really they are all fantastic.. thanks.
Happy new year all!!
simply great, so much fun
all pictures are great! they're not only beautiful in our eyes, but loves to share for all human beings, that is the point, the great meaning of the chinese new year's wishes!
So Beautiful !!!!
NOW IT IS GREAT TIME TO LEARN ...OR ADOPT....THE CHINESE GREAT WISDOM.... " SHARING YOUR WEALTH TO OTHERS " WILL GREATLY HELP THIS WORLD ECONOMY TO RECOVER AND BE BACK TO ITS FEET.....A LASTING SOLUTION TO THE BROKEN WORLD ECONOMY.....AND YES , A HAPPY AND HARMONIOUS WORLD ......HELPING EACH OTHER, FOR BETTER A WORLD .....A BETTER TOMORROW .....FOR CENTURIES TO COME
This is a marvelous tribute to the Chinese culture. We should enjoy, learn, relate to all this. It is wonderful to see the art, the joy and the long line of history and beauty that is China. Our years in Asia were a growth and joy we never expected.
Kelleys in Oregon
Great pictures.
KUNG HEI FAT CHOI!
Thank you very much for all those who made his wonderful presentation posssible! I like it very much, especially the photo No.19.
nice picture
The manila Bay eclipse (#35) is my new desktop back ground. The pictures are wonderful. Thank you and Happy New Year to all!
Beautiful pictures. Enjoyed ALL of them. So colorful.
VERY BEAUTIFUL !!!!!!!!!
Gong Xi Fat Chai
Kung Hei Fat Choy
Xin Nian Khuai Lek
Wan Se Ru Yi
I am really touched by #33 where the folks paid respect to their parents and ancestors from South Korea.
Please NOTE that to the world --- NOT everyone goes to the TEMPLE is Buddhist ! Those temple-goers may be Buddhist, Taoist, Sky / Heaven Worshippers, Deity Worshippers, or simply lay persons.
Hello,
Michaela here again.
The colour in these pictures is so vivid. Truly inspiring! I almost feel I am there myself! I particularly like the performer smoking a cigarette - and I hate cigarettes, but it makes it so real! Thank you so much!
my favorite was the last picture of the partial eclipse and of the woman with the make up for her performance.
Magnifiques photos, un grand moment de plaisir, couleurs, compositions un véritable régal
A New year is MORE new-year like in north China than in South, and more in countryside than in the big cities. Traditions never die!
Best wishes to all in the year of OX! GONG XI FA CAI!
What a impression!!
pictures 29,30,33, and 35 are amazing. I especially like the story of two people praising their ancestors. There's something very personal to that. It evokes a feeling of warmth and intimacy, it's an action you feel, and not just do. The little boy running in his colored socks is especially joyous; youth's work at it's best :)
Wonderful pictures!!!
beautiful pictures,Happy New Year to everybody!!!
Temple of Heaven in Beijing is beautiful. Proud to be a part of this ancient & colorful culture.
Its wonderful to see how different peoples around the world celebrate their holidays. Here in America, I'm afraid we've gotten away from those customs. So sad to admit that, but its true.
Gorgeous pictures, thank you so much for sharing.
WOW! the photogarphy was simply fantastic. Happy New Year to all
Thank you for sharing.
"Prosperity is measured not by the wealth you have,
But by the generosity you possess."
I wish you all a Happy and Prosperous Chinese Lunar New Year
Great..!! nice short..
Oh .....Beautiful, beautiful ...wonderful and yet again wonderful.
Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence. Wishing all a prosperous and happy lunar Chinese New Year.
That's China!
such a nice photo..
Miss these kind of ambience,events and shows in Montreal(quebec)!!!
Excellent pictures, good culture for the Chinese returning home to pay respect to their parents/elders during Lunar New Year (pictures #4,#5) but these scenery will soon disappear when booking Train tickets on lines and when China completes their fast train (350 km per hour)
Steve,
Although I have not spoken to you in years, these pictures are worth a conversation! WOW!
Absolutely unbelievable. No wonder the Olympics were fantastic.
Nice photos!ºÃͼƬ!
Outstanding, memorable photos. Thanks for sharing them with us.
I have never in my long life seen a more wonderful collection of pictures that are such glorious examples of China and its people.....
From Las Vegas: These are wonderful photographs. Thank you for sharing with everyone in the world. For us who never get to see the rest of the world these photographs are priceless. It lets us appreciate our world more and hopefully opens our hearts for better understanding and tolerance of each other. Happy New Year to all in China.
Amazing pictures!
BEAUTIFUL PICTURES OF DIFFERENT CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS....EXCELLENT JOB...WELL DONE...
Great photography. The new year captured well. Cheers !
Those are the most colorful and amazing pictures I have seen in a long time. Kudos to the photog.
How beautiful these pictures are! I am one of the fortunate ones who was able to visit the People's Republic and have a scrap book of pictures to prove it! If you go, be sure and make arrangements to travel in a small party, the extra cost is worth it!
The eclipse is stunning! One of the best photos I've seen in a long time. INSPIRING!
15 and 35 nice
One of the best collections I can remember. Great job!!
Wishing everyone on this planet a year of peace, happiness and prosperity.
fantastic!!
Bless us all! Let the beauty transcend the year!
Excellent Photos that captured the Spirit of the OX Chinese New Year!
Saluton al la tutaj ge-esperantistoj kiu logas en Chinio !
fom Jane in Cumbria, England
Dear Talented Photographers:
Thank you all for all the exquisite and memorable photographs you took during the Chinese New Year of Ox. They are especially memorable and extra special to all overseas Chinese like myself who left China many years ago. I appreciate all your diligent hard work to compile them together so we can enjoy all year round and share with all my Chinese friends and relatives. Thank you again for your effort and hard work! May this Year of Ox brings you the best of health, happiness and prosperity!!! Marianne Lam from Los Angeles, CA.
Wonderful photographs! This is my year, as I was born in 1961!!
FABULOUS DISPLAY OF CHINESE CULTURE AND COLOR...
CONGRATULATIONS!!
thank you the best I have ever seen
Belaj fotoj! Pacan jaron kaj estonton deziras al ĉiuj Stephen, Anglio.
EXCELENTES FOTOS, ME ENCANTARON!!!!!!
SALUDOS DESDE MONTERREY, N.L. MEXICO
Beautiful pictures. Bless you for compiling all these wonderful pictures!
Excellent pictures of the comemoration of the year of thr Ox
Amazing. Thanks for all these photos. It's truely a great gift to Chinese people overseas. While most of these photos show the cheerful side about the Chinese New Year, the one taken at the border of S/N Korea is very heart touching. Also, I really like the last one with the partial eclips.
Great Work and many thanks for sharing.
Happy Chinese New Year to all of you.
from K.arman Tani,St.Louis,Missouri,USA
Touching! All the best to the coming new year!
nice pics
fantastica Cina Happy Year of the Ox
very nice!
nice pics. i love u rock
WOW ..... GEORGOUS!!!!! .... OUTSTANDING Pictures ... the one taken at the border of S/N Korea is very touching ... I appreciate your hard work and ...
Happy Chinese Lunar New Year and May this year of OX brings us all the best of health,happiness and prosperity!!
Beautiful displays! being the 3rd generaion Californian of Chinese descent, I am impressed by the celerbation each year. My grandparents immigrated from China to California in 1860 and all of their eleven children were born in California from 1876 to 1907.
#33 Touched my heart... All the photos, just amazing...
The richness of the Chinese culture makes these amazing photos!!!
They are treasures....
Kung Hei Fat Choy!!!!!
Happy New Year of the OX!!!
The Pictures are just so vibrant and breathless to see the array of the chinese culture all over the world. Its so emotional to see my own hometown ( Kuala Lumpur) when you're in Toronto, Canada.
Absolutely fantastic color and composition--probably the finest I have ever seen!
It is distressing to have demonstrated again how little we in the west know and understand of Chinese culture.
The ox is my symbol and so this was truley amazing for me to see.
Amanda(USA)
A lot of rich, fat and wasteful Chinese; I will not save any food for them again
great photos.great celebration!
Wonderful pictures, great work. Thank you for sharing these great pictures with the world.
Happy New Year of the Ox !
The pictures showed the dynamics of this important season for our Chinese friends. Thanks for sharing them.
Fantastic shots! Great photography! Thanks for the memories.
What What What a a a beutiful beutiful beutiful picture picture picture yay yay yay yayayayayayayayyayayaayayayayayyayayayayayaya
Beautiful amd amazing pictures. Makes me proud of my background and culture
Absolutely beautiful pictures. They are inspiring photographs.
Wow! What a difference 15 years makes! Shanghai 1992-93. Hainan Island to Kunming to Dali to Kashkar to Xian to Chungdo to Beijing to Nanjing to Jinan to Hong Kong to Guanzhou, etc. etc........ Great places........ Great memories..........
WOW..... GREAT IMAGES.
that's the true China,the true chinese culture.
we hope more friends aroud the world to travel to china. you will know more about the mordern China and Chinese traditional culture. you will find most of chinese are friendly.
I miss it so much, wish I can go back to celebrate chinese new year in any city
wonderful pictures! very well done, I enjoy all of them, thank you !
Great pics very beautiful,happy new years
It's wonderful to see the celebrations in Taiwan.
TYhank you.These pictures were well taken and intertesting subjects and supposed the photogragher must have taken a lot of patience to captured those interesting moments of life and the only happen once a yeay of celebrations.
Great Pictures
As always, there are some weirdos in a public forum where anyone can express their feelings. That's the way it is in this world. Fortunately they are the minority.
Maravillosas fotos!.
A truly documentary photos of the Chinese New year. Vivid color of the pictures
were assisted by using photoshop . Great effort of capturing such an occassion in photos. Well done
maravillosas
More people should see these pictures. They would get a better understanding how other countries celebrate a New Year.
These scenes were absolutely astounding.
Don
muito lindo George o ano novo Chinês, tudo bem organizado
mais lindo do que o carnaval do Brasil que tem tanta repercução
lá fora, emocionante, parabéns para vocês que é de lá , tudo lá é mais
bonito. beijos
very good
Great! China has the most various culture. Proud of being a Chinese.
it is great.
i love the pictures because they are very intresting and gives you a glimpse into the chinese culture that we don't get to see.
Great! Let me known more about this Festival .Thanks
they are not tangerine trees but rather kumquat.
Great pictures! Thank you for your patience and efforts for taking these marvelous pictures. Being an overseas Chinese, I'm very proud of you.
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Why is that woman smoking? And she is to old to smoke, isn't she?
awwwwww sum of da pictures are sad but at da same time sum of dem is beautifl
Just wanted to say awesome pictures, and I like them all. I spend Chinese NewYear in Beijing, but I haven't been able to take any pictures like these. Great job!
I found these photos very impressive. It's a long way from Kansas...
Every race has its own rich culture, just wanted to say how PROUD I am to be born a CHINESE.
The Year Tiger is coming, I saw these pictures today, they are like today, so vivid!
OMG! I dated a woman from there! She didn't tell me it was this beautiful over there!
This is a great gallery of pictures whenever i go to a website to find pictures of hong kong life this would a great placeto look at.
wonders!