Of Chinese New Year this and that – Part 2

Surely, with the Chinese New Year visitation, spring cleaning is a must. And the various decorative items have been put up aplenty. Of course, this is not unique just to our own homes, but to others whom we visited when they had their open house. This post is just to highlight some of the things I saw:

The colour red is of course a must!

1) Top picture showcased the year of the Ox, with six golden fishes swimming round it. Yeah, most Chinese are very into figuratively auspicious things. Took this from one of my uncle's house.
2) Bottom red fan made from angpows by another uncle. Although not as obvious here, probably due to the angle of the picture I took, he tried a 3-D effect, quite nice. Now about angpows, do you noticed that Hokkiens dominate? Why is it known commonly as ANG pows? Why not HUNG pows? Subtle domination by the Hokkien clans?
3) Middle bottom picture, showed the leftovers of the 25 firework shots the night before.
4) Of flowers and oranges and other fruits galore? Taken from my grandaunty's house. They decorated the fruit basket themselves. Thought it was very nicely done.

Yeah, visitation is common, especially those having open houses. Not sure if this is unique to the Malaysian culture or prevalent worldwide amongst other countries. These shots were taken from one of my uncle's house. Towering pillars, open spaces, good food! They catered a wonderful rendang dish and lamb satay! Yum!!!