Tuesday 16 February 2016

Chinatown, Lunar Lanterns, Dog

Lunar Lanterns have been installed around the city to celebrate the 20th anniversary of City of Sydney’s Chinese New Year Festival. In the Chinese zodiac, every year is symbolised by an animal and this year is the Year of the Monkey. The Dog lantern is located in the Dixon Street pedestrian mall near Goulburn Street in Chinatown, in Haymarket. It was designed by Alex Sommer and Brad Clark and created in Chinese fabric. Dogs are loyal and honest, amiable and kind, although they are not always good at communicating.

18 comments:

  1. I saw a dog on your thumbnail and dashed over to your blog to see. Great photo, Jim. Have a great day. Jo

    ReplyDelete
  2. Where's the one of a monkey? It's my year, by the way.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Linda, I posted the three wise monkeys first. Go back a few posts to the start of last week.

      Delete
  3. Fantastic find ~ Great shot and beautiful colors and love the expression on the dog!

    Happy Week to you ~ ^_^

    ReplyDelete
  4. We just hung a new butterfly lantern in ur living room this weekend....but it is so tiny compared to this dog. That an impressive piece. I just love it. I bet the children walking through Chinatown love seeing it.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Very cool!
    Thanks for sharing at http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2016/02/old-san-juan-pigeon-park.html

    ReplyDelete
  6. I am reminded of Clifford the dog from the children's books.

    ReplyDelete
  7. That is so cool. I would think there's also a Monkey?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Photo Cache, the Monkey lantern was at the Sydney Opera House, which you can see at this link: Three Wise Monkeys

      Delete
  8. You can always count on Chinese decorations to break out the vibrant reds. Happy Ruby Tuesday Too.

    ReplyDelete

Thanks for visiting my blog. Please leave me a message. Jim.

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...