Thursday, February 19, 2015

Chinese New Year Festival in Yokohama

Chinese people celebrate this day as New Year's Day by the lunar calendar.

Many people, both residents and tourists, gathered in Yokohama China Town to see Lion Dances which are the main event on this day.
Dancers visit many restaurants and shops and perform lion dances with a loud sound of a bell and firecrackers.
They are performing dances in the precinct of Maso Mausoleum. Maso was a Chinese woman who had  ESP and has been deemed as Goddess after her death.
 

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