Comments | wongkk: Chinese New Year!

wongkk

Chinese New Year!

Feb 07, 2016 22:43

If you are celebrating the lunar New Year, I hope you enjoy your holiday and time off work.

This monkey is part of the (16thC?) plasterwork in the old court (as in court-room) area of Chirk Castle in Wales; I visited the castle (and took the photo) last year on one of my Northerly trips. The 蟠桃 long life peach does not appear in the original; I ( Read more... )

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puddleshark February 8 2016, 09:40:23 UTC

What a splendid monkey! He does look pleased to find himself holding the peach of immortality.

Happy New Year! Happiness, good health and success to you - and may there be many escapes into wonderful places.

wongkk February 8 2016, 09:46:57 UTC

Thank you! There is a more pleasing version of this greeting using, for the right-hand text, the same red/pink as appears in the peach but writing to someone in red ink in China has BAD connotations (grandparents say that it signifies that you never want to see the person you are addressing ever again i.e. it is a superstition like not walking under a ladder or putting shoes on a table) so I have used green for the public picture.

I am getting better at finding the wonder in more ordinary places - a camera can teach this, I think.

celestialraine February 8 2016, 17:53:19 UTC

Happy New Year!!! Peace, joy and prosperity to you and your family!!!

; ) pigshitpoet February 9 2016, 06:32:09 UTC

in canada it is also family day weekend, two reasons to celebrate, we had a sunny spring day today. the monkey must be happy!

thanks!

the new moon is in aquarius.. freedom to act as we wish

Re: ; ) wongkk February 11 2016, 16:19:26 UTC

act as we wish - that does sound like Monkey!

The family day weekend sounds good too, especially with the sun (when you're done with that Spring sun, you could send a bit over here!)

Re: ; ) pigshitpoet February 13 2016, 23:57:03 UTC

presto sendo!
om-ni zendo!
super innuendo!
non pretendo..
à Rouler Sa Bosse - Salt, Sun And Time...
; )

Re: ; ) wongkk February 15 2016, 08:52:25 UTC

That definitely worked, thank you: we had sunshine here yesterday and today!

jackfirecat February 9 2016, 12:56:53 UTC

Thanks! Happy New Year to you, too!

wongkk February 11 2016, 16:20:29 UTC

Hello! Good to hear from you - I hope that things are well. Thanks for dropping by here and leaving a nice greeting :=)

karadin February 12 2016, 17:44:02 UTC

Happy New Year to you too! Stay healthy!

wongkk February 15 2016, 09:24:09 UTC

Thank you! 2016 has been OK so far apart from the usual occasional flare-up of standard winter sinusitis. Supposed to be colder here tonight though - down to -7C locally.