A family making and selling traditional lanterns in Hoi An, Vietnam.
It's fantastic.So go.
The Chinese Lantern Festival is a nightly celebration of Chinese culture in Toronto, Canada. This is the largest Chinese festival held outside of China and its a must see.
Another display of the floats, but this is the city of Cerritos. I just loved how the composition worked, w/the framing..
China: at the Court of the Imperors is the current exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, Italy. The exhibition, shown for the first time in Europe, contains over 200 masterpieces from the Han to the Tang dynasties (25 - 907).
At the Classical Chinese Garden in Portland.
At the Classical Chinese Garden in downtown Portland.
An overlook of the Classical Chinese Garden in Portland.
One of the beautiful and mysterious walkways at the Classical Chinese Garden in Portland.
Yukimi doro (snow-viewing lantern) in Genkyu-en garden. Apparently it looks best when its wide brim (kasa) is covered with snow.