Monday, February 11, 2013

Challenge #106 The Year of the Snake

Chinese New Year Celebration started on February 10th and it is the year of the snake.

Often, the evening preceding Chinese New Year's Day is an occasion for Chinese families to gather for the annual reunion dinner. It is also traditional for every family to thoroughly cleanse the house, in order to sweep away any ill-fortune and to make way for good incoming luck. Windows and doors will be decorated with red color paper-cuts and couplets with popular themes of "good fortune" or "happiness", "wealth", and "longevity." Other activities include lighting firecrackers and giving money in red paper envelopes.



Tangles used are Ambler, Crescent Moon, and Sanibelle.

9 comments:

  1. Nice! This has a bit of a South West feel to it.

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  2. Really like it-especially the Greek Key circle. Hope you survived the blizzard ok!

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  3. This is so lovely in its simplicity. And thanks for the info about the New Year!

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  4. This is really nice, I was thinking that the ring was a coin from a money tree?

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  5. I am so impressed to see the snake weave in and out of the circle! Well done, with just the right amount of Chinese flavor!

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  6. This is so delicate and a great theme example.

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