Chinese New Year - The Year of the Ox

Gong xi fa cai!
Wishing you happiness and prosperity!

Buying Spring Festival decorations.

















Our apartment with our spring festival flowers.






















Breakfast on New Year's Eve...... followed by dinner.


























Red lion, yellow lion.


Frightening off the evil spirits on New Year's Day, and gathering an audience.

Windmills to mark the 'winds of change' for the new year.

On tour

Travelling in South-east China with Catherine and Roger, and Catherine's brother, and Roger's sister, and Roger's sister's family.





Visiting Luo Jiangzhong and his family.









And with our friends Lynda (second from the left) and Suzie (far right).













In front of Moon Hill with our Yangshuo guide, Jack









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The Puppet Master of Zhangzhou

© Richard Evans

On the move with 'Tour Guide' Lynda

A street market in Xiamen

© Richard Evans

In the hills

West of Zhangzhou and Xiamen some ancestral halls have stone posts erected in the forecourt to mark the achievements of local citizens.


© Richard Evans

The things you see!

'It's Mickey!!'

A cool night in Fuyu Tulou

A warming brew

Preparation of rice wine in Fuyu Tulou.

Citrus season

Along the banks of the Li River, pomelos and oranges were being prepared for market.

Karst and cave

The distinctive peaks and caverns of Guilin and Yangshu are formed through dissolving rock.

Cooking school

Doors and alleys

Rice cakes

In the market of Fuli Town we discovered a sweet and chewy snack for Spring Festival.

Oil tea

And then we discovered oil tea; a bitter cloudy brew with crunchy extras.

On the train

'Hard sleeper' (left) and 'soft sleeper' (right) travel.