Chinese NY- Leicester square and Trafalgar square.

"China in London"- that is the theme for tourisms in 2006. No suprise that the CNY was celebrated with fireworks in Chinatown and concerts, parades in Trafalgar square.



As the interesting clock at the swiss building marked the hour, Leicester square boomed with the sounds of fire crackers on the first day of Chinese New Year. There was a really big crowd gathering there, with more caucasians than Chinese people.

I had found a vantage point at the steps of Odeon Cinema facing the square. Every inch of the steps were packed with people. We look like some delegates posing for pictures after attending the United Nations meeting, except that we were not in our suits or tuxedos. A camera man walking past took pictures of us. Haha.. it sure looked like we posed for it, a crowd of people standing neatly on the staircase and with smiles on our faces.

The children had the most fun, as usual. The Caucasian kids definitely enjoyed playing with the paper dragons which could "expand" and the dog loving British ladies were obviously finding the small dog figurines " oh, so lovely".

You can view more pictures of the celebration from the BBC website.