Like bright oceans of red, the shops selling festive and religious articles on the sides of Queen’s road west are truly amazing sights. And they are busy too!. Inb true HK fashion, these famous shops run brisk business and follow very well the seasonnal changes. So, as we are right in the middel of CNY festivities, they are fully stocked with all sorts of door couplets (Fai Chuns) , and many other kinds of decorations. Some of them tend to be a little tacky, but hey, they aim is to bring onto the home an air of happiness and joy…
There is this deco that I particularly fancy: a sort of cross between traditional Chinese symbolics of the God Wealth ( a happy one that is! and the world famous Japanese “Chiu Choi Mao”, the cat that calls for fortune. Behold:
