Chinese New Year

The Year of the Dragon.

The beat of the drums can be felt through the soles of your feet as you stand at the temple on Chinese New Year. The vibrations flow up your body and it adds to the atmosphere and excitement of the event. Glebe Temple was our venue of choice to celebrate Chinese New Year as a family for the first time. There was a Dragon and Lions in amazing colours that paraded into the Temple. The movement was enhanced with the sweet and sickly smell of incense as people made their prayers for the year ahead. The crowd was about 2000 deep as everyone wanted to be the first to place their incense and their prayers for the year of the Dragon.

My Mother in Law was like a little footballer pushing her way into the crowd so we could get the best view of everything, nothing could stand in her way as she elbowed through all the while smiling and nodding. I hope our children inherit some of her skill to be used on the sporting field.

My sister in law was crafty and quick on her feet as she snuck us up the side entrance of the temple to see the Lions bowing at the alters.

My Father in law purchased some incense and we proceeded in a conga line type fashion to placde our incense and say our prayers.
How anyone could have a quiet chat with god/s in such a mad, crazy, loud environment I dont know but it all seemed to work out!
Red envelopes were given and received for the new year and for the first time we gave a red envelope with money in it to my husbands sister as we are now a married couple.

Next year I hope I can share this amazing experience with some members of my own family.

Happy Chinese New Year...may your year of the Dragon bring all that your heart desires.


3 days until we depart on our epic adventure.
Krystal.