Thursday 28 January 2016

Lunar New Year Fair - Hong Kong, China

Lunar New Year Fair  is a type of fair held annually a few days before Lunar New Year in markets, China, and spread with Cantonese immigration.


The Lunar New Year Fair history can be traced back to the Wanli Emperor age of the Ming Dynasty, by the time, the southern land from the Pearl River's Flower Peacents (For Chinese,this term is more closed to western peacent than farmer in reality) started selling flowers as a market. The ancient flower market was held everyday, but without a current location.

In the 1860s, the flowermarket turned to the modern mode which is held during the Lunar New Year's Eve. In 1919, the Lunar New Year Fair got into its biggest time. From the year 1949, when the People's Republic of China was founded, lots of Cantonese immigrated to Hong Kong from Guangzhou and other Pearl River Delta Areas, and then the overseas

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