The parade snakes through the canyons of apartment buildings in our neighborhood. It's a noisy time with bands playing, recorded music blasting and fireworks going off.
Like any parade, there are bands, float, trucks, banners, marchers, dragons, ...
Saturday, February 23, 2013
The Local Temple Parade
Now that Chinese New Years is over, the local temple can take the temple God out for an inspection tour of the neighborhood. This is usually a parade from the temple, around the neighborhood and back to the temple. From our 13th floor apartment we could see the entire parade across Xinsheng Street.
The parade snakes through the canyons of apartment buildings in our neighborhood. It's a noisy time with bands playing, recorded music blasting and fireworks going off.
Like any parade, there are bands, float, trucks, banners, marchers, dragons, ...
But the parade is totally a local affair made up with neighborhood groups and businesses
It is a chance for the local temple to solicit money and support from the neighborhood. Mr Roger's would be proud.
I'm shooting these pictures with my Lumix DMC-TZ3, it's a great camera with a 10X zoom. I feel even better using it because I bought it for $5 in the US at a garage sale. (I spent $8 on Amazon buying the missing charger and extra battery.)
The parade snakes through the canyons of apartment buildings in our neighborhood. It's a noisy time with bands playing, recorded music blasting and fireworks going off.
Like any parade, there are bands, float, trucks, banners, marchers, dragons, ...
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