I was so tired after the marathon volunteer, therefore I spent the first day of Chinese New Year at dorm~

I can show you some pictures of my friend’s fantastic day~

My friend Xue is a good cook and pictures below are what she cooked for the New Year~

This was the train she took to China Town~

Look at the noisy street in China Town.

Here is a dragon and lion dance~

This is a totally new experience for me, instead of being together with my family, I volunteer in the relay~

It was really cold on Saturday and I realized that I have stand for at least 3 hours in the chilly weather. I felt really bad in the beginning~

Faraz and I stood in one corner of Hyde Park to guide the runners~

Before it started, Faraz and I kept talking in order to ignore the coldness~

Once it began, I was totally attracted to the match.

You could find out so many people participate in this match regardless of age.

I was moved by their spirit. Most of them were not coming for the rewards and they just ran for fun. Winning the match was definitely the only motivation of the match and it was human spirit that inspired them.

We kept yelling to the runners: “Come on!” “Keep running!” “Excellent!”

Though we were frozen to death, our spirit was so high that I wondered maybe someday I would be one of the runners~

It was really a meaningful day for me~

I learned a lot, enjoyed a lot and met new friends~

Photos will be uploaded shortly~

Chinese New Year is coming this Saturday~

This is the first time I’m going to spend it myself in a foreign country~

Every year before this time, we usually have a whole big family reunion.

At the Eve of the Lunar New Year, women are preparing the food and decorating the house; Men are talking and playing cards or Majiang; Children are busy playing around the house.

We usually decorate our doors with Spring Festival couplets， scissor-cuts and a red squared paper with 福 on it, which means good fortune. Especially, when you put it upside down, it indicates the good fortune is coming to your family！

At night, we gather around the TV watching Spring Festival Gala on CCTV. Dumplings are certainly the main dish that night~ Several coins may put into the dumplings and who eat the ones with coin will have a lucky year~ That’s the tradition, but be careful of your teeth~

At sharp 24:00, the fire crackers go off everywhere and people are wishing for a happy New Year!

On the first day of Chinese New Year, adults will give money to children and kids need to kowtow. As long as you are not working, you can get some money from your relatives and this is the most enjoyable moment for many kids~

In China, there are 12 animals stand for each year. Can you make a guess?

This year, it is the year of Tiger and I am a “tiger”. When you come across your year, the tradition is to wear anything red to avoid bad luck of the year~

We decide to celebrate it in advance and in the Chinese restaurant where we first had dinner together~

In Chinese, it goes that you will feel especially lonely when you are coming across a festival in a foreign country~

Therefore, it is really great to have friends around you~

One of my good friends Jenny spent her first birthday in Britain with us last Saturday~

We made the traditional Chinese hot pot at dorm~

Look at the pictures I show you~

Look at the beautiful fruit cake~

We are a big family ~

Beautiful girls and orange me~~~~