www.chinaview.cn 2006-01-29 23:17:36
TOKYO, Jan. 29 (Xinhuanet) -- With Lion Dancing, parades and fireworks, many Chinese in Japan joined the celebrations on Sunday to mark the beginning of the Year of Dog.
At Japan's largest Chinese community in Yokohama, about 30 km southwest of Tokyo, shops and restaurants along nearby streets were all decorated by red lanterns and couplets on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year.
Crowds gathered to watch the parade and other traditional performances along the 300-meter-long main road. Many Japanese and Chinese also took the opportunity to taste traditional Chinese food such as roast ducks and dumplings.
Attracted by the parade, many people walking by stopped to shoot photos and videos. The "actors" and "actresses", however, are not all Chinese. Yang the beauty was played by a Japanese office lady surnamed Yamamoto. "This experience will give me a lifelong pleasant memory," said she.
Fewer and fewer Japanese are celebrating the Lunar New Year since the cease of usage of the Lunar calendar over 100 years ago. Nevertheless, with some 600,000 Chinese in Japan, this tradition have been sustained and passed on.
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