Chinatown, London – January 2009
London’s Chinatown is only a couple of blocks from Leicester Square, but you may as well have stepped into a parallel universe. Chinese grocery stores, Chinese restaurants, Chinese newspapers, Chinese medicines… and alongside an army of tourists, a surprising number of Chinese people. Chinese New Year is always celebrated in January or February and in the weeks leading up to the big day, hundreds of paper lanterns are strung up in Gerrard Street and the surrounding roads, lending an exotic and festive air to a crisp winter morning. These backlit lanterns attracted me immediately, bobbing up and down with with their golden tassles swinging gently in the breeze.
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Beautiful…
I love the red paper lantern, they look stunning.
Cheers,
Elra
Amazing shot, Jeanne!!!
I cant wait for the Chinese New Year. Great photo.
Every single trip I make to London I go to Chinatown, I just can’t help it. I would have loved to live in the Far East for a while. Beautiful picture.
Considering how close I work to Chinatown I am there very rarely but this has reminded me to go over the New Year period. Thanks!