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Hui Chun/Red banner, good wishes painted on paper, Bangkok
Red oval shaped Chinese New Year lantern on green lucky bamboo as lucky charm, Bangkok
Electric lanterns with gold fish or koi and chrysanthemum blossoms as lucky charm, Bangkok
Guan Yim and the Thousand Arms, shop with figurines, Bangkok
Porcelain figurines of Gek Nueng and Dek Gim Tong holding a golden yuanbao/ ingot, Bangkok
Porcelain figurines of Guan Yim/ Guan Yin/ Kuan Yim/ Kuan Yin, Bangkok
Nang Quak, ladies beckoning with waving arm signals, shop with plastic figurines, Bangkok
Warlord Guan U with guardian weapons, Chinese figurines shop, Bangkok
Dragons made out of paper and plastic with drums on the upper end for sale, Bangkok
Children before a performance, Thian Fa Foundation, Bangkok
Ritual with masks, street performance, Bangkok
Youngsters with mask like painted faces, Bangkok
Boys with mask like painted faces, Bangkok
Tsai Shen (God of Wealth) with golden yuanbao/ ingots, and Smiling Person with a fan, (the later 'God of Smiles' , Bangkok
Lion Dance to ward off demons, Bangkok
Mask for the Lion Dance,
Bangkok
Modern vs. traditional clothing, boy with mask from the Lion Dance in front of a traffic light, Bangkok
Chinese Opera played in the streets , Bangkok
Purchase- and sale price of gold written on a goldshop's window displayed in baht, Bangkok
Golden and jade coloured mice and rat figurines holding banners and coins, ‘year of the rat', Bangkok
Golden rat figurine with a sack full of money and yuanbao/ingo standing on red envelopes, ‘year of the rat’ , Bangkok
Porcelain mice figurines holding a symbolic peach, ‘year of the rat’ , Bangkok
Mouse/ rat figurines and girl figurine 'Jade One' made out of paper holding a red banner, good wishes on paper, Bangkok
Mouse as lucky charm for the ‘year of the rat, Bangkok
Mouse/ rat figurine on auspicious red paper with symbolic peach fruit, lucky ,’ year of the rat’, Bangkok
Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse and Mini as lucky charm made out of paper, ‘year of the rat’, Bangkok
Chinese character for wealth in golden colour on red paper with left facing swastika, Bangkok
Banners sponsored by a supermarket chain, street scene with partive crowd, Bangkok
Banners reading 'Long live the King, Shark Fin Restaurant China Town Scala', watched over by a mystical dragon, Bangkok
Tired lion after a Lion Dance,
Funny Man/ Uncle and the lions visiting Wat Mangkon Kamalawat temple during the Lion Dance, Bangkok
Lion masks on pick up car, inside Wat Mangkon Kamalawat Temple, Bangkok
Dragon figurines, Bangkok
Golden dragon figurine with coin and yuanbao/ ingot, display at a goldshop, Bangkok
Golden dragon with precious stones, display at a goldshop, Bangkok
Dragon mosaic at Canton Shrine, Thong Chiang Thang,
Golden Guan Yim Guan Yin, Kuan Yim, Kuan Yin statue, worshipped as patron of sailors and fishermen, Bangkok
Joss paper offering picturing the Jade Emperor, Gek Nueng, Dek Gim Tong, lotus- and chrysanthemum blossoms, Bangkok
Joss paper offering with necklace and printed lotus flowers at Canton Shrine/Thong Chiang Thang, Bangkok
Offerings at Canton Shrine, Bangkok
View into a temple, Bangkok
Red envelopes, lucky charms made out of jade and other objects, Bangkok
Shop selling joss paperr, space inside and outside the shop is used for storage and sale , Bangkok
Preparing food offering, Bangkok
Sale of sweetmeat offering in form of a pagoda in symbolic colour red and white, Bangkok
Goldfish and lotus flowers next to red banners as lucky charm on a shop's door, Bangkok
All photos copyright 2008 Valeska Gehrmann. . Reproduction prohibited without permission.
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