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Lucky charms with Chinese knots and golden yuanbao/ ingots and golden coins. Knots are associated to ward off evil spirits or act as good-luck charms given during Chinese New Year celebration, the coins representing ancient Chinese copper coins had a square hole in the centre where a rope was passes through to tie coins into strings; shop along the road side, China Town, Bangkok

Photographer:Valeska Gehrmann
© 2008:Valeska Gehrmann at nationsonline.org