It is finally the Chinese New Year season! Now I will talk about last Saturday, which is a long time ago, as i have no time at all for posting throughout Chinese New Year. So, try to imagine reading this post on that day itself!
Chinese New Year was coming in two days' time, so my family of three went to the Marina Bay where there is a sort of carnival, with spectacular lanterns on display, to celebrate Chinese New Year. This carnival, called River Hongbao, is held every year, most of the time at the Queen Elizabeth Walk. This year, fortunately, it is held at the Marina Bay Floating Platform, which has been used for the National Day Parade in the past two years.
This is a banner with the new logo of the carnival. 
We reached there at around 8pm. This is the picture of the entrance arch. My dad is the one in blue while my mum is behind him. 
We first rushed to the tent that says 'Food Street' to have our dinner as we were starving. The 'Food Street' sells delicacies worldwide, but we still restrained ourselves to local delicacies, such as satay. 
After dinner, we took our first step onto the Floating Platform, where the colourful lanterns were displayed. The ground was unexpectedly soft, because it was actually covered in fake grass, like the ones in our school's synthetic field. We entered the Garden of Spring where we first saw a magnificent lantern with a Chinese phoenix on top. It was brightly lit and looked very attractive. Next, we saw the twelve zodiac animals, as expected. They are displayed every year, but definitely with different designs. The last display in the Garden of Spring was a lantern pagoda which we could enter. 
My family went to the Chess Formation next. Amazingly, they have used the soldiers, horses, chariots, cannons and even the generals from the Terracotta Army to make a complete, giant Chinese chess formation. Of course, it is not the real clay Terracotta Army, they are just lanterns. This is a picture taken by my mum, so it is not a very good picture, but it is the only one I have. 
Finally, we left the Floating Platform and placed our attention to the humongous lantern statue of the God of Fortune. It is placed right at the centre of the promenade, in front of the seating gallery. 
It was about time to go, but my dad wanted to join in the traditional Chinese riddle-guessing activity. This was just the chance for me to take some photos hopefully for posting on this blog, while my mum sat on one of the seats to take a rest. These are pictures taken from all the way at the top of the seating gallery. 
Lastly, the photo of the traditional Chinese riddle-guessing activity and the additional photos of which I did not describe about.
Tired and weary, we returned home at around 11pm. We still have loads of things to do for the next few days!
To visit the official website of the River Hongbao, click here.
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