Lion Dance in the Office!

We had a welcome surprise at work yesterday when a Lion Dance group made it's way through the building to bring prosperity and good wishes to everyone for the new year. (Chinese New Year just doesn't end here!)

The lion is considered a guardian creature in Chinese culture and he is supposed to ward off bad luck to every office that it visits while going through the building. (Let's hope my luck will travel with me back to Atlanta!! )

There were 2 people dressed as the "lion" roaming through the building with a drum group providing the "beats" for the journey.

This was a cool sight to see in the office, and you could hear the drums long after they left the floor you were on. So many fun superstitions and traditions here, especially around Chinese New Year. It's really been fun to try to soak this all in.

(Here's some of the people I've been working with in Hong Kong - posing with the good luck lion. We seem to all be looking at different cameras. And for those who have asked, you can click on any of the pictures throughout the blog to enlarge them for a better view)