chinese puppets characters in chinese parade

amusement ancient antique asia asian asiat asiatic beijing belief calendar carnival celebrate celebration characters chinatown chinese city community costume craft cultural culture custom decoration dragon dressed entertainment eve event famous felicity festival festive festivity folk fortune french fun garlands gifts greetings handmade happiness happy heritage holidays leisure luck lucky lunar new newyear oriental outdoor parade party partying patrimony people popular prayer prosperity revelry seasons show sign spectacle squib statue streets strong success suit symbol symbolic the town tradition traditionnal year