Now that the Chinese New Year preparations are in full effect all around the city, I too, of course, want to be prepared. That means for 2011, in the year of the rabbit, it's all things bunny for this girl. So, besides the red lanterns and paper decorations I have picked up from the grocery store, this little gem of a bag had to be mine. I saw a variety of them in the window of LeSportsac in Sanlitun Village the other day; how could I walk away without my own little Chun Jie (Spring Festival/New Year) souvenir?
Have you ever seen happier bunnies preparing for Chun Jie in all your life? They have even invited a Chinese dragon to celebrate with them (see him, in the lower left hand corner?). It sums up the Chinese New Year so nicely for 2011: bunnies watching and setting off fireworks; bunnies eating candies, cakes and yummy jiaozi; bunnies with red lanterns; bunnies wearing new red clothing, fashioned with red accessories; bunnies giving out gifts of red envelopes with even dollar amounts of money for good luck and to ward away evil spirits; bunnies carrying red and gold diamond shaped paper posters to welcome prosperity, wealth, health and happiness in the New Year!
And you thought it was just a silly little purse with silly little bunnies.
