A very large rat, auspiciously festooned to ring in The Year of the Rat. Across the plaza at Cheng Huang Miao this evocative pair angled in anticipatory hope:
Chinese New Year is a five-fold happiness. Aside from a week off work (and two off school), fabulous feasts, fireworks and dramatically reduced prices at department stores nationwide, it's custom to bai nian - that is, to pay visits to family, friends and acquaintances in order to personally wish everyone a happy and lucky new year. For kids (and kids are kids until they sire their own), these trips may essentially be boiled down to trick-or-treating for money.
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