Hong Kong Chinese New Year

The sleepy Hakkanese village of Tai Long awakens once a year for the qilin dance to pray for prosperity, health, and all the good things in life

Fighting flowers: Hong Kong's rowdy Chinese New Year flower market

A tour of Mongkok's flower market where crowds fight over the biggest blooms to signify a prosperous, fortunate, and fecund Year of the Tiger

Abalone, conpoy, black moss... here's a guide for buying and cooking the most auspicious foods for Chinese New Year

Plus: Fortune-telling goes electronic. After all, it is 2010

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