At one glance, I thought the goldfishes were paper lanterns. They are in fact made of some sort of paper art (the body of the fishes). I can’t figure out what they are called in English or even Chinese but they bring back some lovely memories. We used to have crafty toys made of small colorful straps of this paper art but like most traditional toys, they are not made anymore.
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Splendid ! Thank you Lisi for your nice post and nice pictures.
February 25th, 2006, at 4:45 pm #Lovely ones. Do these goldfishes bring luck somehow ? or are they just decorative ornament ?
February 25th, 2006, at 9:10 pm #very nice!! (But its sad that only industrial toys are made nowadays)
February 25th, 2006, at 9:47 pm #Lovely photo. Are you thinking of papier maché?
February 26th, 2006, at 1:51 am #Lovely colours!
February 26th, 2006, at 3:43 am #Very nice! Are those little bells they have underneath them? Or maybe a good luck sign?
February 26th, 2006, at 4:43 am #You know, it’s a bit weird, but I took some pictures in Chinatown today, one of which is of paper lanterns, which I want to post tomorrow (not as nice as yours, though).
February 26th, 2006, at 9:35 am #Karine, I think they are both decorative and for luck
Nicola, that one is a good luck sign…with the price tag on it
February 27th, 2006, at 12:32 am #And Eric, I still don’t know what do peopole call that kind of beehive shape paper, maybe it doesn’t have a proper name.