Happy New Year 2023

This ornament is called "shime kazari 注連飾" , put on the entrance door for the New Year. All materials have lucky meanings. Red is a symbol color of happiness.

Shide 紙垂, a pair of red and white lighting-shaped paper shows that the building has been cleaned in order to greet the New Year.

Daidai 橙, a kind of orange, is a symbol of family continuation.

Dried leaves of Daphniphyllum macropodum 交趾木 are rolled with white paper. Their new leaves come out when older ones still on branches. People hope that a family continues ceaselessly through time.

The back of Gleichenia 裡白(a kind of fern) leaves is white. People put this plant on the ornament to wish their family long life. 

The shape of a opened fan is associated with expansion of prosper.

Red sea bream 鯛 and lobster 伊勢海老 (miniature) are used for happy events.

A red-crested white crane is a symbol of long life. 

Wishing you all a healthy and happy New Year!

 

The luster of the colored leaves

The right tree is ginkgo. The center one with no leaves is a weeping cherry. No cloud is in the sky.

I don't know the name of the left conifer with reddish leaves. 

Two plantains in front still keep their big leaves green.

 

Deep Fried Oysters 炸蠣蟥

As it becomes colder, oysters become tastier. They contain high protein, healthy fats, many vitamins and minerals.

眼下正係食牡蠣嘅季節。