Today In China January 30 2011

Not much happening today. Many of the Chinese have traveled to their home cities for the upcoming Chinese New Year/Spring Festival. The supermarkets are always crowded and all of the decorations are available for sale such as the couplets and what I call the red lanterns. The couplets are Chinese sayings written on red banners that hang on each side of the door to express wishes for the coming new year. Here is a link that explains the holiday:http://www.travelchinaguide.com/essential/holidays/spring-festival.html. Sorry, I am inside the great firewall and have to use a proxy to post this blog, so you may have to copy and past the link.