According to Chinese Mythology, they've got red coz some monster called Nian (Nián shòu, 年兽) *coughduriancough* attacked some villages annually sometime around spring - CNY to attack people. An old man eventually showed up when people were running to the mountains *screams*. Seems like he knew what happened there every year so he decided he'd get a house for the night while the neighbourhood ran for the hills. When Nian came up to grab dinner, he found the village covered in red papers with calligraphies hanging from the door of one of the houses and was brightly lit. He was like "The hell is this?!?". Curiosity got the best of him and as he got closer, some firecrackers exploded in his face and he ran back to wherever he...she...it *what gender exactly is Nian refered to?!?* So that's how some of the CNY celebrations came about. Apart from keeping Nian and company away, red is also considered as the lucky color and a significance of wealth.
As for valentine's Red color, must have come from the arrows cupid shot those innocent fellas...
Here are a couple of shots I took at mid-valley lion dance:
Here are a couple of shots I took at mid-valley lion dance:
Poor white dragon crew fell. "They are trained pro's. they can't fall" Nick
So the dragon's should be scared of color red, yet they are red in color....
Trust an intern to photobomb:
