Travelog post for: Cool Jules

Today we go to a Chinese New Year Festival.  Smith is interested in seeing a dragon dance, it's his life mission.

The dragon dance is quite colorful and interesting.  The dragon, along with the baby lions, danced around the venue to the drumming.







These two are the mascots of the Beijin Olympic 2008.



There are a lot of booths at the festival.  This one has a lot of colorful Chinese arts and crafts like the pretty umbrella.



Cool Jules and I helped out at the Puff Dragon Boat Racing Team's promotional booth. 



They have an impressive collection of the medals and trophies they won. 







I found a small paddle but I think it's still too big for me.



We also visited the booth Tarepanda was volunteering at, by Tzu Chi, a Taiwanese charity organization.

These Chinese knots ornaments are hand woven by the volunteers.



These are the bubbles for making the boba tea.



Chinese snacks, also hand made, on sale.  There are the fried tofu, fried dumplings, soy sauce eggs, and pan fried buns.



The veggie buns are first steamed in bamboo steamers.



Then they are pan fried to finish.