Chinese New Year in Shanghai and the Countryside

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Food stalls in Shanghai fry greasy, savory pancakes full of salty goodness
Shanghai is famous for steamed dumplings filled with soup— yum!
People hang the word for "Fortune" (good luck) upside-down on their door, because the word "upside-down" sounds just like the word for "come here", and they want luck to come!
Another photo of the giant balloon lights in Shanghai with a temple in the background
Even though everything was decorated very beautifully, many people had already left Shanghai for the New Year to go spend time with their family in their hometown
Jiawei's little brother puts glue on the back of large red good luck banners and gets ready to hang them by the door
Back in the countryside, my host family got ready for the New Year by making dumplings
The back side of a set of a shadow puppet show

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