Busy Sea Park offers wide range of Chinese New Year goodies

Chinese New Year falls on Monday January 26, 2009.

If you want to do your Chinese New Year shopping, go over to busy SEA Park town in Section 21, Petaling Jaya city for the festive atmosphere where you can find wide range of interesting Chinese New Year goodies from food to decorative items.

Red lanterns to symbolise New Year come in various shapes and sizes are available at Ping Yiu Tailoring Material Supplier shop in Jalan 21/19.


You will find the best of Chinese New Year decorative items sold here at Ping Yiu Tailoring Material Supplier shop. Shopowner Mr Lee Kah Lin standing beside the unique decorative items.


Decorate the house with flowers for Chinese New Year. Colourful artificial flowers that are auspicious for the Lunar New Year celebration such as peach blossom which symbolises courage and hope are available Ping Yiu Tailoring Material Supplier shop.


Brightly colored lion heads and long cloth tails at Perniagaan Sin Hup in Jalan 21/22. Their original purpose was to drive away bad spirits while bringing good luck, and so it remains today.


A must have fruit in the household - the pomelo or 'Loke Yau' in Cantonese, as they symbolise 'abundance' are available at SEA Park wet market stalls in Jalan 21/17.


Stacks of must-have auspicious mandarin oranges of different grades and sizes at SEA Park wet market stalls. Mandarin oranges are a must have in Chinese New Year. Its Cantonese name 'kum' means gold.


More stacks of mandarin oranges at Sang Mark Fruits Market in Jalan 21/17. Every Chinese household is stocked up with abundance of mandarin oranges as they symbolise 'bringing riches and fortune to the family'.


Mandarin oranges packed in traditional wooden crates at Sang Mark Fruits Market.


More pomelo at Sang Mark Fruits Market.


An Indonesian shop assistant of Kedai Ubat Jinfatte Sdn Bhd looking after gift hampers placed on the floor outside the shop.


The Kedai Bunga Flower Talk shop in Jalan 21/22 is filled with fresh flowers for the festive season. Live, blooming flowers symbolize the rebirth that will take place with the coming new year.


More fresh flowers at Kedai Bunga Flower Talk. Flowers convey a rich and symbolic message.


Lime plants or 'kumquat' for sale at Kedai Bunga Flower Talk. It bears many fruits which is called 'kum' in Cantonese which means 'gold' Therefore having the plant at home symbolises the abundance of wealth.


Bak kua or barbeque pork and chicken meats are associated with Chinese New Year. The meat are minced and mixed with a mixture of Chinese red wine, fish sauce, salt and sugar. They are then rolled into thin layers of plastics to make them into slices. After that, the meats are dried under the sun before they are barbequed with charcoal fire.


The temporary make-shift stall selling bak kua or barbeque meat (pork and chicken) in front of Restoran KFC in Jalan 21/19 near the traffic lights junction. According to stall owner, it opens for business ten days before Chinese New Year until new year eve.


The Sun Lee Heng stall at SEA Park wet market in Jalan 21/17 selling prayer items for the prosperity of the new year.

Prayer items in red for decoration at the altar.