A few days before the Chinese New Year, which started on Feb. 2nd, the Rotary had an activity where we went to the most famous street that sells Chinese New Year goods in Taiwan. We went during the afternoon on a weekday a full week before the New Year and it was still absolutely packed with people! On this street there were a ton of things to buy. The most popular item on the street was candy and snack foods. This is because it is considered good luck to offer guests these items during the Chinese New Year. There was also a lot of colorful trinkets for hanging in the home to bring prosperity and wealth. The most amusing part was that everyone selling items was wearing rabbit ears being that this year is the year of the rabbit in the Chinese calendar.
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