Chinese New Year 2012 decorations at Sunway Pyramid mall, Malaysia

There are certainly more Chinese New Year decorations can be seen elsewhere in Malaysia than those posted here, but Sunway Pyramid in Subang area has the best that I’ve seen so far this year. Sunway Pyramid is an infamous mega shopping mall found in the Klang Valley of Malaysia which is well known for its giant Sphinx statue entrance and Pyramids roofing and architecture resembling those of the Egyptian Pyramids.

Each year during the Chinese New Year festival, they always put together some nice decorations in and around the mall to celebrate the event, and they have done it exceptionally well this year. Here are some of the photos taken with my Nikon D7000 and Nikkor 10-24mm UWA lens.

The overview of the centre court lobby decorated with a mock of the ancient Chinese fairyland.

A giant pendant lighting featuring red lanterns, a symbolic fitting for Chinese New Year.

Artificial Chinese cherry blossom are ‘planted’ around the lobby, as real Cherry Blossom can’t grow in the tropical climate of Malaysia. I love cherry blossoms so I will fly to Japan this Spring to witness its full bloom! 🙂 If you wish to see a giant cherry blossom tree mock, head over to the Time Square of KL instead.

Stood at the centre stage is a giant Chinese dragon statue rising up high from the water pond (they really put up a temporary but real pond with water!)

If you look up higher, you will notice that the dragon is actually flying up towards to red lantern balls hanging down from the ceiling. Great idea!

A pagoda is even built at the fairyland.

This is one of my favourite shots of the day.

Walking out of the mall, various festive decorations are put up to attract patrons and tourists.

There is a fountain in the compound that served as a roundabout to the incoming traffics and is now decorated for some attractive lighting show at night. I didn’t stay until night so had to take a rain check for that.

That’s it for now for a brief report on Chinese New Year countdown decorations around town in Malaysia. More attractive photos will be posted in upcoming reports here in Travel Feeder. Watch this space and HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012! 🙂 – Travel Feeder, your ultimate photo travel guide to Malaysia

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