Chinese New Year In Bangkok: The Instagram Edition

Gong Xi Fa Cai!

Yesterday marked the first day of Chinese New Year and the official start to the Year of the Monkey.

Naturally, Bangkok has been celebrating in style with parading dragons, reams upon reams of lanterns, red envelopes and ever more pungent traditional feasts.

While Yaowarat in Chinatown has inevitably been the centrepiece of the festivities, New Year celebrations have been inescapable all over the city, from inner Sukhumvit out to the suburbs.

Here’s the best of Chinese New Year in Bangkok as spotted on Instagram…

A photo posted by Sarayut Sirichan (@matadorfelipe) on Feb 7, 2016 at 9:36pm PST

A photo posted by Ed (@ed_sirivallop) on Feb 7, 2016 at 8:37pm PST

A photo posted by postmodernystka (@postmodernystka) on Feb 7, 2016 at 9:24pm PST

A photo posted by BOXTEL Co.,Ltd. (@boxtelthailand) on Feb 7, 2016 at 9:22pm PST

A photo posted by @kirschbaum2007 on Feb 7, 2016 at 9:34pm PST

A photo posted by Maggie Song (@maggie5ong) on Feb 7, 2016 at 9:17pm PST

A photo posted by Krisztian Bagoly (@krisz04) on Feb 8, 2016 at 4:08am PST

A photo posted by tfranky (@tfranky) on Feb 7, 2016 at 9:09pm PST

A photo posted by tfranky (@tfranky) on Feb 7, 2016 at 9:05pm PST

A photo posted by Bere. (@berewangge) on Feb 7, 2016 at 9:01pm PST

A photo posted by Taotueng (@thetaotueng) on Feb 8, 2016 at 3:14am PST

A photo posted by Javier Espinosa (@javierespinosa2) on Feb 8, 2016 at 3:12am PST

A photo posted by @rrrrammm on Feb 8, 2016 at 2:43am PST

A photo posted by B®❗te (@brite_thatchai) on Feb 8, 2016 at 2:37am PST

A photo posted by Javier Espinosa (@javierespinosa2) on Feb 8, 2016 at 2:29am PST

A photo posted by @cesuli on Feb 8, 2016 at 2:28am PST

A photo posted by Annika (@awanderesss) on Feb 8, 2016 at 4:06am PST

A photo posted by @segolene.cvt on Feb 8, 2016 at 3:52am PST

A photo posted by Kristina Ten (@kristinaten) on Feb 8, 2016 at 3:51am PST

A photo posted by ????✨ (@biancanoble) on Feb 8, 2016 at 3:49am PST

A photo posted by Diego Mogollon (@diego_m_) on Feb 8, 2016 at 3:46am PST

Happy new year! #notahappycamper #chinesenewyear #bangkok #travellingchef #cute

A photo posted by Keith Carden (@keith_carden) on Feb 8, 2016 at 3:44am PST

 

Featured image is taken from @postmodernystka‘s Instagram post

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