^Look real? These vegetable lookalikes are made from paper.
There are lots to buy to prepare for the Chinese New Year (CNY) which is based on the lunar calendar. No, we don't buy mooncakes. Mooncakes are for the Mid-Autumn Festival. For the CNY is a time to pay visits to friends and relatives, people flock to the supermarkets to buy eatable items to be given as gifts during the visits. Why eatable items? Probably in the old days the Spring Festival is to herald a new year of farming. Anyway, Chinese culture is preoccupied with eating.
^Soybean sheets, bean curds and bean cakes. All are paper-made.
Floral decorations like cut flower arrangements and potted plants are the second thing to acquire from the market. They are to decorate homes to greet visitors. 
^The two young creators of these fake foodstuff. They spent a week doing the work.
The third things are Chinese traditional sweets and other candies to treat visitors immediately after they have sat down and given a cup of tea. The must-have are the various sorts of Nin Go, which are cakes made of turnip and cane sugar, to name a few, and to be fried for serving as breakfasts and lunches during the CNY period.
We'll return to the GXR stuff when the busyness abates a bit.
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