The Chinese Lantern Festival had many great lanterns on display, but surely the best was Jason and the Golden Fleece. The Epic story of Jason and the Argonauts sailing from Europe through the Black Sea to Asia where he wins the Golden Fleece seems particularly apt. Here we see Jason standing before the captured Golden Fleece, having vanquished the dragon.
2016 is the Year of the Monkey. Jove has his eagle, Juno has her peacock, and Bacchus has his leopard, so we decided that the monkey must be the animal associated with Folly, the goddess of mischief. Little is known of Folly since most sensible people try to avoid her.