Chinese New Year is finally around the corners! Everybody is getting busy shopping for new clothes, new shoes, new Chinese New Year decorations such as flowers and spring couplets.
One colour to represent Chinese New Year is of course Red!
Red is the colour when you think of Chinese New Year. Red is an auspicious colour in the Chinese culture and it symbolises good luck and happiness. Walking down the streets of China town, you will see red everywhere — red lanterns, red spring couplets, red packets and other red decorations for Chinese New Year.
Talking about red packets, it is one symbol for Chinese New Year.
People, from children to adults to elderlies, would think of red packets at the mention of Chinese New Year. Children would be happy at the thought of going for visits to relatives and friends' house, mostly because of the content inside the red packets. Just the thought of receiving various denominations of notes makes them grin from ear to ear. Meanwhile, adults would be having a heartache giving away their hard earned money to make children happy. Due to these mindsets, not many know the true meaning behind red packets. In China, during the Qin Dynasty, the elderly would thread coins with a red string. The money was called yāsuì qián (壓祟錢) meaning "money warding off evil spirits", and was believed to protect the person of younger generation from sickness and death.
The image to represent my feelings for the upcoming Chinese event would be...
Happiness! :D
During Chinese New Year, we can finally reunite with our family members. Forget about the stress, the homework load, the projects, the upcoming tests, and putting down the all things on we have on hand and enjoy the reunion dinner happily together with our family. Around the corners of Chinese New Year, there will also be new clothes and shoes bought that makes me happy. Of course, the main reasons of me looking forward to Chinese New Year is the holidays we get to enjoy and the money from red packets! XD
Finally, I wish everybody 身体健康, 学业进步, 万事如意 and a very HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!! :)
~Kitty
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