chinese new year symbols

Chinese New Year  is according to chinese new year calendar( lunar calendar), and Chinese New Year symbols base on the moral, tradition and partial tone,etc.
Lunar New Year is concern to many customs and symbols. Each of these Chinese New year symbols has its own meaning and importance. Every Chinese New Year symbol has a profound meaning in it. So let's learn penetrate deeply about these Chinese New Year symbols and bring prosperity and happiness in our lives in a Chinese new year！

Chinese new year symbols

Chinese new year calendar is also called Chinese lunar calendar, it bases on the cycles of the moon, and is constructed in a different way than the Western solar calendar.Chinese New Year symbols often shows the dates of both the Chinese Lunar Calendar and the
Gregorian calendar. the Chinese dates are printed in Chinese numerals, The Gregorian dates are printed in Arabic numerals.there are many chinese new year symbols, below are some significant and conventional.

1. Chinese New Year symbols:Spring Couplets

Spring Couplets can is a very old symbol, it can trace back to Ming dynasty. it is said that Ming Taizu( first emperor of Ming dynasty once a peasant and Buddhist monk）. Spring couplets are traditionally written with black ink on red paper using writing brush,but now also uses print machine.They are hung in storefronts in the month before the Chinese New Year's Day, and often stay up for two months or even longer, in residence Spring Couplets will not take off until the next year when the hung the new ones.They express best wishes and fortune for the coming year. There is a great variety in the writing of these poetic couplets to fit the situation. A store would generally use couplets hat make references to their line of trade. Couplets that say "Happy New Year" and “Continuing Advancement in Education” are appropriate for a school.

2. Chinese New Year symbols:Lucky Character

The Chinese character "福" (The word “FOOK, good luck;), and "财"(Fortune) are usually pasted on the wall or door in many homes and stores. They are usually written by writing brush on a Red Paper. This is supposed to be a lucky Chinese New Year symbol. You can also think Lucky Character is a another kind of Spring Couplets.

3. Chinese New Year symbols:Lai-See Envelopes

Lai-See Envelopes is also called Hong-Bao. It likes a red envelope. Money is usually placed in these envelopes and given to children and young adults at Chinese New Year's time( junior can also give Lai-See Envelopes to eldership, it means respect), you can take it as the Christmas presents of Chinese people in Chinese New Year. If you are not married, you do not have the necessary to give Lai-See Envelopes to others, but if you like, take it easy!This is also a very important Chinese New Year Symbol especially to the children, it a very important way and a good chance to get pocket money for the the coming year.
If you want to know why chinese people give Lai-See Envelopes instead of money, i can simply
tell you that it just meet the character of chinese people ,Society and culture.