Chinese New Year Symbols

By hanging up fish decorations chinese people are hoping that in the new year they will have wealth and prosperity.

Chinese new year symbols. 2020 is a year of the rat starting from january 25th 2020 and ending on february 11th 2021. The year of the rat begins on chinese new year ending the. It is an gold rat year.

Spring couplets chunlian or chun lian. Year of the rat youtube. Chinese symbols including tangerines plum blossom yuanbao and firecrackers tangerines and oranges.

The year of the rat started on jan 25 2020. On new year s eve families gather for festive. Chinese new year falls on a different date each year due to the chinese lunar calendar.

The rat is one of 12 animals in the chinese zodiac shēngxiào or 生肖 which is based on a 12 year cycle. In chinese the word for fish 鱼 or yú sounds similar to surplus which makes it a dish that symbolizes prosperity. What is chinese zodiac.

Bringing best wishes and fortune along with it they happen to be an important chinese new year symbol. 2021 will be a year of the ox starting from february 12 th and ending on january 30 th 2022. 12 and lasting to 2022 lunar new year s eve on jan.

A very old new year symbol for the chinese spring couplets are traditionally written with black ink on red paper and hung in front of the doors before the new year day. The chinese zodiac known as sheng xiao or shu xiang features 12 animal signs in this order. Family unity is the most important aspect of lunar new year and for the chinese roundness is symbolic of unity which is why the all important reunion dinner has to take place over a round table and oranges and pomelos are presented during the lunar new year.