Colour
It is because during Chinese New Year, many people put up decorations in red and wear red coloured clothes. The Chinese believe that wearing red colour is auspicious and scares away evil spirits and bad fortune.
Symbol
The symbol I would think of is the digit '8'.
During Chinese New Year, some people may also put decorations to do with the number eight, or some red packets come with designs that have the number eight on them. It is believed by many Chinese that eight is a lucky number. The number eight is pronounced "ba" in Chinese and sounds like the word for prosperity which is pronounced "fa".
Image
The image I would think of is this:
This picture shows the word 'fu' written on a piece of red paper and it is overturned. During Chinese New Year, many people paste this up around their houses. The word 'fu' means prosperity or good fortune. And overturning it, the action of which is called 'dao' can also mean to arrive. This concludes that people want to have good fortune in their homes.
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-Serena Soo (17)
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