Chinese New Year

I choose this scarlet red as it is more serious than a bright red and it is more meaningful.

I choose this symbol of lantern and fire crackers as they are the highlights of Chinese New Year.

I choose this dumplings as every Chinese New Year I would eat this with my family and this reminds me of my family.

-Jiani (22)

Chinese New Year

I chose red because it represents good luck, wealth and prosperity because I would like to have a good start for the new year ahead.

I chose this symbol, which is alpha, because I would like to set higher expectations for myself to achieve as I didn't really perform during Year 1 and I would like to perform my best for the new year ahead.

I chose this image of a red horse because the zodiac for this year is horse and I would like to be as fast as a horse, so that I could get a silver for Napfa and to strive hard for my studies and excel.

Thoughts and experience: During the upcoming Chinese New Year, I thought a lot about what to do during the Chinese New Year in Malaysia, like what should I eat, how could I spend my time wisely. During the upcoming Chinese New Year, my mother had been playing Chinese New Year's songs daily and had been spring cleaning daily as to welcome the new year ahead.

-Zhi Yang (33)

Chinese New Year

I chose violet because it represent my feelings of looking forward to Chinese New Year.

 This symbol represent the 12 Chinese zodiac and it's red in colour which also represents wealth, prosperity and I would want to have a good start in the upcoming 2014

This image represent prosperity for the upcoming Chinese New Year

-Zhan Ting (32)

Chinese New Year

Colour

Everytime I think of Chinese New Year, the colour that first comes to my mind is red. 

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)