Chinese New Year or Spring Festival is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is often called the Lunar New Year.

Flowers are an important part of the New year decorations. Believe it or not, if you admire and found the flowers pretty, they’ll give you good energy. The two flowers most associated with the New Year are the plum blossom and the water narcissus.

Plum Blossoms : Known as 梅花 in or Chinese plum, a species of Asian plum in the family Rosaceae. It is the national flower of China, also a traditional flower for Chinese New Year, stand for courage and hope. It is also one of the four “flowers” appeared in Mahjong table.

Fish : It has symbolic significance because the Chinese word for fish, 魚 (pronunced as “YU”), sounds like the word abundance in Chinese. Thus, it is believed that eating fish will help your wishes come true in the year to come. For westerners it may be disgusting to see the entire fish lying on a plate, you usually buy fillet in supermarket which already cut by someone else. In China, a fish served whole is a symbol of prosperity. Fish (well… not the real ones) is also a popular decoration during the Lunar New Year Festival.

Lucky Character: The single word 福 “FOOK ” (above photo), which means BLESSINGS, is displayed in almost every home and office. They are usually written on a piece of red paper.