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Tips to get ready for New Year

Symbol of good luck

The color that is most recommended is red. Red is the color or symbol of good luck in Chinese culture. The number 8 also symbolizes good luck and wealth, as in Chinese the word for eight rhymes with fortune or wealth.Take care not to overdo the decorations. Display a few good ones to bring life and fortune from their brightness and colorful nature.Place flowers through the house, such as lotuses. Lotus flowers symbolize rebirth and new growth.Place mandarins in bowls throughout the house. Mandarins with their leaves still intact are the fruits of happiness for the New Year. Keep their numbers even though, as uneven numbers bring unhappiness. When offering mandarins to others, always offer them in pairs.Set out a tray of candies with eight different types of candies arranged along it. The traditional candies are those made from lotus seeds, longan, peanuts, coconut, red melon seed, candied melon