Ming How's Symbol, Colour and Picture for CNY

Symbol
Chinese characters usually have one or more meanings and some of them are particularly loved by Chinese people. Fu is one of the most popular Chinese characters used in Chinese New Year and Fu is the pinyin for good luck in Chinese. It is often posted upside down on the front door of a house or an apartment. The upside down Fu means good luck came since the character for upside down of Fu in Chinese sounds the same as the character for the arrival of Fu. I wish to have good luck and prosper this year thus I chose this symbol.






 

Color
I chose this color because according to the legends, there was this mythtical beast called Nian and it would come on the first day of Chinese New Year to look hor his sacrifises like woman and children. There was one time when Nian got scared away by a child wearing red and so people have discovered the way to fight against Nian. Ever since it was Chinese New Year, many people would use red colour things to decorate their houses to scare away Nian. Red colour can also symbolies good luck and fortune so red is the best to represent Chinese New Year since it is a very cheerful and happy occasion.

Image
This picture depicts all the cookies and Chinese New Year snacks which my mother have been spending a long time to make. The reason why I chose this picture was because it I think I would experience mixed feelings whenever I eat the Chinese New Year snacks as my mother have been spending a lot of time and effort making all the snacks. Everyday immediately after work, she would go and start preparing the ingredients in the kitchen all the way until the night. It has been very hard on her since she has been complaining about her body aching frequently. While I could be very happily munching away on the snacks during Chinese New Year in the past and taking the food for granted (吃得很爽XD), I had never showed any appreciation to my mother for putting so much effort. However...... the snacks are really too nice already, I would always be the "food-taster" for my mother and polish off everything!!