Jianing's colour, symbol and picture

I choose the color white as it is the color for perfection, purity and innocence. And in color physiology, white is the color of new beginnings, so it is like the blank canvas to be written upon. So, I wanted to say that everyone should start afresh every year, as if they were 're-born', so innocent and pure like a new born child.  Its basic feature is equality, implying fairness, so during the Chinese New Year, I will invite different Chinese to come and eat with my family and I. I won't be unfair and not invite someone just because they may be poor and old.

I choose this symbol as it represents something I want to achieve in the year 2014. I want the snakes that coil around the sticks to be friends. So it is like there is a bond between each and every friend. And the wings on the top is meant to be implying that alone we can do little, but together, we can do much more. So, I hope in the year 2014, 2G can be more bonded and together, we will soar to greater heights.

I choose HongBao to be the image as I wanted to make my stand clear on the upcoming matter. Recently, I had been asking my friends if I could go and visit them during the Chinese New Year. But the first thing they said is that I wanted to get HongBao. But in my opinion, money is not important. What it really matters to me is the time that I can spend with my closest friends and family. So I wanted to voice out that don't always think that everyone put money as the first priority, some may just want to spend the time with you to bond more.

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!!

Valerie's colour, symbol and image for Chinese New Year

I chose this picture as red is a colour that symbolises prosperity and good wealth in the Chinese culture. There was also a story about how new year was begun by chasing away the monster, Nian, from eating the villages in the village by hanging up things with the colour red to frighten it away. 

I chose this symbol as it represents spring in mandarin. To me, spring means a brand new year and good luck, therefore, i chose this symbol to represent the start of the year on the Chinese lunar calendar, Chinese New Year.

I chose this picture as i felt that having a reunion dinner on New Year Eve is very important as it is the time where a family can come together for a meal. Nowadays as people get busier with their work and their own families, we tend to neglect making time to talk to one another and sitting around a table for a simple meal together, therefore i chose this picture as i felt that the significance of having reunion dinner once a year is very important.