While visiting a friend at University Villas this past weekend, I ran into a door that had Chinese New Year decorations on it. Not wanting to risk the apartment tenant coming outside while I was taking the picture, I decided to find one online. The door that I saw had red paper at the top and on the two side of the door, there was nothing on the actual door itself. Chinese New Year, which happened on January 31st this year, is usually affiliated with an animal, the horse this year. The reason these decorations were still up is because the Chinese believe they will bring good luck and fortune for the year to come. The red paper symbolizes joy and virtue while the gold writing symbolizes wealth.
(Image above found at http://haudenschild-com.blogspot.com/2012/01/origin-of-chinese-new-year-spring.html )
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