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Another new year! As the Chinese New Year approaches, Emojiall is here to wish you all a Happy Chinese New Year!!!🎇🧨🍻
Chinese New Year, also called Spring Festival, is an important festival for Chinese people 🇨🇳 and the grandest of all Chinese festivals. The Chinese New Year has a long history and brings together the essence of many traditional Chinese cultures, which is an essential part of the distinctive Chinese culture🔴.
This is also reflected in the emojis, as several of the emojis that represent Chinese characteristics are related to the Chinese New Year.
Emojis related to Chinese New Year customs
1. Red Envelope🧧
It is a red paper packet used to contain the lucky money. Many people also use this emoji directly to refer to the luckey money. Giving luckey money is one of the traditional customs of Chinese New Year and is also a favorite custom of children because it is the only time in the year they have the opportunity to "get rich"💰. The elders will give the luckey money to the children in red envelopes to ward off evil spirits and bless them with a peaceful year.
In the design of many platforms, the red envelope have a chinese character on it. It indicates good fortune, good luck, etc., which can enhance the blessing effect of the red envelope.
🔺：Red Envelope emoji on different platforms
The real red envelopes can also be printed on some other chinese characters or patterns, but they all express pretty much the same meaning of blessing.
2. Dumpling🥟
Eating dumplings is also one of the special customs of Chinese New Year. Dumplings are a traditional Chinese delicacy, usually made of flour, vegetables🥬 and meat🥩. It is said that the custom of eating dumplings at Chinese New Year has been around since ancient times in China, and it signifies honoring the past and welcoming the new year.
Nowadays, due to the increasing standard of living, dumplings are not only a New Year's food. In northern China, where food made of flour is preferred, dumplings are often served at the dinner table on normal days. It is not only a special food for Chinese New Year, but also a symbol of Chinese culture.
3. Firecracker🧨
Playing firecrackers during the Spring Festival have had a history of more than two thousand years. Legend has it that in ancient times, at the end of each year, a vicious beast called the "New Year Beast"👹 would come out to attack humans, in order to drive away its attack, people would set off firecrackers, so playing firecrackers has been passed down to become a Chinese New Year custom.
Today no one has long been superstitious about this legend, and in view of environment 🌏️ and noise problems, many places in China have banned firecrackers, but in the hearts of many people, when they were young, playing firecrackers with their friends is still one of the happiest entertainment activities during the New Year.
🔺：（(Left) Firecrackers with auspicious designs | (Right) Firecrackers being set off
4. Lantern🏮
Red lanterns are a traditional Chinese holiday item. During major festivals like Chinese New Year, red lanterns are hung in streets, parks, buildings 🏘️ and even homes, which can foil the lively atmosphere of the festival.
In addition, there are some emojis that are not directly related to Chinese New Year, but are commonly used by people during Chinese New Year. If you need them, you can click on this link on the right🧐: Spring Festival
Chinese Zodiac
These emojis in the picture below are also related to Chinese New Year, but some people may not know it.
🔺：There are several animals that have more than one corresponding emoji
These twelve animals represnt the Chinese Zodiac. In China, in addition to numbers, people also use the Chinese zodiac to record the year. Each year corresponds to a Chinese zodiac symbol, which is cycled in the order of the picture, twelve times for a cycle. For example, last year was the Year of the Ox🐮, this year is the Year of the Tiger🐯, and the next year will be the Year of the Rabbit🐇. The arrival of Chinese New Year symbolizes the alternation of the two Chinese zodiac🔄, therefore, in the minds of many Chinese people, the Chinese New Year is more representative of saying goodbye to the past year and welcoming the new one than the New Year.
As China's influence grows internationally, the Year of the Zodiac is now becoming more and more well-known. This year, Twitter has also designed an exclusive hashtag symbol for the Year of the Tiger, if you tweet the hashtags related to Chinese New Year, such as #ChineseNewYear, #LunarNewYear, #YearOfTheTiger, a little tiger 🐯 symbol will automatically appear behind the hashtag. It is super cute! (The tiger will only appear after these hashtags and cannot be copied and used elsewhere)
Conclusion
In fact, the Chinese New Year customs are far more than these. Hope to see more Chinese special emojis in the emoji list someday in the future! Finally, I wish you all a happy Chinese New Year once again🐅! We'll see you in the next blog!
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