Chinese New Year’s Artistic

Symbols And Traditions

The presence of art elements especially colors and forms
evidently hold a big impact to catch the attention or interes
of the people during Chinese festivities . There are 9 Artistic
symbols during Chinese Festivities.
1. The welcoming of the Gods of Wealth and Prosperity
2. The Festival of Lanterns
3. The red envelopes
4. The Dragon
5. The Clothing
6. The Family Picture
7. The Symbolic Color and Shape
8. The Nian Hua
9. The Food
 The Welcoming of the Gods of
Wealth and Prosperity

 Celebrated during the fifth day of New Year

 The Chinese believe that the Gods of Prosperity will come
down from the heaven.
 The Festival of Lanterns

 The fifteenth day of the New Year is known as the Festival

of the Lanterns
 Marks the end of the New Year celebrations
 Poems and riddles are written for entertainment
throughout the streets
 The Red Envelope
 Also known as the Hong Bao in Mandarin and Ang Pao in
Hokkien
 It is filled with money
 Color red signifies goodluck, abundance, and happines
 The Dragon

 Present in many Chinese cultural celebrations

 Descendants of the Mythical Creature
 It represents prosperity, good future, and luck
 The Clothing

 The girls are usually dressed in red or bright-colored

cheongsam
 Red is a color of good luck and could scare away evil
spirits and bad fortune
 The Family Picture

 Taking family pictures is an important ceremony after the

relatives are gathered.
 The photo is usually taken at the hall or in front of the
house
 The most senior head of the family sits at the center
 The Symbolic Color and Shape

 The red diamond shapes are symbols for arrival of luck,

prosperity, blessings, and happiness
 Displayed on the entrances of Chinese homes
 Seen hanging upside down
 The Nian Hua

 Chinese colored woodblock printing for decoration during

Chines New Year
 Picture of a door God
 Every family replaces its picture in order to “say goodbye
to the past and welcome the future”
 In the city of Mianzhu, there are particular rules that they
need to follow such as symmetry, completeness,
equilibrium, clarity and a normal meaning
 The Food

 The most important dinner of the year is the Chinese New

Year’s Eve meal
 The Chinese always have sticky glutinous rice as a symbol
of family unity
 This food is also known as Tikoy.