Chinese New Year typically begins with the onset of the New Moon which is on the first day of the New Year and ends on the full moon day lasting for 15 days. Lunar New Year therefore is the 15 days long festival entwined with all the classical traditions and age old Chinese beliefs. The lunar New Year is the time to invoke the good time whilst chasing away all the evils. Quite ideally therefore foods, gifts ideas, cards, decoration on the lunar New Year balance the very concept of the Chinese New Year thought and beliefs where invoking the good time and chasing away the evils are the basic crux.
Chinese New Year card is one of the important essentials of the Chinese New Year. New Year in China is fiesta of showing respect to the family members’ that has passed away and is the juncture of gathering and family get together. |
Quite ideally therefore on the Lunar New Year, Chinese New Year's cards are sent to relatives, friends and dear ones who stay far away as a memento of the fresh beginning. Chinese New Year cards are also sent to those who ever have failed to join the traditional family get-together. The color red reigns as the backdrop of the Chinese New Year card since it is treated as the auspicious color to drive away the evil whilst greeting the good time. New Year cards are therefore traditionally designed on intense red with all those images representing prosperity, good time, wealth and fortune for the coming year. Cherry blossoms, gold coins or money, images of the Chinese zodiac animals and the images of the whole fish are ideally embossed and printed on the Chinese New Year card to deliver the message good luck to everybody. Sending the Chinese New Year card is an accepted New Year custom to ensure good fortune and happiness in the coming days.
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