{"id":2817,"date":"2011-01-29T15:41:44","date_gmt":"2011-01-29T07:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=2817"},"modified":"2011-01-30T01:08:13","modified_gmt":"2011-01-29T17:08:13","slug":"office-decorations-for-the-chinese-new-year-at-www-tour-beijing-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/company-activities\/office-decorations-for-the-chinese-new-year-at-www-tour-beijing-com","title":{"rendered":"Office Decorations for the Chinese New Year at www.tour-beijing.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There are several ways to prepare for the coming Chinese New Year (Spring Festival<\/span><\/a>). One is room or office decorations with door couplets, paper-cuts for windows and hanging charms. This morning we go to the nearest market to buy some Chinese new year auspicious things for office decorations. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Every year we stick to the tradition of Chinese new year office decorations in a hope of having good luck for the coming new year. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Busy preparing for the office decorations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Show the couplets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Show the paper-cuts for the window decorations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
Spring Festival Door Couplets<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
Spring Festival Couplet, also known as Door Couplet, indicates people’s great expectation for the future. It is a kind of literary form of Chinese characteristics. It is also an\u00a0integrated part of Chinese New Year culture.\u00a0Spring Festival<\/span><\/a> Couplet derived from the portraits of Door Gods drawn on peach wood, which were often hung outside the door all through the year to keep off evil spirits.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Our Door Couplets for the Year 2011<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Paper-cuts for Window Decorations<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
The paper-cut for window decoration\u00a0sends out\u00a0a kind of the joyous festive air and\u00a0brings enjoyment to people as well as kind of decoration and beautification. The paper-cut is very popular during Spring Festival<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in China, well received by people at the ages. Paper-cut for window decoration is\u00a0rich in content with various themes coming from ordinary life.\u00a0Its subjects are plentiful, such as mythical legends , folk stories with different images like birds,\u00a0fishes,\u00a0flowers and the most important animal of year.<\/span><\/div>\n
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See-through Paper-cuts for window decorations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Chinese New Year Danglers<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
People like to buy the new year danglers to decorate their houses or offices for auspiciousness as well as to add more festive atmosphere in Spring Festival<\/span><\/a>. The most popular danglers are the animal of the year. Divided into a 12 year cycle, each Chinese lunar year is\u00a0marked by an animal. Similar to western astrology, the characteristics of the animal that\u00a0dominates a particular year will\u00a0decide a person from that birth-year.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Hanging Charms - Chinese knots above our front desk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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the Chinese character "FU" - "Auspicious"<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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