An Apple a day keeps the doctor away, but you know a bowl of oranges can bring fortune for lunar new year?
In China, it sounds like the word name them for luck. Double meaning that the same applies to oranges, which sounds like the word for fortune, and pomelos, which sounds like
(Deborah Parker Wong/Associated Press)-13 February 2008 this photo courtesy of Deborah Parker Wong show for Chinese new year celebration at the home of Wong in San Francisco. Orange, grapefruit and pomelos are shown in the next to a plate containing the traditional festival food. Wong, American United Kingdom and Germany the descendants married a Chinese man, in the canton of the first generation of Christians and China had observed the Festival for many years to give couples two children the best of both cultures.
This kind of symbolism in the decorations for the Chinese new year, which set the stage for a meaningful benefit in that surround yourself with things that look and sound like a fortune
Red and gold is the predominant color of the Chinese new year decorations, with gold signaling prosperity and red indicate life. (And the word for Red China sounds like prosper.)