Working with 毛筆 máo bǐ (hair writing brush) has been one of the most popular activities and I came up with the idea of combine that into a cute little gift box. It was happened to be one child's birthday today so we had a little treat in each of them inside.
On the box it said 大吉大利 dà jí dà lì （means super lucky & super profits).
Chinese like to play words that share the same pronunciations but might be different meanings. People would say nice wishes to each other during the Chinese New Year (especially for those who have businesses for this particular one).
吉 jí means luck and oranges hold a symbolic meaning.
利 lì means profits and pineapple represent that.
Many dishes we normally have on the Chinese New Year's day (some family will have it on CNY's eve) have very similar effects.
We have to have a whole fish as the word 魚 yú (fish) has the same pronunciation as the word 餘 (remain or surplus / having leftovers of money).
餃子 jiǎozi （dumplings) have the shape of 元寶 yuán bǎo （gold ingot), also the word jiǎozi shares the same pronunciation with 角子 jiǎozi that is a small coin used in old times.
年糕 nián'gāo (Sticky Rice cake), also called Chinese new year's cake. It is considered good luck to eat nian gao because it has the symbolism of increasing prosperity every year.
全雞 quán jī （whole chicken) - family fortune and togetherness of the family (chicken with its head, tail and feet symbolizes completeness).
There are many many more!!!
On the box it said 大吉大利 dà jí dà lì （means super lucky & super profits).
Chinese like to play words that share the same pronunciations but might be different meanings. People would say nice wishes to each other during the Chinese New Year (especially for those who have businesses for this particular one).
吉 jí means luck and oranges hold a symbolic meaning.
利 lì means profits and pineapple represent that.
Many dishes we normally have on the Chinese New Year's day (some family will have it on CNY's eve) have very similar effects.
We have to have a whole fish as the word 魚 yú (fish) has the same pronunciation as the word 餘 (remain or surplus / having leftovers of money).
餃子 jiǎozi （dumplings) have the shape of 元寶 yuán bǎo （gold ingot), also the word jiǎozi shares the same pronunciation with 角子 jiǎozi that is a small coin used in old times.
年糕 nián'gāo (Sticky Rice cake), also called Chinese new year's cake. It is considered good luck to eat nian gao because it has the symbolism of increasing prosperity every year.
全雞 quán jī （whole chicken) - family fortune and togetherness of the family (chicken with its head, tail and feet symbolizes completeness).
There are many many more!!!
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