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China prepares to welcome ‘Year of Pig’

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Beijing: Streets and homes across China wore a festive look on Monday, adorned with red paper lanterns, good luck messages and images of the pig, to mark the Lunar New Year or ‘Year of the Pig’, which begins on Tuesday.
Posters with new year greetings were put up across cities with the character “fu”, which means “good luck”, reports Efe news. Fu cut-outs, circled by a red square, could also be seen hanging upside down to indicate the arrival of wealth and prosperity. Many posters and greetings also carried imageries of the pig – one of the 12 Chinese zodiac signs – which is associated with fertility and prosperity.
The animal will be the central figure in upcoming festivities, including a month-long lantern festival at the popular Yuyuan garden in Shanghai.
Carole Zhang, a Beijing resident who follows Feng Shui, an ancient Chinese system that defines rules about architecture and the arrangement of objects for ensuring good fortune, told Efe that the character, a fundamental part of Chinese calligraphy, was known for association with happiness, success and wealth.
During the Lunar New Year celebrations, most shops and restaurants will remain closed and the streets of metros like Shanghai and Beijing will likely be deserted compared with the rest of the year. (IANS)

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