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Jump to Top of List. Party Supplies. Party Decorations. Craft Supplies. Quick View. Some are statements about what the residents want or believe in, such as harmony or prosperity. These might remain up until renewed at the next Chinese New Year. In the same vein, a four-character idiom of well wishes is often added to the crosspiece of the door frame as well. Paper cutting is the art of cutting designs out of paper any color, but typically red for the Spring Festival , and then gluing them to a contrasting backing or a transparent surface e.

It is customary for people in northern and central China to paste red paper cuttings on doors and windows. The image of an auspicious plant or animal typically provides the theme of the New Year's paper cutting.

Each animal or plant represents a different wish. For example, the peach symbolizes longevity; the pomegranate, fertility; the mandarin duck, love; the pine tree, eternal youth; the peony, honor and wealth; while a magpie perched on the branch of a plum tree presages a lucky event that will soon happen. Images on the paintings are auspicious legendary figures and plants. The fu characters are deliberately inverted.

Fu means 'good fortune', and posting the character upside down means they want the 'good fortune' to "pour out" on them. The right side of the character was originally a pictogram for a jar. So by upturning the character implies they're "pouring out" the jar of good fortune on those coming through the door! People liked the alternative meaning so much that they started fixing their fu decorations upside down to "invoke" a 'pouring out' of blessings.

In Cantonese, the kumquat is called gam gat sue.