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Description: | This tin was produced for export. The blossom, the lantern, the oranges and the red colouring all strongly suggest that this tin was intended for the Chinese New Year market. Prior to New Year's Day, Chinese families decorate their living rooms with vases of pretty blossoms and platters of oranges and tangerines. Oranges and tangerines are symbols for abundant happiness. Every traditional Chinese household also displays blooming plants to symbolize rebirth and new growth. Flowers are also believed to be symbolic of wealth and high positions in one's career. The Lantern Festival or Yuanxiao Jie is on the 15th of the first month of the Chinese New Year. This Festival marks the end of the celebrations of the New Year. Red packets containing money are often given during the New Year celebrations. Red clothes, too, are often worn. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Publisher: | Huntley & Palmers | Rights holder: | Reading Borough Council (Reading Museum Service) | Subjects: | lantern fruit still life ornament decorative art domestic flower | Temporal: | start=1965-01-01; end=1966-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Huntley, Boorne & Stevens | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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