China prepares to welcome ‘Year of Pig’

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. (IANS)

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