Traditionally, keeping flowers at home is the typical Cantonese way to celebrate the Spring Festival. Because Canton is one of the warmest cities in China, its climate at the end of winter is always warm enough to keep flowers and the variety is great enough to combine each kind of flower in many ways. Customarily, Cantonese people like choosing the flowers with warm colours or those with the names which pronunciations are similar to something good or lucky. One of the most popular choices is tangerine. The Cantonese pronunciation of tangerine is very similar to lucky or fortunate, and its yellow colour looks gold, which connotes “money” or “property” for the family; daffodils are also good choices, because its fragrance is delicate for domestic environment. Those who wish that they can meet true love or have romantic experience in the future year will keep a branch with peach flowers in their living room or corridor.

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