🎉 Emojis for celebrating Chinese New Year 🎉
🐲 Chinese New Year is coming. In East Asia this 🎉 Holiday is being vigorously and cheerfully celebrated, lasting for as many as 15 days. Yet in the other parts of the world, people just do the casual greetings over the Internet, using the themed set of smileys and emojis.
The festival signifies a beginning of the new year according to the 🌙 Lunar 📅 Calendar, symbolizes the end of ❄️ Winter and approaching 🌸 Spring. The holiday also means that one of the twelve zodiac cycles of the Chinese Zodiac has started, with each of them being related to the specific animal or natural element.
Chinese New Year signs
For each of the 12 animal signs exists a certain kind of emoji appearance:
- 🐀 Rat;
- 🐂 Ox;
- 🐅 Tiger;
- 🐰 Rabbit or 🐱 Cat;
- 🐉 Dragon;
- 🐍 Snake;
- 🐎 Horse;
- 🐐 Goat or 🐑 Sheep;
- 🐒 Monkey;
- 🐓 Rooster;
- 🐕 Dog;
- 🐖 Pig or 🐗 Boar.
Sign of 2023
According to the Chinese calendar, on the day of the first January 🌑 New Moon, in 2023, comes the year of the Water Rabbit or Cat. These animals are believed to symbolize kindness and compassion, with such a year boding well for prosperity, bringing 👪 Family happiness and peace of mind.
Why are there two sacred animals of the year? It has to do with variations in local horoscopes. In 🇨🇳 China, for instance, the 🐰 Rabbit is worshiped, whereas in 🇻🇳 Vietnam and 🇳🇵 Nepal it is the 🐱 Cat. There can also be found a mythical explanation for the duality on the Internet. According to one legend, the cat was replaced by a rabbit by Chinese sages, while another legend says the lazy cat simply 💤 Overslept his destiny.
Emoji signs of the Year 2023: rabbit and cat
But for the emoji fans, two signs of the new year are a good thing. Indeed, more emoji can be used to mark the occasion online. To be more specific, not only 🐇 Bunny and 🐰 Rabbit Face, but also 🐈 Cat, 🐱 Cat Face and even emotional cat faces.
All of these emojis have been used more frequently online since December 2022, on the eve of the Gregorian calendar New Year’s Day.
Value of rabbit and cat emojis page visits
In addition to the above-listed Chinese zodiac signs, there are also other symbols which are associated with the holiday:
- 🧧 Red envelope;
- 🏮 Red Paper lantern;
- 👲 Person With Skullcap;
- 🍊 Tangerine;
- 🍃 Leaf Fluttering in Wind;
- 🎋 Tanabata Tree;
- 🥮 Moon Cake;
- 🥟 Dumpling;
- 🌏 Globe Showing Asia-Australia;
- 🧨 Firecracker;
- Currency symbols;
- Southeast Asian Flags emojis
These trendy smileys will come in handy for more than just a fancy holiday greeting. The 🧧 Envelope and a 💴 Yen sign emojis, for example, combined with a heart emoji in a text will wish someone good luck and wealth in the new year. The combo of 🥟 “Dumpling”, 🥮 “Moon Cake” and 🍷 “Wine Glass” will be inviting guests. Meanwhile 🧨 “Firecracker” alongside 🥳 “Party Face” will convey the atmosphere of New Year’s Eve festive activities.