Chinese New Year flowers
Lunar New Year is one of the traditional festivals in Hong Kong. Before this festival has come, there are many lunar New Year fair stalls for selling huge amount of various goods, novelties and food etc. The customers can buy some interesting products and meaningful flowers in the fairs.
Chinese believe that New Year flowers can bring fortune within a year. The flowers include daffodil, peach blossom, Rock's Peony and calamondin etc. Each kind of flowers contains its own special and fortune meaning. For examples, putting Peach blossom at home can bring fortune of Love; Rock’s Peony contains wealth meaning; calamondin is auspicious etc. Many people would like to buy flowers in Spring Festival especially the elders. Concerning the reasons for buying these flowers, some people want to welcome the coming Lunar New Year and orientate this Spring Festival. Also, someone may buy as an ornament putting at home. The people often put the flowers until Lantern Festivals.
From "Lunar New Year Fairs" by Annie, Shing Ka Yan