Happy New Year! Chinese New Year Celebrations in Yokohama (January 28 â February 11, 2017) **Info from the Yokohama Tourism Board** You will hear the burst of fire crackers, cymbals, drums, and Chinese gongs along with Chinese lions and dragons will dance in the festive Chinatown.
1. an object symbolizing a quality, state, etc.; symbol: The olive branch is an emblem of peace. 2. a figure or design that identifies something. 3. an allegorical picture that embodies a moral principle.
Symbols are images or concepts that represent something greater the symbol itself. A symbol is something we use as a stand-in for words, ideas, emotions, and/or events. I use symbols every day in my design work. Before inserting them my pendulums and jewelry, I research the symbol's meanings, origins and history.