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.
Definition of symbol. 1  1 : an authoritative summary of faith or doctrine : creed. 2  2 : something that stands for or suggests something else by reason of relationship, association, convention, or accidental resemblance; especially : a visible sign of something invisible the lion is a symbol of courage.