During the Chinese New Year, Chinese greet each other “Xin Nian Hao” 
or “Guo Nian Hao”
– Happy New Year. “Gong Xi Fa Cai” 
or "Gung Hay Fat Choy" is used more in Cantonese speaking regions such as Guangdong province and Hong Kong. The direct translation of “Gong Xi Fa Cai” is Wishing You Good Fortune or A Happy and Prosperous New Year.
How the Chinese Decorate Their Houses for the Chinese New Year?
The favorite colors during Chinese New Year are RED and GOLD. Red symbolizes happiness while Gold symbolizes wealth. As such, these two colors are predominant in most Chinese New Year decorations and greeting cards.
During The Chinese New Year, families in China adorn their front doors with New Year Greeting Couplets, which are fragrant with fresh India ink, to give the feeling of life's renewal and the return of spring. The couplets have three pieces, two longer ones vertically hung on each side of door, one shorter one horizontally hung on the top of the door. These couplets contain traditional greetings and good wishes for things such as a very lucky year, good health and prosperity. Here are the original New Year Greeting Couplets that you can hang on your doors.
In addition, the Chinese also decorate their doors or windows with Auspicious Chinese New Year Children Figures, usually one boy and one girl, opposite each other. They both hold “Lucky” signs and are the symbols of “Good Luck” for the New Year. Here are the figures.
Chinese children love celebrating New Year because they can enjoy the firecrackers on the Chinese New Year’s Eve and hold lightened colorful lanterns on the Lantern Festival, which is on the Fifteenth of the First Month. Your child can enjoy the Chinese New Year as millions of Chinese children do by having the fake firecrackers and original Chinese lanterns.
In the countryside, people also decorate their windows with Chuang Hua – Window Flowers, usually in large papercut format. Most Chuanghua are in red and have lucky and prosperous symbols such as children holding fishes or flowers. You can also decorate your window with these original animals and zodiac and characters papercuts.
