What flowers to put on the New Year's Eve lily pads

Besides peony, lotus and plum blossom, floral motifs such as orchid, which signifies elegance, chrysanthemum, which signifies longevity, and four-leaf clover, which signifies good fortune, are also found in New Year's Eve window paintings, which represent the unlimited yearning and blessings of people for a better life.

Window flowers are paper cutouts that are pasted on window paper or window glass. In the past, regardless of the north and south, the Chinese New Year period are pasted window flowers. And the northern window decals are still prevalent, in Fengning, Hebei Province, during the Spring Festival, if anyone did not stick the window decals, people will guess whether the family is out of order.