New Year celebrations in China for 2023, the Year of the Rabbit, will be much more normal for the first time since the pandemic, as lockdown restrictions have finally eased.
Appropriately, rabbit years in the Chinese calendar are ones in which the sacrifices and efforts made previously will be rewarded, as rabbits symbolise both patience and good fortune. The rabbit is the luckiest of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals, so rabbit years are seen as auspicious ones likely to bring peace and success. It is traditionally a good year to have a baby, or to start a new business, and those willing to take some risk are supposed to have good luck in a rabbit year. This all sounds like just what the country may need after three turbulent years dominated by the pandem...
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