Christmas Apples China

Christmas eve is called ping an ye 平安夜 silent or.

Christmas apples china. Ping in the word apple 苹果 píngguǒ ping gwor sounds like the word peace in mandarin which is used for christmas eve peaceful evening so people give and eat apples particularly on christmas eve. Christmas eve in chinese is called ping an ye which means a peaceful night and the word for apple in mandarin is ping guo whose first character sounds the same as the chinese word for peace. Students in an art college in shandong sell the apples painted with non toxic color. Love love hearts and peace are popular messages.

Wondering what christmas in china is like. The apple on christmas eve is no ordinary apple it is called a peace apple. The new and slightly puzzling tradition dates back to at least the past decade reports the los angeles times. It s a pun chinese are always use the pun of chinese to represent some implict meanings or make a lucky sign.

Many stores sell apples wrapped in colorful papers. The apples wrapped in beautiful bags are not ordinary apples. Some people go carol singing although not many people understand them or know about the christmas story. Apple is pronounced as ping guo in chinese.

People who are christians in china go to special services. Young people send them to their friends as gifts at christmas eve. It is said that eating peace apple at christmas eve will make you peaceful and safe next year. Over the past decade gifting apples on christmas eve has become so popular in china that the price of the fruit has actually risen dramatically every december 24 according to gbtimes.

Apples are sold with messages printed on the skin in chinese. For example in the new year reunion dinner fish is mandatory cause ib chinese fish pronounced as yu whose meaning profit in chinese. The word for apple in mandarin is píngguǒ 苹果 which sounds like the word for peace. Christmas apples packaged in special boxes sell for about 1 50 on the streets of beijing.

They are called peace apple. Student shows the apples painted with pictures in liaocheng city east china s shandong province dec 24 2014. Jingle bells is a popular christmas song in china. Chinese young people send apples as presents to their friends because christmas eve had been translated into chinese into ping an ye that indicates a.

It is a symbol of peace.