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.
Symbols are often universally understood (colors, animals), but don't have to be. NovaNet: A person, place, animal, or object that reps. SOmething standing for something that is normally isnt A metaphor is very similar and also stands for something it isn't.