Introduction
Thus, Lunar New Year is a popular holiday, which is also called Chinese New Year or the first day of the Spring Festival, is popular in many countries. It is a time to come together with the families and pay respect to the ancestors, to have a lot of food and to exchange gifts. Giving ‘red envelopes containing money’ known as ‘hong bao’ and other tokens of gifts is synonymous with corporate and individuals and friends and families. Lunar New Year is this February 12 and that makes it the Year of the Ox in the Chinese zodiac calendar.
Competing in the today’s business world, it is crucial to seal the deal and leave a memorable impression to the clients. If you select the appropriate CNY delicacies to present as tokens of appreciation to your clients and colleagues, you can prove that your thinking is original and valuable to their business relationships. This article is going to provide you with some different ideas towards the traditional CNY goodies that will make you a cut above the rest.
Happy New Year Wishes Lunar New Year Letters
Self-made electronic greeting cards for Lunar New Year or post cards specially designed for the recipients – clients and business associates will be appropriate. These can be in form of a company logo, a happy new year message or even a quote that your company holds dear. If you want to make your designs look more unique, appealing, and sentimental, then you use an online site for designing like Canva or Mixbook. Try to use templates, which will give more time to complete then allow to add the individuality of the illustrative or graphics.
Traditional Chinese snacks optioned
To support your creativity and cultural understanding, you should provide some Chinese snacks but in unusual ways. Replace the usual mooncake with some other flavours such as match, blueberry cheesecake, green tea etc. Another is meat jerky, or bakkwa which may come in interesting flavours like wasabi or honey lemon for instance. Deliver these snacks in elegant, printed gift hampers or containers that the recipients can use well after the holiday season.
Lunar New Year Themed Care Packages
Care packages are always a good sign to show the people you work and interact with that you care about their welfare. Make gift baskets that are festive for the Lunar New Year and can include traditional Lunar New Year snacks and candies like rice cakes/cookies and tea but also can also package basic necessity items like hand sanitizers, masks and other personal products. Send a little greeting with the card and wrap the hampers in a decorative canister that the recipients can use after the holiday.
Educational Goodies
You may use the Lunar New Year as an opportunity to share knowledge with your clients and other coworkers by providing them informational materials to learn more about this occasion. For instance, you can have library with set of children’s books or bilingual stretched stories about China heritage, history and culture. The topic for another show and possible e-book or even digital magazine could be Information and tips on how to have a successful Year of the Ox as well as reflecting on the symbolism of Ox year. By feeding them educational resources, you promote their growth and this in turn shows your concern.
Themed Corporate Apparel
Yet another way to be more noticeable this Lunar New Year is to offer your clients and colleagues personalised Lunar New Year apparel. These products may comprise of T-shirts, caps, or tote bags bearing the Chinese zodiac animal, some symbolism or even a popular message in Chinese. As a small fashion business or a company, you can partner with a specific local fashion designer or fashion brand you both design an exclusive line of corporate wear to indicate your company’s support for multiculturalism.
Digital Red Envelopes
Hailing from the tradition of gifting red envelops, advance to the concept of e-hong bao or electronic red envelops to your clients and colleagues. Most of the banks around the world provide this service through a mobile app through which you can send money securely to the intended beneficiaries and make the gifting process even more fun by including a Lunar New Year message, pictures or animations on the e-red envelopes.