China is a country with a long history. It has great traditional culture, especially Chinese characters. Chinese characters usually have more than one meaning and some of them are very interesting. Here are six ones. We use "pinyin" here because “pinyin”is the Chinese spelling way for the characters. For example, "fu" is the “pinyin” for good luck in Chinese. “pinyin”"fu”is only the phonic part of the character and if you want to know the meaning of good luck “fu”, you must read Chinese character 福 because “fu” also represents(代表) other Chinese characters that sound the same.

“fu”means blessing, good fortune, good luck. Chinese character “fu”is one of the most popular ones used during Chinese New Year. Chinese people often put up "fu”upside down on the front door of a house or an apartment. The upside down "fu" means good luck comes since the character for upside down in Chinese sounds the same as the character for “come”.

“lu”is used to mean official's a pay in old China. “shou” means long life, age or birthday. "xi" is happiness, The doubled character "xi” means double happiness. It is usually put up everywhere at Chinese weddings. "cai" is weath or money. Chinese often say “ money can make a ghost turn a millstone”. It is to say money really can do a lot of things. But, money can't buy everything. "he" is an important part of Chinese culture. It means good relations with other people, when you have “he”, things will be a lot easier for you.

The top six lucky Chinese charaters. “fu”"lu”"shou”"xi"“cai" "he”,are particularly loved by Chinese people.

    Japanese girls love stickers(贴纸). After school, the sticker stores are usually full of young girls.

    Every kind of stickers can be bought in stores. The cartoon sticker with Hello Kitty or Doraemon on it is always the hot topic. Of course, stickers with pop stars are becoming more and more popular. New stickers come out every day, so young girls always go to those stores. Choosing stickers in those stores may be the best time for girls after school.

    Every Japanese girl has a special book to put her favorite stickers. They classify(分类)their stickers according to different subjects. They like to get together in their classrooms or at their friends' houses to exchange stickers. Their talks can go on and on just by talking about their sticker books.

    Young Japanese girls often stick their favorite stickers to cards and then send the cards to friends. For them, the sticker is not only something to collect, but also a tool to know about friends. They can see what their friends like by looking at the stickers they collect.