Hey folks,
just a quick FYI for anyone participating in the “Year of the Horse” design contest… there’s a well known Chinese cultural taboo around clocks.
“Giving a clock” (送钟, sòng zhōng) is a homophone of 送终 (sòng zhōng); a term associated with death and funerals, which makes clocks an especially unlucky gift… particularly during Lunar New Year. Best to avoid clock-based designs and focus instead on positive symbols like lanterns, lucky coins, horse figurines, etc.
I’m just mentioning this because somebody already submitted a clock and it’s only day 1 the contest today.