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are a lot of symbolic designs with lucky meanings in China due
to the special Chinese culture and Chinese language.
There are a lot of homophonic characters in Chinese due to most Chinese
characters are phonogram. For instance, ¡°bat¡±(òð) in Chinese has the same
pronunciation with ¡° happiness¡±£¨¸££© in Chinese. So the image of bat in
Chinese culture represents happiness and blessing. It is also hard for
foreigners to imagine the coffin¡¯s design in Chinese culture represents
winning promotion and getting rich. Coffin (¹×²Ä) pronounces ¡°guan cai¡±.
Officer (¹Ù) also pronounces ¡°Guan¡± and wealth (²Æ) pronounces ¡°Cai¡±.
Chinese attribute auspicious meanings to some animals and flowers. For
example, dragon represents good luck and power, turtle and crane birds
represent long life, deer represents good salary, fish represents surplus,
chicken means auspicious, elephant stands for peace and steady. Lotus
flower, chrysanthemum, plum flower stand for purified traits of a person
and they also represent friendship. Peony stands for prosperity and richness.
Peach means longevity. Pomegranate stands for prosperous offspring. Vase
means peace.
The Yin-yang symbol design stands for harmony.
Colors also have meanings in Chinese culture. Red means happiness, yellow
means noble.
Numbers also have meanings. Number eight means good luck and making a
pile. Number six means rolling one¡¯s hoop. Number Nine means perpetuity.
So in china you can always to see good car plate numbers with a lot of
8, 6 or 9. Even the phone numbers people like to choose 8, 6 or nine.
Buddhism and Daoism have great influence on Chinese culture. So the designs
attached to these two religions also have auspicious meanings.
So the designs with the things mentioned above are always symbolic designs
with good meanings in China. These symbolic designs are widely used in
people¡¯s daily life such as house decorating, furniture carving and painting,
handicrafts making and so on.
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| Tai Ping You Xiang(D1) | Long Feng Cheng Xiang(D2) | Son He Yan Nian(D3) |
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| Wu Fu Peng Shou(D4) | Nian Nian You Yu(D5) | San Yang Kai Tai(D6) |
(D1):This design means harmonious and peaceful world.
The elephant is believed to be an animal which can bring good luck. The
magic vase is the pure water vase of Goddess of Mercy whose water can
cure disease and bring good luck. Vase in Chinese sounds like piece in
pronunciation.
(D2):This design means dragon and phoenix present auspicious.
(D3):This design means pine and crane prolong the life.
(D4):This design means five bats bring happiness and longevity.
(D5):The fish in this design means rich. The fire crackers mean the New
Year. Altogether this design means every year the life is rich.
(D6):Goat in Chinese pronounces Yang which has the same pronunciation
with Yang of Yin-yang. Three goats mean Yang goes to its extreme. This
design stands for that bad luck disappears and good fortune comes.
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