What do you mean by wearing a gourd?

The homonym of gourd is "Fu Lu", which means blessing, good luck and happiness, and Lu means the title of high official. Wearing jade gourd has both the meaning of blessing and auspiciousness, which is especially suitable for men. I wish them good fortune and abundant financial resources. Gourd also has many children, and the vines of gourd are homophonic, which has a beautiful meaning of many generations and many children.

In ancient times, there was a saying that "sending melons for children". It is believed that sending gourd can bring good luck to women who are eager to have children or have been infertile for many years, so that they can realize their wishes as soon as possible and future generations will prosper.

Combining the gourd image with the jade representing purity and integrity is a good combination in itself. With these auspicious and beautiful meanings, it is naturally liked by many people, and it also gives the cultural history of gourd jade carving a theme.

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Jade has a special position in the history of China civilization. Yi Tong, the Five Classics, said that jade is "moist and shiny, and looks like wisdom; Sharp and harmless, like benevolence; Restraint without scratching is similar to righteousness; The defects inside must be visible outside, and some are like letters; Just like falling, just like a ceremony. " Confucius said, "The beauty of jade is like the virtue of a gentleman." He believes that jade has the virtues of benevolence, wisdom, righteousness, courtesy, joy, loyalty, faith, heaven, earth, morality and Taoism. There is a saying in the Book of Songs that "a gentleman is gentle as jade". The ancients endowed Meiyu with so many human qualities that people still call a modest gentleman "gentle as jade".

Use dragon, phoenix, plum blossom (homophonic), magpie, moire (like wishful and continuous), Samsung (auspicious and longevity), pen, catfish (more harmonious every year), bat (blessed with happiness, blessed everywhere), ancient money (harmonious at present), double money (harmonious with both sides) and longevity peach (peach is like a heart). The dragon and phoenix are auspicious, the eyebrows are slightly happy, the clouds are full of blessings, and the three stars are shining high, so you will be satisfied. The blessings fall from the sky, and the blessings are in front of you. The blessings are both good and long, and the blessings are to the soul.

Baidu Encyclopedia: Yu Pei and Culture