What is the moral and symbol of the gourd?

What is the meaning and symbol of the gourd: Fortune and Luck.

The gourd, which harmonizes with the word "Fortune and Luck", is one of the oldest auspicious objects of the Chinese nation. Many countries and nations around the world have a history of growing gourds and making and using them, and they are widely used in different fields in China and abroad. The gourd is not only edible, but also can be used as a vessel.

Among the natural vessels that nature has bestowed upon mankind, only one family of plants, the cucurbits, has such attributes. When the gourd as an ingredient, a container began, gourd applications, gourd crafts and gourd culture, y rooted in the long river of human development.

The gourd has evolved from a primitive vessel to a modern folk craft, and its processing technology is constantly innovating and developing. Xu Haoran introduced that gourd crafts are generally divided into two categories, one is the process of planting and growing the gourd itself, and the other is the processing process that makes it a handicraft. Among them, gourd processing is a special craft that mainly includes cutting, carving, branding and lacquer art.

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Cucurbits have been cultivated for more than seven thousand years, and craft gourds have been grown since the Tang Dynasty, became popular in the Song Dynasty, and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Because of the Qianlong Ji Xiaolan and other sages and celebrities to pursue the favor and can be widely spread folk.

Cucurbits beautiful shape, color yellow as gold, meaning auspicious, play a lot of people, for the great Confucian celebrities respected, love the thick, after many years of playing and rubbing, long days, the gourd body hangs magnetic pulp, purple moist and clean, the value of a thousand gold.

Social advancement, civilization decline, the traditional gourd is gradually disappearing, endangered Fan system, knotting, fire painting, carving and other crafts can be excavated and preserved, and dedication to make one or two high-quality goods, self-appreciation, feed friends, the beauty of it. I'm not happy about it.

Every kind of art has its own unique artistic characteristics, gourd is no exception, it is a work of art is also a very good carrier of ancient cultural heritage, is an "easy to learn" but "difficult to fine folk skills, most of the works out of the hands of folk artisans, because he (she) they are based on history, the theme, purely on the basis of the history of the world. The works are mostly made by folk artists, as he/she is based on historical themes and creates works based on pure feelings and intuitive impressions, thus forming a thick, simple, concise and bright gourd art.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Zucchini

Baidu Encyclopedia - Zucchini