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Porcelain decoration symbolize how much you know?

Porcelain decoration allegory

China has a long cultural history. Embodied in the Chinese porcelain on the successive generations of decorative patterns of cultural content is rich and varied. Summarized roughly myths and legends, stories of historical figures, religious culture, birds and animals, flowers and plumes, as well as customs and habits. Interpretation of its cultural allegory, both auspicious to avoid evil auspicious, but also a beautiful vision. China's successive generations to the auspicious figure want to have a canonical reference. Expressed in the Chinese porcelain of the past generations of auspicious decorations, reflecting our Chinese people for thousands of years people's hopes and aspirations for a better life, has become an important part of the Chinese people's excellent traditional culture.

Plants as decorations

Mostly pine, bamboo, plum, orchid, peony, lotus, osmanthus, peach, persimmon, pomegranate and other plants as decorative motifs.

Three Friends of the Year

The motifs are pine, bamboo, plum or pine, bamboo, plum and orchid. Pine, not wither through the winter; bamboo, noble and temperate, would rather bend than bend, and the big-hearted; plum, not afraid of snow and cold, so it is called "three friends of the cold", "four friends of the cold". Allegory of people's noble character and temperament.

The Four Gentlemen

The pattern is plum, bamboo, chrysanthemum, orchid and grass four flowers, commonly known as the "Four Gentlemen".

The Five Families

The pattern is five persimmons and begonias. This pattern is a harmonic symbol of longevity, five lifetimes together, and a happy family.

Jade Hall of Fortune

Patterned with magnolia flowers, begonias and peonies. Magnolia, Begonia and Peony mean "Jade Hall of Fortune"

Pomegranate and Grapes

The pattern is a pomegranate and grapes with smiling mouths. In ancient times, people wished to have many grandchildren, many children and prosperous people. Therefore, pomegranates and grapes symbolize many children and prosperity. There are also "Lotus birth" and so on.

Clean and honest officials

The pattern is a cockade and lotus flower. Cockscomb flower (official), lotus flower (clean). The lotus flower is not tainted by mud. It implies that the official is clean and honest.

Animals as decoration

Such as sheep, horses, magpies, peacocks, cranes, mandarin ducks, unicorns, monsters, fish, elephants, bats, herons, quails and so on.

Safe journey

The pattern is heron and quail. The heron means "road" and the quail means "peace", wishing for a safe journey.

Yearly surplus

The pattern is two silver carp. Chub and year, fish and Yu homophonic, implying that there is a surplus every year. There is also a pattern of a child holding a lotus flower and holding a silver carp in his arms, which means "having a surplus for many years".

Fortune is in front of us

The pattern is a bat and ancient money. The ancient money is square on the inside and round on the outside, borrowing the "hole" as the eye, and the money and the front of the same sound, meaning "the blessing is in front of you".

Blessing to the heart

The pattern is bat, longevity peach and ganoderma lucidum. The peach is shaped like a heart, and the word "spirit" is borrowed from ganoderma lucidum, implying that the arrival of happiness makes people smart and smart.

Five Fortunes of Longevity

The pattern is five bats and one character of longevity. Five blessings: longevity, wealth, well-being, repairing virtue, and examining the end of life. In layman's terms, it means one seeks long life, two seeks wealth and honor, three seeks good fortune and peace, four seeks to do good deeds and virtue, and five seeks a good end for the old man. There is also the Five Fortunes Pattern. It means many blessings and longevity, blessings and longevity, blessings and longevity, blessings and longevity, blessings and longevity, blessings and longevity, blessings and longevity, blessings and longevity, and more than three.