The meaning and symbol of wishful thinking

Ruyi is the most traditional mascot in China, which symbolizes the wearer's all the best and is the most sincere wish of people. Wearing wishful thinking not only symbolizes rights, but also indicates that everything can be realized. Ruyi's head is in the shape of ganoderma lucidum or cloud, indicating that everything goes well and good things happen again and again.

According to the data of the Palace Museum, the origin of Ruyi is closely related to the back scratching tool commonly known as "Dont Ask For Help" in our daily life. The earliest wishful thinking is to make the end of the handle into the shape of a finger to show that the hand can't reach and scratch, so it is called wishful thinking, commonly known as "Dont Ask For Help". Qing Dynasty's "Records of Foreign Objects" says: "If you are satisfied, you will get an ancient claw stick".

In ancient China, there were "tickling sticks" (now called tickling) and "water" (also called "face water" and "hand board"), and both were used as desired. Later, its morphology was divided, and a branch retained its practical function and spread among the people; The other emphasizes auspicious meaning, which has evolved into pure furnishings and treasures, as well as the statue of Bodhisattva with wishful hands.

Ruyi style

Ruyi style has also slowly developed. There are three classic styles that are often seen now, Tianguan Ruyi, Lingzhi Ruyi, and Sanjian Ruyi.

Tianguan Ruyi: Tianguan Ruyi means straight handle Ruyi, simple lines, but noble and dignified.

Ganoderma ruyi: This ruyi is the same shape as Ganoderma lucidum. This Jiuding Ruyi is all Ganoderma lucidum-style Ruyi.

Three-in-one-off: It refers to setting precious gems such as jade, agate, tourmaline, coral, ivory and jadeite on precious rosewood or copper-plated gold. We call it three-embedded wishful thinking.