Common patterns and symbols in mahogany furniture

Classical mahogany furniture of various auspicious patterns in addition to the decorative role, there are also beautiful blessings and symbols, can be broadly divided into the following categories.

1, geometric shapes: the word (the original Buddhist symbols, meaning auspicious ten thousand blessings and ten thousand lifetimes). There are also zigzag pattern, back to the character pattern, the cross even square, four clouds together, brocade pattern, and so on.

2, totem category: such as the dragon and phoenix pattern: the real dragon is a specific realistic dragon, there are also simple dragon pattern, such as Wenlong, grass dragons, chi dragon pattern, as well as completely abstracted into the curved shape of the Hachi-Zi dragons. This Hizi dragon decorative pattern in the Qing furniture teeth, armrests and other places are extremely common, showing more solemn and serious.

The cloud dragon pattern is a more common decoration, auspicious and grand. The theme of the cloud dragon is the dragon in the clouds, so the pattern of the dragon should be prominent eye-catching and vivid. Dragons hovering in the clouds have the power, the clouds have a sense of rising or flow of the best.

3, text graphics category: a variety of longevity characters, the word "fortune" and fortune and longevity variants.

4, mythological stories: such as the bright eight immortals, is the eight immortals characters. Dark Eight Immortals, in fact, is a variety of magic weapons used by the Eight Immortals.

5, flowers and plants: such as pine, bamboo and plum, called the three cold friends, plus orchids, called the gentleman four sex. The peony is a symbol of wealth and prosperity, and the Xifan Tangzhi Lian is a symbol of grandchildren, wealth and prosperity. Grapes and gourds symbolize many grandchildren. Ganoderma lucidum, Narcissus and Shou Peach symbolize longevity. Buddha's hand symbolizes longevity. Pomegranate means many children. Lotus: a symbol of holiness.

6, animals: such as the crane symbolizes longevity, deer that is the wealth, fish that is the surplus, bat that is the blessing. Mandarin Ducks moral harmony between husband and wife, magpies moral joy of the heart. Lion: the happy lion is happy. Another crane and deer in the same spring, five bats holding life, bat (Fu) in front of you. Bat with jade hanging under the double fish called auspicious celebration with fish. The magpie falling from the branch of a plum tree is called a joyous event. The unicorn looks back to the unicorn to send a child, and so on.

7, life scenes: farming, spring, reading, 100 children's games, the game of chess, tea drinking tea, etc., the main allegory of peace and prosperity of life.

8, celestial phenomena: such as auspicious cloud patterns: rising clouds, clouds, clouds, clouds, hook clouds. Landscape patterns: rivers and mountains for generations, the sun and the moon, and so on.

9, items: such as Bogu figure: there are tripods, vases, incense burners and other treasures constitute an elegant and clean Bogu pattern. There are also vases inserted inside the Ruyi, the moral peace, and so on.