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What are the traditional Chinese mascots?

The ancestors of our country created auspicious animals such as dragons, phoenixes, and unicorns, and gave these things a symbolic content and meaning to satisfy people's psychological needs for blessing. For example, the mascots of the "four spirits" are unicorns, phoenixes, and turtles.

Dragons and dragons are auspicious beasts that can ward off evil spirits and bring good luck to their owners.

The most popular mascots are those that attract wealth, encourage wealth, and gather wealth. They mainly include the three-legged golden toad that attracts wealth, the brave brave that brings wealth, the money pig, the cabbage (a hundred kinds of wealth), the golden car, the BMW, the golden bull cart, etc. These mascots are the most popular.

All mascots are related to wealth. For example, the Lucky Golden Toad has three legs and can bring wealth. The Wealthy Pixiu feeds on gold, silver and jewelry and has sharp teeth, symbolizing abundant wealth and protecting the house from evil spirits.

Longevity mascots Longevity mascots are more suitable for birthday wishes. Most of these mascots are longevity objects, including dragon turtles, pine cranes, etc. Everyone knows that dragon turtles have the auspiciousness of dragons and the longevity of turtles.

Therefore, people regard dragon turtles as representatives of longevity; and pine and crane longevity. Pine trees are the longest-lived among plants, and cranes are the longest-lived among animals, so pine and crane represent longevity.