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Bats, plum orchids, bamboo and chrysanthemums, the meaning of copper coins in stone windows

Copper coins, which are rounded on the outside and squared on the inside, are combined into the image. There are separate, side-by-side, overlapping, etc., because "money" harmonic "before", money hole like eyes, meaning "wealth in front of you", and more with "bats", "magpies", "bats", "magpies", "bats", "bats", "bats", "bats", "bats", "bats" and "bats". "and swastikas, meaning "fortune is in front of us" and "happiness is in front of us The combination of "bat", "magpie" and "swastika" has the meaning of "happiness in sight". Make the money pattern window more auspicious, festive. Money is a symbol of wealth, implying "prosperity", "the sky is round" and Confucianism honors the "outer circle, inner square" of the mind and body cultivation realm. In Buddhism, the money line is also a symbol of the seven chakras of the human body (i.e., the top chakra, the eyebrow chakra, the throat chakra, the heart chakra, the navel chakra, and the undersea chakra). Therefore, money lines are sometimes a sign of respect for Buddha. The money pattern is also one of the "eight treasures" of the literati. The "bat" and "foo" of the bat harmonize, indicating the desire to welcome good fortune and to have many blessings. Bats like to hang upside down, but also become a specific image of "fortune". Plum, orchids, bamboo and chrysanthemums are the four gentlemen of flowers, symbolizing the high moral character.