Crane symbols and symbols of feng shui analysis Crane auspicious cloud symbolism

Crane in the Qing Dynasty official uniforms appeared above, meaning "crane official high", showing the way of the official, the current generation is generally the leadership class is more favorite with the crane pendant, implying that the crane, the official high. The crane was considered to be a symbol of the crane in ancient times. Crane in ancient times was considered to be the bird of longevity, and the pine is also the evergreen, so in the birthday party of the pine and crane, meant to prolong life. It is a good choice to wear a pine and crane pendant or a crane and turtle pendant for the elderly.

The symbolism of cranes and auspicious clouds

"Cloud Crane" is one of the earliest and most widely circulated auspicious images of cranes, depicting cranes flying among the clouds or standing cranes against a background of auspicious clouds, signifying a beautiful vision of longevity. Tang Dynasty is so far found the earliest prevalence of clouds and cranes images of the era, from the many Tang tomb murals can be a glimpse of it. For example, the tomb of Princess Huainan, the tomb of Princess Yongtai, and the tomb of Prince Counselor have many images of cranes and clouds.

In the Tang Dynasty, the cloud and crane theme has already appeared in combination with immortals and beasts, forming a more profound meaning of auspicious images, with strong decorative, and also for the development of the crane auspicious images in the later generations played a role in the development of a brick to guide the jade. Since then, the Five Dynasties, Song, Liao tombs also frequently appeared in the clouds and cranes images, but at this time the clouds and cranes is not just a decorative image of the tomb, but more similar to the focus on depicting the immortal crane body charm of the paintings.

In addition to paintings, the cloud and crane pattern is also widely used in all kinds of arts and crafts decoration, which is the most common type of ceramics and embroidery. Chinese porcelain since the Yuan Dynasty began to advocate the decoration of decoration, to the Qing Dynasty is the development of the extreme, the pattern is increasingly elaborate, focusing on auspicious symbolism. In the jar, plate, bowl and other display ware or utility ware on the application of cloud and crane pattern.