Is there a tradition of bats?

Legend has it that bats are long-lived animals. In the tradition of China people, bats symbolize longevity, luck, auspiciousness and happiness. The bat entering the house is a sign of good luck.

According to the custom of auspicious meaning in China, bats are homophonic with happiness and wealth, so people have long liked to use bats as mascots in decorative arts. It stands for blessing and getting rich. Bats were carved in many places in ancient homes to pray for wealth. ?

In China, people attach importance to the implication in emotional expression and regard it as beauty. It is far from enough to express the traditional "Fu" culture with a single word, and it needs a series of symbols that everyone can understand. Bats in nature are not beautiful or even ugly in shape and color, but "auspiciousness" has become an auspicious symbol in China traditional culture because of the homonym of "bat" and "blessing".

In China, people attach importance to the implication in emotional expression and regard it as beauty. It is far from enough to express the traditional "Fu" culture with a single word, and it needs a series of symbols that everyone can understand. Bats in nature are not beautiful or even ugly in shape and color, but in China's traditional "Fu" culture, bats are interpreted as exotic decorations with China characteristics.

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China people's expectation and sustenance for "Fu" have created a rich culture of "Fu", such as "bat painting ornaments" and "Fu" word stickers during the Spring Festival. The Ming and Qing Dynasties were the prosperous period of China's Fu culture. Bat elements are widely used among the people, and penetrate into people's daily life, food, clothing, housing and transportation. Opera masks also incorporate the meaning and graphics of bats. During the period of Hongshan Culture, the ancients created an agate ornament in the shape of a bat with a human face, and regarded the bat as a divine bird, which expressed the psychology of totem worship of the ancients and made it feel auspicious. Bat modeling is particularly important in China traditional decorative arts. With the help of homophony and graphics, the ancient people in China beautified ugly bats into auspicious and attractive things with rich imagination and superb wisdom. Bat is a symbol of "good fortune" in China auspicious custom, and it can be called the first mascot for praying in China.