Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional festivals - The hollowed-out pattern of the window lattice of ancient garden woodcarving and its implication.

The hollowed-out pattern of the window lattice of ancient garden woodcarving and its implication.

The content of ancient woodcarving flower windows is usually moral and homophonic, which means auspiciousness. See more bats, generally five, meaning that Five Blessingg holds a long life; Deer, that is, Lu, means that the official luck is prosperous; Shoutao, Shouxing, deformed Shou Ziwen, etc. , meaning longevity; Magpie, more magpies and plum blossoms, meaning jubilant; Toad, pomegranate, because there are many children, meaning that there are many descendants; Cats and butterflies are homophonic, meaning longevity; Crab, because of its shell, has the meaning of becoming a student; Two crabs and reeds are "two biographies"; Tortoise and crane mean longevity, and the tortoise is old and the crane is longevity; Kirin means good luck; Fish means that ichthyosaurs are changing, and fish leap over Longmen, which is more than enough every year; Swallows, because they love their families and feed their offspring, symbolize the conjugal love of husband and wife, and combine with plum, meaning that winter goes and spring comes, and all loves; Lions are as happy as lions; Double lions and double happiness. Four lions mean "happiness in four seasons"; Yuanyang symbolizes the love between husband and wife.