Chinese Traditional Patterns and Their Implication

The flower basket pattern, one of the eight dark immortals, is a treasure held by Blue Cai He, and it is endowed with the meaning of "nothing in the blue". There are different fruit flowers in blue, which have auspicious and festive meanings.

Gourd pattern, also known as thin reed, in which melon and pot reed are also one of the eight dark immortals. Gourd vines spread and rotted a lot, and were regarded as mascots by later generations. Gourd is also brought by monks. It is said that it often contains Dan medicine or other treasures, and there is a folk saying that it is a "treasure gourd".

Butterfly pattern, in the traditional concept, butterfly dancing flowers are closely linked. Butterflies are also often used to show the scenery in spring in clothes or as mascots to show the beauty of the scenery.

Bat pattern, "Bat" and "Fu" are homophonic, meaning happiness. For a long time, bats have been regarded as auspicious things and widely used in various decorative arts. The dancing posture of bats means "Fu Jin", hoping that happiness will fall from the sky like bats.

Bottle pattern, "bottle" and "flat" are homonyms, meaning "peace". The shape and naming of the bottle itself also contains the meaning of auspicious coordination. In the traditional aesthetic thoughts of China people, vases are often regarded as a symbol of peace, which means peace, wishful thinking and antai.

Ruyi tattoo refers to an object, indicating that people are happy. With the introduction of Buddhism into China from ancient India, monks recorded the main points on wishful thinking, so as to keep them as memos when giving lectures, which is still widely used today. The folk pattern made according to the Buddhist wishful shape is a metaphor for "perfection". Ganoderma lucidum shape, cloud shape and heart shape are commonly used patterns in China traditional costumes.

Fish pattern, "fish" and "fish" are homophonic, and "fish" can be extended to "wealth" or "balance", which means a beautiful life and more than one year. Fish-shaped patterns are widely used, and people often use them to express continuous good deeds, year after year. There are patterns of Pisces in Han Dynasty.

Coin pattern, "money" and "money" are homophonic. Ancient coins are cast in a circle with a hole in the middle, meaning "instant". Money was called "spring" in ancient times, and "spring" and "spring" were homophonic. Two overlapping coins represent "double perfection" and ten coins represent "perfection". Bats holding seal script and two ancient coins are called "longevity and happiness".