What is the significance of having bats carved on buildings?

Carving bats on buildings has the meaning of good luck and happiness. Because the word "bat" in bat and happiness, blessing "blessing" homophonic, so in the traditional Chinese architecture, bat pattern is taken as a symbol of good fortune, become a classic pattern in traditional culture. The flying of bats is also a symbol of "entering happiness", hoping that happiness will come down from the sky like bats. Bat pattern is a kind of folk traditional porcelain blessing decorative pattern, there is a single bat pattern and to bat pattern combination of patterns, bat and blessing homophonic, a metaphor for blessing and the meaning of happiness.

such as a bat flying in front of the eye, known as "blessed in front of me", bat and horse composed of "immediately blessed", the upper part of a circle of red bat pattern, also known as "Hongfuqitian The red bat pattern on the upper part of the vessel is also called "Hongfuqitian". Bat pattern variations are quite rich, there are upside down bats, double bats, four bats hold Fuk Luk Shou, five bats and so on. The traditional pattern will be bat and the word "life" combination, said "five bats hold life".