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Good Fortune As Things Happen According to Your Wishes

Tags: blessing | print

In Chinese, the persimmon (shi) is a homophone for the Chinese word “things.” The combination of two persimmons and a ruyi (a decorative object that symbolizes good fortune) means that “everything will happen just as you wish.” The images of the lotus flower and carps represent a rich life, days of good harvests, and surplus. Moreover, images of jianshi (lions holding swords in their mouths) represent good fortune and helps ward off evil.

 



Printmaking
41.5 x30 cm
Creator: Wang Yu-Chi

National Museum of History