be filled with plenty of people to signify a town, enjoying economic prosperity. There would be boats and commercial ships bringing cargo to depict the continuous arrival of wealth. The canal or river is to represent a continuous flow of money moving into the town.
hundred colourful birds inside the home, and for this reason, works of art that feature this subject are always incredibly popular. Birds must always be shown in pairs, and central to any painting of birds should always be the cosmic realm’s King of Birds, the Phoenix, which brings success and abundance, as well as the material world’s premier bird the Rooster, which ensures freedom from jealous gossip. Every kind of bird brings its own kind of good fortune. The Chinese are fond of mandarin ducks that symbolize romance. Magpies offer solutions to difficult problems. Owls connote wisdom and the peacock signifies the arrival of a rise in rank and stature. Illustrated here is a beautiful piece of embroidered art done in the style of “random stitching”.
2100 BIRDS OF PROSPERITY Great significance is placed on the presence of a
excellent meaning for you and your home. Hanging a piece of silk embroidery showing the precious carp brings excellent feng shui because the shimmering effect of the silk threads as they catch the light make it appear like the fish is alive. Lotus in water also indicates purity of intentions, hence something like this makes a really great gift.
4FLYING CRANES & PINE TREE BRING LONGEVITY
The red-crested white cranes are incredibly popular amongst older generation of Chinese, because they are considered the most vigourous of the longevity symbols, better yet if they are shown flying in the skies as a flock, because this adds the dimension of travel and activity as well as the presence of plenty of friends in one’s old age. There is no better symbol of a happy old age, and if you add on red and yellow peonies, it indicates romance and love as well. Chinese artisans are fond of adding the sun or moon into their works of art to indicate daylight or night time. When you hang a piece of embroidery that show cranes flying, you are reminding the home there are happy people in it who will grow old happily and together.
3ABUNDANCE COMES
YEAR AFTER YEAR This is one of the most popular sayings that Chinese wish upon their parents and their benefactors, “leen leen yau yue” which phonetically sounds like year after year may you enjoy abundance. But the words that mean year after year also sound like the lotus flower and plant, while the word abundance also sounds like fish. Thus when you are presented with an embroidered piece of silk art showing fish and lotus together, in addition to being a beautiful decorative piece, the gift also brings with it an
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GOOD FENG SHUI Business people always like to hang artworks featuring mountains and waterfalls in their business premises, because mountain scenery, especially those with rivers and waterfalls, always suggest good feng shui brought by the winds and the waters. When done in embroidery style, the scenery is believed to be more realistic and life- like, as the silk threads bring a shimmering effect that suggests yang chi,
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