From ancient times to the present, in addition to the most direct way of language, we have expressed good wishes in many ways. Among them, exquisite pictures often convey auspicious meanings. The auspicious pattern formed by the combination of traditional animals and plants often forms a specific auspicious language with the help of expressions such as analogy, borrowing, pun, symbolism, and harmonic sounds, that is, the painting contains "words".
Peace and contentment
The combination of chrysanthemum and bottle, the ancient sound of "chrysanthemum" and "foot" are harmonious, and the bottle means peace. Chrysanthemums, like peonies and lotuses, are also plants widely used in auspicious patterns, such as chrysanthemums and persimmon combination patterns with the meaning of "contentment in everything", chrysanthemums with cypress trees and persimmons combined with the meaning of "Pepsi contentment", chrysanthemums and eagles combined with the meaning of "heroic", and so on. In addition, chrysanthemums are also harmonized with "ju", and the pattern composed of quail, chrysanthemums and maple leaves is called "living and happy", and the maple leaves have the beauty of falling leaves, and the deciduous leaves are harmonized with "leye".
In the Ming Dynasty, Chen Hongshou painted parts of "Playing with Jutu". The combination of chrysanthemums and bottles means "peace and contentment".
There are elephants in peace
It consists of an elephant and a treasure vase, usually a large, cute elephant with a brocade on its back and a treasure vase on it, and flowers inserted in the bottle for decoration. "Bottle" and "ping" are harmonious, "elephant" is "auspicious", and Taiping has an elephant, that is, the meaning of the world is peaceful, auspicious and peaceful. There is a folk saying: "If there is an elephant in the country, the world is peaceful; if there is an elephant in the family, it is auspicious and peaceful." The boy riding an elephant with a ruyi is called "auspicious ruyi", and "riding an elephant" is consonant "auspicious".
Part of the Yuan Dynasty "Taiping Has Elephant Chart Axis". An elephant carries a treasure vase, which means "there is an elephant in peace" and "auspicious and peaceful".
Years are safe
"Years of peace", the vase is filled with firecrackers and nine ears of wheat, firecrackers represent the years, and "spikes" are harmonized with "years". As a symbol of "peace", the bottle was widely used in ancient times.
Auspicious and peaceful
"Jiqing Ping'an", that is, composed of "戟", "磬" and vase, "戟", an ancient weapon, harmonic "Ji", "磬", ancient court percussion instruments, harmonic "Qing", and so on. Vases with flowers in the full moon or four seasons are "four seasons of peace".
Part of the Qing Dynasty's "Images of The Pilgrimage of the Hongli Dynasty". The combination of a jade chime hanging on the halberd and a vase next to it means "auspicious celebration and peace".
Chen Hongshou of the Ming Dynasty painted "Four Seasons of Peace". The combination of flowers and vases of the four seasons means "peace in all seasons".
Happy New Year
"New Year's Day" is an auspicious pattern composed of catfish and roosters or oranges, "catfish" harmonic "year", "chicken" "orange" harmonic "auspicious". "Orange" as a symbol symbol of "auspicious", can also be combined with chestnuts to form the auspicious map of "Daji Dali", with persimmons to form the auspicious map of "Everything is auspicious", with lily roots or cypress trees, persimmons to form the auspicious map of "Pepsi Daji", and so on.
Chen Shu of the Qing Dynasty painted the "New Year's Great Auspicious Diagram". The combination of catfish and roosters means "New Year's Eve".
The room is auspicious
"Murogami Daji" is a rooster standing on a stone, "stone" and "room" harmonic, "chicken" and "Ji" harmonic, meaning the peace and well-being of the house, life is rich, auspicious.
Tang Yin of the Ming Dynasty painted "Chicken Diagram". A chicken stands on a stone, which means "the great luck in the room".
Sanyang Kaitai
"Three Sheep Kaitai" is generally a mother and son three-headed sheep, grazing on the mountain. "Sheep" is homophonous with "Yang", and "Sanyang Kaitai" is also known as "Sanyang Jiaotai". The ancients associated each month with gua, the first month is Tai Gua, gua elephant is composed of three yang and three yin, at this time winter to spring, yin and yang long, there is the image of Ji Heng, which means to get rid of evil, auspicious and good luck follow. Therefore, the ancients often used "Sanyang Kaitai" as a praise for the New Year, praying for peace and happiness. Yi Tai: "Tai, small to big, Ji Heng." "Tai" gua represents good luck and good luck. There is an idiom called No Pole Tai Lai, which means that when adversity reaches the extreme, it will be transformed into a favorable situation.
In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhanji painted the "Three Sheep Kaitai Map". It means "Sanyang Kaitai".
Double Happy Mandarin Duck
"Double Happy Mandarin Duck": A diagram consisting of magpies and Mandarin ducks. "Mandarin duck" symbolizes the love of husband and wife, and Zhang Hua's "Bird Classic" of the Western Jin Dynasty says: "Mandarin duck, pi bird also, leaning towards the twilight doll, love its kind also." "So folk weddings like to embroider the auspicious pattern of mandarin ducks." Folk have the saying that "magpies call, happy things come", so many auspicious patterns related to magpies have been produced, such as "happy eyebrows", a magpie and a tree plum blossom; "tongxi", a magpie falling on the plane tree; "annunciation", magpies and leopards.
Yuan Shangtong of the Ming Dynasty painted "Heavenly Dexi Tu". Two magpies symbolize "double happiness", and one holds several loquats in its mouth, which means "joy in the sky".
It will live
It is composed of magnolia flowers and shoushi, accompanied by flying butterflies and pumpkins with melon vines. Magnolia flower is also known as wooden pen flower, "pen" and "must" harmonic sound, stone long, has the meaning of longevity, so called shou stone, symbolizing that people will inevitably get a long life, of which the melon vine of pumpkin means that the descendants continue to continue.
Hu Mei painting of the Qing Dynasty, tianjin museum collection. The combination of magnolia, peony, pheasant, mountain stone and ganoderma lucidum means "yutang rich and noble".
Do you understand the "words" in these paintings?
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