In the course of thousands of years of development, the Chinese nation has formed a very unique, national and universal auspicious culture. Auspicious culture is an important part of traditional Chinese culture, which can be called the quintessence of national culture and the treasure of the world's cultural forest, which has penetrated into all aspects of people's daily life. Auspicious cultural gold and silver commemorative coins are one of them.
The People's Bank of China is scheduled to issue a set of 2024 auspicious cultural gold and silver commemorative coins on May 20, 2024. There are 8 commemorative coins in this set, including 3 gold commemorative coins, 4 silver commemorative coins, and 1 gold and silver bimetallic commemorative coin, all of which are legal tender of the People's Republic of China.
Among them, the 2024 auspicious culture 5-gram gold commemorative coin (Joy of Birth) has a "auspicious" text shape on the obverse, lined with traditional Chinese auspicious patterns, and the name of the country and the year name. The back pattern is a decorative windmill shape, and the words "one year old, one gift" and the denomination are published.
In ancient times, the windmill was called the Bagua Wind Wheel and the Lucky Wheel, which was a symbol of peace in the four seasons. Bagua windmill originated in the Zhou Dynasty, was invented by Jiang Ziya, in the folk windmill represents festivity and auspiciousness, and later after Lu Ban's improvement, it is the appearance of the windmill that people see now. The windmill in the pattern is a small origami windmill that everyone has played with as children, which is more childlike.
"One year old, one gift" is a phrase that is often used for birthday wishes and New Year's wishes. "One year old one gift" expresses gratitude and wishes for growth. When it comes to birthday wishes, it means that every year of growth is a gift from God. When wishing for the New Year, it means having a happy year. "One year old one gift" expresses the attitude of treating time sincerely and enjoying life, taking the years as a gift from God, cherishing every inch of time, and savoring every detail of life.
The 5 gram round Proof Gold Coin (1 year old and 1 gift) is a Proof coin containing 5 grams of pure gold, with a diameter of 20 mm, a denomination of 80 yuan, and a fineness of 99.9%. Through the colorful windmill full of childlike fun, it means good wishes for birth and happy growth.
In terms of craftsmanship, the back of the 5-gram round gold coin (one year old and one gift) is sandblasted, the main picture windmill and other windmills are colored and light-changing scale technology, and the theme text and denomination are brightened. The windmill adopts the color spray painting process of light variable scale color superposition. Such a dazzling and warm color design makes the windmill elements more three-dimensional and vivid. The laser shading sets off the artistic conception of the windmill rotation, and the overall picture rotates from static to childlike. If you hold the coin in your hand, under the direct light source, the colorful refraction light gradually unfolds along the blades of the windmill, as if you are watching the aurora, which is wonderful.
Finally, pick up this gold coin and bless you: work hard all your life, be loved all your life, have everything you want, and do what you want to do. Smoothly and smoothly, everything goes as desired.