The Auspicious Implication of "Auspicious Pattern" (3)

In the following, we will classify the different types of themes, such as the blessings of good fortune and the celebration of Jiaqing, in the traditional auspicious patterns into several major categories.

The theme of “good luck” and “peaceful auspiciousness” that has the meaning of “auspicious” ontology is the theme of the opening of the “auspicious design”:

(1) "Good luck and good intentions". The pattern is like a boy holding a wishful wish, playing on the back of an elephant or playing on an elephant's back; or picking up a bottle from an elephant's back and inserting the bottle into the bottle. And "Ruyi" 3, by "戟" and "Kyrgyzstan", "象" and "Xiang" sounds harmonious, meaning "good luck"; also have Chinese characters "auspicious" with ruyi constitute patterns.

(2) "Peace and Grace." The pattern inserts three princes in a vase, and a gong (a kind of ancient musical instrument) is hung on the gong. "Bottle" and "Ping", "Sui" and "Ki", ​​"Shu" and "Qing" are homophonic. The bottle is placed in "戟" and "磬", meaning "Peace and Grace".

(3) "Babao auspiciousness" uses "fax", "**", "lotus" (also known as "ushua"), "day cover" (also known as "white cover"), "goldfish", "aquarium bottle" (also known as "Pohu", "Shalihu"), "Baoju", "Plate" ("long" one for "intestines", also known as "eight knots", "hundred knots") and other eight mascots Patterns are winded on each object. It means good luck and longevity. The literature contains: "The supply is covered with lids, fish, pots, flowers, wheels, snails, umbrellas, and intestines, and the name 'Babao Jixiang'. 4 In addition, "(Guanpao) patterns are numerous, with two groups of flowers." For Jing, there are two groups of light dragons, there are arch-shaped figures, there are eight mascots. "5

(4) "Everything goes well", the pattern usually consists of images of "evergreen", "word", "persimmon" and "wishful". With "" and "million", "persimmon" and "thing" homonym to "everything." There are also no persimmons, only the word "" as shading, and painted on the wishful pattern.

(5) "Years of the year", the pattern consists of two squid and ruyi patterns. Because of the "鲶" and "year" homophonic sounds, another pattern in the performance of the image of "Ruyi" deformed into "water lines" and "spray", such as fish in the water, quite innovative. The pattern composed of lotus and squid is called "more than a year (fish)."

(6) "Everything goes well" and "everything" means "all things" or "all things." Usually expressed in the pattern of two persimmons or persimmons. According to legend, there are seven virtues of persimmon trees: one for longevity; two for large trees; three without bird nests; four without worms; five leaves are beautiful and glamorous, and can be enjoyed; six fruitful; seven deciduous hypertrophy for writing ( See Tang Duancheng style essay "Yangyang hybrids"). Therefore, in the "persimmon" harmonic "action" sounds into many auspicious mesmerizing beauty connotation; and then "wishful" as the embroidered objects, constitute "everything is good" auspicious patterns. There are also those who use "lion" and "event" sounds in harmony to refer to "things". The pattern is often used as a "child's shoulder" "ruyi", holding double persimmon; also shoulder "satisfied" and drape "double persimmon" By. There are also two "Ruyi" crossings, with "persimmons" or lions on both sides; especially birthdays, celebrations, wedding utensils commonly used. It was widely circulated during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

(7) "Ruyi Lianyun", also known as "Ruyi Cloud," is a floating pattern of flowing clouds, or the head of "Ruyi", or Ganoderma lucidum, or Xiangyun ornament, and the handle of "Ruyi". The link constitutes the pattern and name of the cloud. Qing Weijie's essay "Sericulture Excerpt" volume 10 "tribute style" is listed under the name "Ruyi Lianyun" name.

(8) "Straightly Fit," that is, using the wishful head as a basic pattern, making a four-way symmetry continuous "four-squared continuous" pattern. Among the items unearthed in the Song Dynasty Tomb of the Fukukura Mountain in Fuzhou, Fujian in 1975, there were brown quadrangular patterns. The Cizhou kiln produces white-glazed silk-like head-shaped pillows.

(9) "Must be satisfied", also known as "certain wishful." The pattern is composed of "brushes," "ink sticks," or "silver ingots," and "wishful wishes," and "pen" and "must," "ingot," and "definite," all have a homonym, and they all mean "a must-have." ".

(10) "He He Ru Yi" and "He He" legends are two immortals, namely "Han Shan" and "Pick up". Although their surnames are different, they are close to each other. They love each other and they do not know each other. When they are married to Hanshan, they find that they also love their daughters. They retire and leave their homes and go to Suzhou Fengqiao to cut their hair. After finding out about this situation, she also took the woman to the Hanshan Mountain and found the place where Hanshan Maomao was taken. It was a blooming lotus flower to go to courtesy. Hanshan saw it from afar. She was overjoyed and hoped for fear of hunger. Welcome, two people are very happy, both monks, Kaishan Temple, called "Hanshan Temple." The “Hanshan” and “tuck” Erxian images often appear in the frame and crafts. The two people smiled happily, dressed in green clothes, held the “Lotus” and held a “round box”, borrowed the “Dutch” and “box”. "Harmony" and "harmony" mean the meaning of "harmony and harmony." The subject matter and ornamentation appear in the folk motifs and there are a lot of physical objects handed down.
(11) "Four Seasons", the picture is composed of persimmon, coriander, grape, watermelon, pomegranate, litchi, white peony and other four seasons fruit or plum, orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum and other four-season flowers with "wishful" constitute a pattern.

(12) "The way is smooth," a pattern of two or a few bers. "Deer" was regarded as an auspicious animal in ancient times. "Deer" is not only a homonym with "Lu", but also has a homonym with "Road" and counts a few deer and runs smoothly. It means that the deer is easy to follow, and extends in all directions. In addition, there are "year-old-year-old peace", "one hundred year old peace", "safety more than lucky", "Jiu'an cohabitation", "giving year after year," "giving room indoors," and "residence."