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Perhaps the most common Chinese auspicious saying concerning longevity is that found on scrolls in nearly every Chinese calligraphy shop in the world: shòu shān fú hǎi (壽山福海), which can be translated as "May your life be as steadfast as the mountains and your good fortune as limitless as the seas".
Peaches symbolizing immortality (or the wish for a long and healthy life) are a common symbol in Chinese art, appearing in depictions or descriptions in a number of fables, paintings, and other forms of art, often in association with thematically similar iconography, such as certain deities or immortals or other symbols of longevity, such as ...
(Long live the Glorious Communist Party of Vietnam). Muôn is the Old Sino-Vietnamese reading of the chữ Hán 萬 (Sino-Vietnamese reading: vạn). [15] Tuổi is the Old Sino-Vietnamese reading of the chữ Hán 歲 (Sino-Vietnamese reading: tuế). [16] It is derived from the pronunciation of this character in Middle Chinese. [17]
Pine trees and cranes together are symbols of longevity [3] and also symbolize the last years of a long life. [1]: 292 When flying cranes are combined with growing pines, the symbol of longevity is intensified. [1]: 183
The rebus of "Wu Fu Peng Shou" (五褔捧壽) is used by Chinese people in their lives. Referring to the rebus, there are five bats surrounding the Chinese character for longevity, which literally imply blessings of longevity. Thus, the rebus is regarded as a powerful and auspicious motif among the Chinese society.
The Chinese dragon has very different connotations from the European dragon – in European cultures, the dragon is a fire-breathing creature with aggressive connotations, whereas the Chinese dragon is a spiritual and cultural symbol that represents prosperity and good luck, as well as a rain deity that fosters harmony.
[1] [2] Chinese symbols often have auspicious meanings associated to them, such as good fortune, happiness, and also represent what would be considered as human virtues, such as filial piety, loyalty, and wisdom, [1] and can even convey the desires or wishes of the Chinese people to experience the good things in life. [2]
Traditional Chinese characters continue to be used for ceremonial, cultural, scholarly/academic research, and artistic/decorative purposes. [12] In the People's Republic of China, traditional Chinese characters are standardised according to the Table of Comparison between Standard, Traditional and Variant Chinese Characters. [13]