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  2. List of Chinese symbols, designs, and art motifs - Wikipedia

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    [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]

  3. Chinese auspicious ornaments in textile and clothing

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    Chinese bat (Chinese: 蝠; pinyin: fú) motifs often look like a butterfly. [16]: 11 A bat is a symbol of happiness. [1] Bats have an auspicious meaning as the Chinese words for hongfu (Chinese: 红蝠; lit. 'red bats') sounds similar to the phrase "abundant good fortune". [16]: 11

  4. Shou (character) - Wikipedia

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    The stag and the bat both indicate fu happiness. The peach, gourd, and scroll are symbols of longevity." [2] His most striking characteristic is, however, his large and high forehead, which earned him the title "Longevity Star Old-pate". [2] The Chinese character shòu (壽) is usually found on textiles, furniture, ceramics and jewelry. The ...

  5. Eight Treasures - Wikipedia

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    The eight treasures on a Chinese amulet.. The Eight Treasures (simplified Chinese: 八宝; traditional Chinese: 八 寶; pinyin: Bābǎo), also known as the Eight Precious Things, [1] are popular symbols often depicted in Chinese art and on Chinese numismatic charms.

  6. List of hexagrams of the I Ching - Wikipedia

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    Other meanings of the symbol: gather, assemble, collect, dense, thick, and collection. It may mean that it's good to get help or advice; for progress it's necessary to persevere. The group needs to be sustained. Its inner (lower) trigram is ☷ (坤 kūn) field = (地) earth, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☱ (兌 duì) open = (澤) swamp.

  7. Double Happiness (calligraphy) - Wikipedia

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    Double Happiness is a ligature, "囍" composed of 喜喜 – two copies of the Chinese character 喜 (xǐ ⓘ) literally meaning joy, compressed to assume the square shape of a standard Chinese character (much as a real character may consist of two parts), and is pronounced simply as xǐ or as a polysyllabic Chinese character, being read as 双喜 (shuāngxǐ).

  8. Wufu - Wikipedia

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    Wufu (Chinese: 五福), meaning the five blessings, is a concept that signify a grouping of certain good fortunes and luck in Chinese culture. The number five is regarded as an auspicious number in Chinese traditions and closely associated with the Five Elements ( Wu Xing , Chinese: 五行 ), which are essential for a good life as well as the ...

  9. Ren (philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    Ren (Chinese: 仁, meaning "co-humanity" or "humaneness") is a Confucian virtue meaning the good quality of a virtuous human when reaching for higher ideals or when being altruistic. Ren is exemplified by functional, instinctual, parental feelings and intentions of encouragement and protection for their children. It is considered the outward ...