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The article will cover the following Chinese Good Luck Symbols
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- Pixiu
- Three-legged golden toad
- Fish
- Gourds
- Fu Shell
- Leaves
- Fudou
- Lucky Bags
- God of Wealth
- Cabbage
- Passepartout
- Four Leaf Clover
In addition to Pixiu, there are also these jewelry in traditional Chinese culture that can also attract wealth!
Recruiting wealth has been people's dream since ancient times. In the history of many countries, in addition to using jewelry as beautiful decorations, people also considered them to be a very important element in traditional Feng Shui, which can bring good luck and wealth to the wearer.
However, different regions and cultures also have different choices for wealth-seeking jewelry. Today, let’s take a look at what kinds of jewelry can “bring in wealth” in traditional Chinese folk culture?
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Pixiu
Pixiu, also known as "Warding Off Evil, Tianlu, Baijie", commonly known as "Pixihu", is also known as the five auspicious beasts along with dragon, phoenix, turtle and unicorn. The male is named "Pi" and the female is named "Xiu".
Pixiu not only likes to eat gold and silver treasures, but also eats them all. It not only brings good luck and wealth to its owner, but also drives away evil spirits. It is a symbol of auspiciousness in people's minds. It is often carved on jade and used to attract people. Wealth~
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Three-legged golden toad
"A phoenix cannot live in a phoenix tree, and a golden toad cannot live in anything other than a land of wealth." The golden toad in this sentence refers to the three-legged golden toad.
The three-legged golden toad, also known as the "lucky toad", is a spiritual creature in Chinese folk belief. According to legend, it can spit out money, and the place where it lives can gather wealth. It has the functions of attracting wealth, spitting out wealth, gathering wealth, and holding down wealth. Therefore, its image is often made into jewelry and worn.
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Fish
In Chinese myths and legends, many people must have heard the story of "the carp leaping over the dragon's gate", which means success in career, so it is often seen in the Four Treasures of the Study.
The homophone of fish is "yu", which means "a house full of gold and jade" and "more than a year after another". In addition, the lines of fish are very smooth and elegant, so they are often designed to be worn in various shapes of jewelry.
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Gourds
Gourd is homophonic to "Fu and Lu", Fu means blessing, and Lu means position and star. In ancient times, it referred to high-ranking officials with generous salaries, but now it mostly refers to strong career and financial luck.
The shape of the gourd is round and full with a big belly and a small mouth, which means it can attract wealth and prosperity. There is a folk saying that "a gourd in a house will make the family rich", which means that every household must place a gourd to attract wealth.
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Fu Shell
Shells were used as currency in ancient transactions, that is, early coins. Wearing money as jewelry means "good luck". If you don’t get rich, who will?
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Leaves
Leaves, homophonic to "KARMA", means "a big family, a big business" and "a successful career". Wearing leaf-shaped jewelry has the beautiful meaning of "golden branches and jade leaves" and "full of wealth". For art practitioners, leaves are homophones for "night", and wearing leaf-shaped jewelry means "become famous overnight."
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Fudou
The shape of lucky beans is usually green beans or pods. It is said that bean pods are often used as delicacies in temples and the monks love them very much. They also praised the benefits of beans to the Buddha while chanting sutras and worshiping the Buddha. Therefore, the bean pods are called "Buddha beans", which is homophonic to "blessed beans".
Lucky beans contain many beans, which have many auspicious meanings such as many children and good fortune, making money all year round, winning three yuan in a row, etc. They are very popular among everyone.
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Lucky Bags
In ancient times, people put money in a hand-sewn cloth bag with the word "福" embroidered on it, then tied the mouth of the bag tightly with a rope and carried it with them. This is the origin of the "luck bag".
The lucky bag is originally meant to hold money. In addition, its shape has a big belly and a tight mouth, and the bag is homophoned with "generation", so it has the beautiful meaning of "generating wealth from generation to generation" and "bringing wealth and treasures".
- God of Wealth
The God of Wealth is the god in charge of worldly wealth in Chinese Taoism. In ancient times, many families would "invite" a God of Wealth to bless their wealth at home. Wearing jewelry with the theme of the God of Wealth on your body means that you hope to be surrounded by the good luck of "money rolling in" all the time, which means that you will have prosperous wealth.
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Cabbage
Cabbage, homophonic to "hundreds of wealth", means that money will come from all directions and all kinds of wealth will come together. It is a mascot that attracts, gathers, and makes fortune. Many people like to wear cabbage-shaped jewelry, hoping to make money in a good way and make a lot of money.
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Passepartout
The Passepartout beads can turn around and roll freely, which means "rich wealth".
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Four Leaf Clover
In the West, the four leaves of a four-leaf clover represent health, love, wealth, and honor respectively, and are called lucky clovers; in Chinese, the four-leaf clover is homophonic to "career grass." Wearing jewelry in the shape of a four-leaf clover means a prosperous career and good luck.
In traditional Chinese culture, gold is said to attract wealth and ward off evil spirits. Coupled with the various exquisite shapes worn on people's bodies, it not only decorates the external beauty, but also enriches people's inner beliefs and beautiful vision for the future. !