Chinese Traditional Auspicious Designs

$10.00

232 pages

This book is a translated book explaining traditional lucky designs (including dragons, phoenixes, the four gods, beautiful plants and animals, and patterns), often used in sculptures, textiles, embroidery, paintings, etc.

For example, bats (which are often seen as scary animals) are considered a symbol of happiness because the written character for “bat” can be pronounced as 福 (fu), which means good fortune.

Titles for each item are in English, details in Japanese.

(2009)

232 pages

This book is a translated book explaining traditional lucky designs (including dragons, phoenixes, the four gods, beautiful plants and animals, and patterns), often used in sculptures, textiles, embroidery, paintings, etc.

For example, bats (which are often seen as scary animals) are considered a symbol of happiness because the written character for “bat” can be pronounced as 福 (fu), which means good fortune.

Titles for each item are in English, details in Japanese.

(2009)