Chinese symbols

Pink-red plum blossom with visible stamens on a bare branching stem

The Four Gentlemen: Plum, Orchid, Bamboo and Ch...

Discover the Four Gentlemen in Chinese art: plum blossom, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum, their meanings, and four related jewelry and accessory designs.

The Four Gentlemen: Plum, Orchid, Bamboo and Ch...

Discover the Four Gentlemen in Chinese art: plum blossom, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum, their meanings, and four related jewelry and accessory designs.

Black-and-white bat and floral roundel surrounding an upside-down Fu character

Fu Has Arrived: Upside-Down Fu, Bats and Fish i...

Discover how an inverted Fu character, bats, fish, flowers, and circular composition turn familiar wordplay into joyful wishes for a good life.

Fu Has Arrived: Upside-Down Fu, Bats and Fish i...

Discover how an inverted Fu character, bats, fish, flowers, and circular composition turn familiar wordplay into joyful wishes for a good life.

Two black paired-bat patterns representing Double Blessings, one rounded and one elongated

Double Blessings Bat Motif: Meaning, Symmetry a...

Discover how paired bats express Double Blessings through Chinese wordplay, balanced silhouettes, negative space, and decoration in everyday life.

Double Blessings Bat Motif: Meaning, Symmetry a...

Discover how paired bats express Double Blessings through Chinese wordplay, balanced silhouettes, negative space, and decoration in everyday life.

Circular Hundred Blessings design with varied decorative Fu calligraphy

Bai Fu Tu: The Meaning of China's Hundred Bless...

Explore Bai Fu Tu, the Hundred Blessings Diagram: Fu, Lu and Shou, bat symbolism, circular Fu calligraphy, and meaningful gifts inspired by Chinese blessings.

Bai Fu Tu: The Meaning of China's Hundred Bless...

Explore Bai Fu Tu, the Hundred Blessings Diagram: Fu, Lu and Shou, bat symbolism, circular Fu calligraphy, and meaningful gifts inspired by Chinese blessings.

Black line illustration of curling wave crests and flowing parallel lines

Chinese Qushui Pattern: History, Meaning, and D...

Discover the Chinese qushui pattern: its textile history, linked geometric forms, symbolism, connections with water motifs, and uses in modern design.

Chinese Qushui Pattern: History, Meaning, and D...

Discover the Chinese qushui pattern: its textile history, linked geometric forms, symbolism, connections with water motifs, and uses in modern design.

Round relief object with four broad petal-like lobes and smaller pointed elements

Chinese Four-Leaf Pattern: History, Meaning, an...

Explore Chinese four-leaf ornament, its relationship with four-petaled flowers and persimmon-calyx patterns, its use on historical objects, and the distinction from modern four-leaf clover designs.

Chinese Four-Leaf Pattern: History, Meaning, an...

Explore Chinese four-leaf ornament, its relationship with four-petaled flowers and persimmon-calyx patterns, its use on historical objects, and the distinction from modern four-leaf clover designs.