Chinese symbols

Antique blue-and-white jar decorated with a Chinese Bogu arrangement

What Is the Chinese Bogu Pattern? History, Symb...

Discover the Chinese Bogu pattern: its Song antiquarian roots, Ming–Qing development, common objects, symbolism, and use in porcelain, textiles, and design.

What Is the Chinese Bogu Pattern? History, Symb...

Discover the Chinese Bogu pattern: its Song antiquarian roots, Ming–Qing development, common objects, symbolism, and use in porcelain, textiles, and design.

Color variations of Chinese tuanhua floral medallion patterns

What Is the Chinese Tuanhua Pattern? History, M...

Explore the Chinese tuanhua pattern: its history, symbolism, circular composition, artistic uses, and key differences from baoxianghua and scrolling-vine motifs.

What Is the Chinese Tuanhua Pattern? History, M...

Explore the Chinese tuanhua pattern: its history, symbolism, circular composition, artistic uses, and key differences from baoxianghua and scrolling-vine motifs.

A high-definition line drawing of a Chinese sun pattern with radiating rays

What Is the Chinese Sun Pattern? History, Meani...

Explore the Chinese sun pattern—its prehistoric origins, major forms, symbolism, differences from fire and star motifs, and responsible use in modern design.

What Is the Chinese Sun Pattern? History, Meani...

Explore the Chinese sun pattern—its prehistoric origins, major forms, symbolism, differences from fire and star motifs, and responsible use in modern design.

Reconstructed interlocking Chinese ring pattern rosette

What Is the Chinese Ring Pattern? Chonghuan Wen...

Explore Chinese ring patterns and chonghuan wen: their late Western Zhou bronze history, nested-ring structure, related motifs, meanings, identification, and modern design use.

What Is the Chinese Ring Pattern? Chonghuan Wen...

Explore Chinese ring patterns and chonghuan wen: their late Western Zhou bronze history, nested-ring structure, related motifs, meanings, identification, and modern design use.

High-resolution reconstruction of a traditional Chinese Fangqi square-lattice motif

What Is the Chinese Fangqi Pattern? History, St...

Explore the Chinese Fangqi pattern—its square-lattice structure, textile history, variations, cultural meaning, related motifs, and modern design use.

What Is the Chinese Fangqi Pattern? History, St...

Explore the Chinese Fangqi pattern—its square-lattice structure, textile history, variations, cultural meaning, related motifs, and modern design use.

Continuous indigo I-shaped gong-character pattern on an ivory background

What Is the Chinese Gong-Character Pattern? His...

The Chinese gong-character pattern (工字纹, gōng zì wén) is a modular geometric ornament built from I-shaped units. Learn its documented history, structure, meanings, related motifs, and uses in Chinese decorative...

What Is the Chinese Gong-Character Pattern? His...

The Chinese gong-character pattern (工字纹, gōng zì wén) is a modular geometric ornament built from I-shaped units. Learn its documented history, structure, meanings, related motifs, and uses in Chinese decorative...