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Chinese Lucky Signs
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 Ru
Yi
- A Chinese phrase goes "Ji
Xiang (luck) Ru Yi (as one wishes)". Besides
meaning "as one wishes", Ru Yi is also an object - a long
piece with 2 mushroom-like curve at both ends. It has no functional
purpose - except maybe for decoration and as a sign of luckiness.
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Yue Yi (click to enlarge)
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Bat
- "Bat"
sounds like "fortunateness" in Chinese - happy and lucky that is.
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Flower/Peony
- Symbol of
wealthiness.
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Coin
- This one is
simple. Fortune.
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Turtle/Cranes/Peaches
- Longevity, why?
1) Turtles live hundreds of year; 2) Cranes .. .. ok, this one beats me, pass;
3) In Chinese heaven, the mother of gods has peaches grown in her garden. They
take 3,000 years to blossom and another 3,000 years to fruit. Take one bite and
you live forever.
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Fish/Carp
- It's all about
profit. "Fish" is homophonic to "surplus" while
"carp" with "profit". Now you know why there are tons of
fish/carp in Chinese art.
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Vase
- Sounds like
Peacefulness & Safeness.
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Numbers
- 2 =
easy, 3 = lively, 4 = death (this one is unlucky), 6 = continuously (use
in combination with other numbers, like "68"), 8 = get rich, 9 = long
lasting
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