Peacock
BALAUDAMA* (RAS
* A*MMERMERAD
125
. An emblem of beauty, sometimes used in place of the phoenix. The phoenix's appearance in Chinese history is common and “liable to glorify a peaceful reign or flatter a successful ruler". The peacock's feather decoration was granted for meritorious services and contributions to charity. The feathers had 3, 2 or 1 "eye" according to the grade conferred.
: Flower of riches and honour; emblem of love and affection; omen of good fortune,
Peony
牡丹花,代表富贵,所以又稱國色天香,
Plum blossom: Purity, nobility, constancy, modesty.
KAHA AA· KOAXAC
懷若谷。
Silk
:
The silkworm is an emblem of industry and its product is symbolic of delicate purity and virtue.
蠶緣強勤,它產的絲象征純潔的德行。
Silver
Brightness and purity, a measure of value.
***COMK HAMUN -
Vine and grapes : Symbolises abundant harvest of all food crops.
Fuk (fu) : Luck, Luk (lu) : Prosperity; Sau (shou) : Longevity
福:幸福、祿:富貴、壽:長壽
Bibliography
Julian Lloyd Webber. Beatrice Harrison: A Pioneering Spirit of Her Age. The Strad, December 1992, p.1172.
Margery Perham and Mary Bull (eds). The Diaries of Lord Lugard. Vols 1-3. London: Faber and Faber, 1959.
Margery Perham and Mary Bull (eds). The Diaries of Lord Lugard, Vol. 4. Illinois: North Western University Press, 1963.
C. A. S. Williams, Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives. Third Revised Edition. New York: Dover Publications Inc., 1976.
Peacock
BALAUDAMA* (RAS
* A*MMERMERAD
125
. An emblem of beauty, sometimes used in place of the
phoenix. The phoenix's appearance in Chinese history is common and “le sure to glorify a peaceful reign or flatter a successful ruler". The peacock's feather decoration was granted for meritorious services and contributions to charity. The feathers had 3. 2 or 1 "eye" according to the grade: conferred.
: Flower of riches and honour; emblem of love and affection;
omen of good fortune,
Peony
牡丹花,代表富鑫,所以滅稱國雞花,攀
Plum blossom: Purity, nobility, constancy, modesty.
KAHA AA· KOAXAC
懷若谷。
Silk
:
The silkworm is an emblem of industry and its product is symbolic of delicate purity and virtue.
蠶緣強勤,它灣的絲期像繼續
Silver
Brightness and purity, a measure of value.
***COMK HAMUN -
Vine and grapes : Symbolises abundant harvest of all food
crops.
Fuk (fu) : Luck, Luk (lu) : Prosperity; Sau (shou) : Longevity
福:幸福、祿:前途、麥:長壽
Bibliography
Julian Lloyd Webber. Beatrice Harrison: A Pioneering Spirit of Her Age.
The Strad, December 1992,
p.1172.
Margery Perham and Mary Bull (eds). The Diaries of Lord Lugard. Vols 1-3. London: Faber and Faber, 1959.
Margery Perham and Mary Bull (eds). The Diaries of Lord Lugard, Vol. 4.
Illinosis: North Westem University Press, 1963.
C. A. S. Williams, Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives. Third Revised Edition. New York: Dover Publications Inc., 1976.
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