New Dreams of Mandarin Duck and ButterflyButterflyOriginating from the beautiful and poignant love story "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai", also known as the Butterfly Lovers, butterfly symbolizes love, romance, happiness, rebirth and so on. Image of butterflies is also used as a temporary cure for any area of your life that needs change. When you are experiencing difficulties in certain areas of your life, the energy of these butterflies can be brought into the corresponding areas of your home. Since butterflies know how to gracefully go through transformation stages then to become beautiful. Apart from that idea, the butterfly is also connected to the fame sector. So aiming to improve love and marriage, placing it in southwest sector would be better. It is also believed when the butterfly comes to your house, you are about to receive some important guests who will bring good news relating to your career and life.

Chinese Butterfly PaintingTwo?Mandarin ducks?playing in the waterA pair of Mandarin DucksPlaying in the cold waterThe drake clad in his colored tuxPreening for his demure loverThey splash and swim in unisonLike little ducklings frolickingA sincere love in seasonSo caught up in their rollickingThe drake chases his ladyAs she coyly paddles awayHe wants to make her his babyBefore she can get awaySoon their eyes lock in affectionCaptured in conjugal blissA symbol of wedded connectionTheir beaks in a gentle kissI found this vivid and exquisite poem on the Internet, which impressed me very much. Here I just share it with you. Compared with Chinese classical poem about mandarin ducks, this poem is easier to be understood without abstruse moral meaning. While I should figure out that mandarin ducks are romantic and desirable animals as a symbol of long-lasting and happy relationship in Chinese culture. So hanging mandarin duck in the South West sector of the house can betoken happy and harmonious marriage life.And, another poem bamboo is great.

Ode to Bamboo"Bamboo staff in hand,Straw sandalsBetter than a horse.What's to fear?Mist and rain,One straw rain cape enough for a lifetime."These sentences are the famous rhesis in Su Dongpo's poem-Claiming the Waves. From this we can see that bamboo was closely connected with the daily lives of people in ancient China and people could not live without bamboo. Throughout the centuries,?bamboo?has inspired the imagination of artists, while men of letters have foot valve Manufacturers written poetry and prose to express their admiration for the purity and elegance of bamboo. They compared the qualities of bamboo to those of man, and Su Dongpo attributed his literary inspiration to bamboo. Bamboo was also a favorite subject of noted Chinese painters of past dynasties. Bamboo, a material for arts and crafts and a symbol of integrity, has enriched the traditional Chinese culture, and become an everlasting subject for scholars and artists. According to the Chinese philosophy of geomancy (feng shui), bamboo is believed to be able to ward off bad spirits. The display ?of a bamboo painting ?in your home can create an kind of Eastern aesthetic?atmosphere?and ensure only good spirits enter your home.Articles from: New Dreams of Mandarin Duck and ButterflyFrom Chinese Painting Blog:

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