The most comprehensive explanation of the meaning of jade patterns in history, useful for collection!

The finished jade products currently available on the market are a combination of traditional Chinese culture and modern oriental and western culture. The fusion of various cultures has greatly enhanced the cultural and artistic content. By integrating various patterns from different eras, we have summarized the following more than 100 meanings, which will continue to increase.

Characters

Guanyin: Guanyin has a gentle heart, dignified manners, and a deep understanding of worldly affairs. She can always keep people safe, eliminate disasters and difficulties, and keep them away from harm. She is compassionate and saves all living beings. She is the embodiment of saving people from suffering.

Laughing Buddha: The tolerance and magnanimity of the Laughing Buddha can encourage one to remain calm and open-minded, watch the ups and downs of the world calmly, and laugh at the rising and falling clouds. He is the embodiment of liberation from worries. Buddha also guarantees peace, which means that blessings (Buddha) are with you.

God of Wealth: The God of Wealth is a deity in legend who brings wealth to people. Wearing the Jade God of Wealth will bring you money.

Arhat: Arhat has an indestructible body of diamond and can turn misfortune into fortune.

Shouxing: Shouxing is the Nanjixianweng; one of the three stars of happiness, wealth and longevity.

Fisherman: He is a legendary immortal who fishes. Every time he casts his net, he always gets a big catch. Wearing the Jade Fisherman will ensure prosperous business and continuous profits. The fisherman gains the profit: it implies good fortune and luck.

Boy: The boy is innocent and lively, very lovable. There are the boy who brings wealth, the boy who makes people happy, the boy who brings good luck, and the boy who is sent by the unicorn.

Liu Hai: Together with copper coins or toad, it means Liu Hai playing with the golden toad and gaining money with every step; or it means the fairy boy presenting treasures.

Zhong Kui: Promote good and drive away evil, and eliminate all demons and monsters. Zhong Kui is often depicted catching ghosts.

Guan Gong: Guan Yu is a man who values ​​loyalty and credibility the most, and is renowned for his bravery and martial arts skills.

Laozi: A thinker in the Spring and Autumn Period and the founder of Taoism. Lao Tzu's fundamental ideas are self, ordinariness, harmony and cycle.

Nuwa: According to folklore, Nuwa refined five-colored stones to repair the sky.

Houyi: According to folklore, Houyi shot down the sun. Houyi drew his bow and shot an arrow to save all living beings.

The Eight Immortals: Zhang Guolao, Lü Dongbin, Han Xiangzi, He Xiangu, Li Tieguai, Han Zhongli, Cao Guojiu and Lan Caihe. The Eight Immortals crossed the sea, each showing their magical powers. Sometimes the magical instruments held by the Eight Immortals are used to represent the Eight Immortals or the Eight Treasures. The eight instruments are gourd, fan, fish drum, flower basket, yin-yang board, flute, lotus, and sword.

Angels: They are spirits that serve God. They are sent by God to help people who need salvation and to convey God's will. They are God's spokespersons on earth.

Auspicious Beasts

Dragon: It is the god of animals. It can create clouds and rain, benefit all things, and gain profit with favorable winds. It is a symbol of bravery, authority and dignity. It was once used by royal families of all dynasties and is now regarded as a sacred, auspicious and auspicious object by the people. Together with the phoenix, it symbolizes the auspiciousness of dragon and phoenix.

Phoenix: The embodiment of auspiciousness, together with the sun and the phoenix tree, it symbolizes the rising sun. The king of all birds, it symbolizes beauty and peace. It is regarded as the representative of the highest female in the royal family. When paired with the dragon, it is a symbol of auspiciousness and joy.

Pixiu: An auspicious beast that brings wealth and treasure. It is said that Pixiu is the ninth prince of the Dragon King. Its staple food is gold, silver and treasures, which only come in and never go out. Therefore, people have a beautiful wish that "touching the Pi Xiu once will bring good luck, touching it again will bring wealth, and touching it for the third time will bring a smooth career."

Golden Toad: Toad and money are homophones in Chinese and it is common to see toads holding coins in their mouths, which symbolizes wealth and prosperity. It is said to be the princess of the Dragon King. It can spit out money. It is a three-legged spiritual beast. The ancients believed that it can make people rich and is a lucky beast that brings wealth.

Qilin: A auspicious beast that only appears in times of peace and prosperity. It is a symbol of kindness and auspiciousness. There is also a saying that "Qilin brings a child", which means that the boy brought by Qilin must be a virtuous minister.

Crane: It symbolizes longevity. The crane is known as a first-rank bird, which also means being in office as a first-rank official or being promoted to the first-rank official. Together with the pine tree, it symbolizes longevity. Together with the deer and the paulownia tree, it symbolizes spring.

Divine turtle: It is a symbol of longevity, wishing people longevity and health. There is a saying that the turtle lives as long as the crane. Peace turtle or longevity turtle. Together with the crane, it symbolizes the longevity of the tortoise and the crane. The horned turtle is the longevity turtle.

Xuanwu: Xuanwu is a combination of a turtle and a snake. "Eastern Azure Dragon, Western White Tiger, Southern Vermillion Bird, Northern Black Tortoise" represent the four directions of east, west, south, and north. Xuanwu is responsible for attracting wealth and has been regarded as a patron saint since ancient times.

Brave Lion: represents bravery, and two lions mean everything goes well. The big lion and the small lion represent Grand Tutor and Junior Tutor, meaning high position and great power.

Tiger: A metaphor for being mighty and brave, showing strength.

Chilong: A legendary dragon without horns, also called Chihu or grass dragon. In ancient culture, Chihu represents power, strength, authority, and kingly demeanor; it is extremely changeable and can ward off evil and avoid disasters; it symbolizes beauty and auspiciousness.

Smart monkey: smart and clever, also means being granted a title of nobility (monkey) and becoming an official. Together with the horse, it means that one will be promoted to a marquis soon. Together with the seal, it means being granted a title and getting a seal. The big monkey carrying the little monkey on its back symbolizes that generations of monkeys will be granted titles of nobility.

Carp: Carp jumping over the dragon gate is a metaphor for success such as passing an imperial examination or getting promoted. Later it was used as a metaphor for moving against the current and striving to make progress. The dragon head fish symbolizes promotion.

Goldfish: It means “surplus”, indicating wealth, good fortune and luck. It means a house full of wealth and treasures.

Catfish: Abundance every year.

Reindeer: They are immortal beasts with longevity, and often protect the Ganoderma lucidum together with cranes and the God of Longevity. They symbolize "fortune", which means longevity and prosperity. It means blessing and fortune. Being together with an official means getting promoted and receiving rewards.

Parrot: It is the longest-lived bird among all birds. Also called wise and brave.

Auspicious animals: together with bats, coins and magpies, they symbolize good fortune, wealth, longevity and happiness.

Swan: Because of the swan's white feathers, graceful body, moving voice and loyal behavior, people unanimously regard the white swan as a symbol of purity, loyalty and nobility.

Magpie: means happiness every day. There are ancient coins in front of the magpie, which means "happiness is in sight"; the magpie and three longans mean "three yuan of good news"; there are magpies in the sky and badgers on the ground, which means "joy and joy"; two magpies mean double happiness; together with a leopard, it means announcing good news; the magpie and lotus together mean getting consecutive degrees.

Bat: symbolizes blessing and good fortune. Five characters of "Fu" and "Shou" or longevity peaches represent the five blessings and longevity. Putting it together with copper coins means blessing is just around the corner. Together with the sunrise or the waves, it symbolizes good fortune as vast as the East Sea. Together with the Tianguan, it means the blessing of the Tianguan.

Elephant: It symbolizes good luck or happiness. Together with the bottle, it symbolizes peace and prosperity.

Rooster: Good luck and fortune, often accompanied by five chicks, symbolizing five sons passing imperial examinations or educating five sons.

Heron: The feathers are gorgeous, and the male and female live together inseparable. They were called "Pi Niao" in ancient times, symbolizing the love between husband and wife and their eternal love. It means a safe journey, and together with lotus it means success in all subjects.

Crab: To be the richest person in the world or to dominate the world.

Quail: peace and happiness. Together with chrysanthemums and fallen leaves, it symbolizes a peaceful and prosperous life.

Arowana: A dragon fish with a dragon head and a fish body. It is a carp that gets transformed from a dragon ball. The fish turns into a dragon - metamorphosis.

Gecko: You will definitely be happy.

Lizard: Things are different now.

Spider: Its eight big feet step into eight directions, which means contentment is the key to happiness.

Butterfly: Breaking out of the cocoon, a new life is born, symbolizing immortality.

Shuanghuan: A carving of two badgers (huan) connected head to tail. Badger: means joy.

Beetle: The richest man in the world.

Ao: It is a giant turtle with a dragon head in the sea in legend. The crane standing on its body symbolizes being the best and represents success in the imperial examination.

Cicada: Rebirth, a stunning success. Knowing the meaning of cicada, you will be able to understand it after reading it once and your grades will improve.

Bear: Together with the eagle, it symbolizes heroic fighting spirit.

Shrimp: Bend and smooth.

Rat: clever, kind and optimistic, with a money pattern, it is the Money Rat, symbolizing wealth and fortune for the Rat people.

Ox: Hard work leads to wealth, buying stocks implies a bull market, and those who wear it can make money.

Rabbit: An animal that everyone loves, gentle, elegant and beautiful.

Snake: It represents the little dragon. Wearing it will bring you good fortune and demonstrate the virtues of a gentleman.

Horse: The meanings are, get rich immediately, achieve success immediately, be awarded a title immediately, and be safe immediately (we meet on horseback but have no paper or pen, so please pass on the message to report safety).

Sheep: Because sheep is homophonic with auspiciousness and yang, it symbolizes good luck and good fortune.

Chicken: Chicken and lucky are homophones for good luck, which means good fortune. The emerald pheasant symbolizes a bright future.

Dog: Agile and loyal, also known as a lucky dog, wealthy dog, and happy dog.

Pig: Piglets are born to be rich, they are chubby and wealthy.

Plants

plum. The plum blossom has icy skin and graceful bones, and its fragrance remains in the cold weather, inspiring people to be motivated. It is also an auspicious symbol for the coming of spring and good news. Together with the magpie, it represents joy. Together with the pine, bamboo and plum blossom, it represents the three friends of winter.

Orchid: Orchid is a symbol of beauty, nobility, purity, virtue, and elegance. Due to its noble quality, orchid is also known as the "gentleman among flowers". Together with osmanthus, it means orchids and osmanthus are equally fragrant, which means excellent descendants.

Bamboo: The bamboo of peace, the bamboo of fortune, the bamboo that brings peace; the bamboo is verdant and tall, with an outstanding appearance, and is always lush in all seasons. It symbolizes vigorous development, lofty aspirations, and continuous advancement. It is also a reputation as a "gentleman".

Chrysanthemum: good luck, longevity, and combined with magpie it represents "family happiness." Together with pine, it symbolizes longevity.

Pine: A symbol of longevity, may it live as long as the evergreen pines in the Southern Mountains.

Longevity peach: The fairy peach of Queen Mother of the West. Eating it can bring a long life of a hundred years. Peach is the fruit of longevity. Wearing it can help you live longer and have a sweet and happy life.

Gourd: It symbolizes fortune and luck. The carved gourd and small animal (longevity) represent good fortune, wealth and longevity. Gourd - magic.

Beans: Four Seasons Fortune Beans or Four Seasons Peace Beans; also known as Lucky Beans.

Lychee: Good fortune.

Buddha's hand: It means good fortune and longevity, also called the fortune-attracting hand.

Lily: Lily and persimmon together mean everything goes well.

Wheat ears: peace every year.

Lotus: The Buddha's seat is also called the lotus seat. It grows out of the mud but is not stained by it. It is straight inside and outside, clean and not evil. The lotus symbolizes a gentleman. Together with plum blossoms, it symbolizes peace and harmony; together with carp, it symbolizes abundance year after year; together with osmanthus, it symbolizes the birth of many sons; a pair of lotus pods symbolizes unity of purpose.

Persimmon: Everything goes well, everything goes well, and everything goes well.

Grapes: Grapes are used to symbolize a good harvest because they bear fruit; they symbolize success in one’s career and in all aspects of life.

Pomegranate: A pomegranate bears hundreds of seeds, which means many children and good fortune.

Peony: graceful and charming, elegant and luxurious, it embodies the beauty of color, fragrance and charm. "Peony is the most luxurious flower", "its beauty and fragrance are the most beautiful in the world" and "the flower blooms with wealth and honor" symbolize prosperity, happiness and peace. The rich peony, together with the bottle, symbolizes wealth and peace.

Water chestnut: It means cleverness, and when put together with onion, it means smartness.

Red apricot: It means passing the imperial examination.

Ganoderma lucidum: means longevity and good fortune.

Peanuts: symbolize immortality, commonly known as (longevity fruit); together with the grass dragon, it symbolizes prosperous business.

Leaves: successful career, wealthy and powerful, handsome and elegant. The emerald green leaves represent vitality and imply that the tree of life is evergreen.

Chili pepper: "Chili" is homophonic with "交" (interaction, zhao), and wearing jade chili pepper means good luck and fortune, and prosperity.

Corn: Golden corn means a house full of gold and jade; wearing jade with corn pattern means prosperous business; corn has many seeds, and a house full of descendants, bringing good fortune and many children.

Cabbage: “Cai” is homophonic with “wealth”, so wearing jade cabbage means you have all kinds of wealth in one body, and money will roll in; it is also called passing down a clean family record.

Melons and fruits: When melons grow and mature, they can produce small melons and big melons. Small melons become big melons, and the melons have many seeds. This is used to describe the continuation of descendants.

Other categories

Sailboat: Wearing a jade boat symbolizes smooth sailing in your career and great profits.

Eight Trigrams: The Eight Trigrams have the function of predicting good and bad luck and knowing everything. People often use them as a talisman to ward off evil. Wearing Jade Bagua can ward off evil and prevent disasters.

Key: Key and time have the same pronunciation, which means time will come to bring about operation. Wearing a jade key means good luck.

Counting money: rat and coins are often used together to represent it.

Aquarius: or vase, symbolizes peace. Together with quail and ruyi, it symbolizes peace and good fortune; together with bells, it symbolizes peace for all beings.

Kite: It symbolizes soaring to the sky or being successful.

Longevity lock: wish the child to be safe and smart; and the jade lock can better reflect this beautiful wish.

Peace locket: peace and safety.

Cross: God's blessing.

All roads are open.

Valley nail pattern: a common decoration on bronze and ancient jade ware, symbolizing a good harvest and a rich life.

Picture of a Hundred Birds: It means a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix.

Flowers and the full moon: flowers and the moon.

Good fortune and longevity: The bat symbolizes "good fortune", the longevity peach symbolizes "longevity", and the two ancient coins symbolize "both".

Good fortune is at hand: carved bats (blessing), money (front), good luck is coming.

Happy and Delightful: Badger and Magpie. Happy and joyful - badgers, pigs and magpies shaped like bears, representing happiness and constant laughter.

Qilin Presents Book: Confucius rescued Qilin and obtained the Book from Heaven, and after studying hard, he finally became a sage.

The Azure Dragon teaches his son: two dragons, one big and one small, or a carp jumping over the Dragon Gate, or a dragon-headed fish, all have this meaning.

Three levels of promotion: Three halberds are inserted in the vase. It also means more good fortune and more happiness.

Promotion to a higher position: a katydid standing on a cockscomb or a rooster and cockscomb.

Rise to high position in the near future: a crane flies high at sunrise or an official points to the sun.

Winning three prizes in a row: Lychees, longans and walnuts are often used to represent winning three prizes in a row, namely, Jieyuan, Huiyuan and Zhuangyuan.

The top scorer in the imperial examination is often represented by a picture of a boy riding a dragon.

The Two Immortals of He and He: Two little children, one holding a lotus and the other holding a box. “He” and “he” are homophones, and they wish the family to live in harmony.

Dead wood comes back to life: jade is carved into dead wood and new shoots.

Fish Leaps over the Dragon Gate: A fish swims upstream in the turbulent current and sees the Dragon Gate just within reach, which means "pass the test and your value will increase a hundredfold."

To be conferred a title of nobility immediately: a carving of a horse (horse) and a monkey (marquis). The little monkey sits on the horse's back, looking very proud, indicating that he is not far from becoming a general or a prime minister.

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