Symbols & Meanings – Page 9
The stories and traditions behind the symbols you see across our collection, from mantras, lotus flowers and thangkas to phoenix, crane, bamboo, peony, tiger, rabbit, auspicious clouds, fu, ruyi, qilin and the zodiac. Page 9 of 10.
Chinese Knot Meaning: Five Designs, Colors, and Care
Our knot glossary explains five traditional designs, the role of red cord, and simple care for knotted bracelets and hanging decorations.
Plum Blossom Meaning: Flowers Before Spring Arrives
Plum blossoms flower before spring fully arrives, carrying traditional meanings of resilience, hope, and integrity into paintings, jewelry, accessories, and teaware.
Butterfly Symbolism: 6 Meanings and Chinese Stories
Butterflies carry meanings of change, freedom, the soul, love, and long life, with Chinese stories adding distinctive layers to the familiar motif.
Peace Buckle Meaning: The Wish Within a Simple Circle
Understand the peace buckle through its circular shape, its customary wish for safety, and practical ways to choose a pendant, bracelet, or ring.
Heart Sutra Meaning: A Line-by-Line Reading Guide
Read the Heart Sutra passage by passage, with plain explanations of emptiness, its closing mantra, and respectful customs around inscribed jewelry and teaware.
Chinese Phoenix Meaning: Fenghuang, Harmony, and Art
The Chinese phoenix represents virtue and harmony, with a place in imperial tradition, wedding imagery, and the details of everyday decorative objects.
Crane Symbolism in China and Japan: Art and Meaning
Discover how Chinese and Japanese traditions interpret the crane, from immortal companions and symbols of rank to paper wishes, wedding motifs, and teaware.
What Is a Thangka? A Walk Around One, Border to Center
A museum-style walk through a Tibetan thangka, from its silk border and painted ground to the deity at its center, plus small ones for a shelf at home.
Chinese Dragon Symbolism: An Anatomy of the Creature
Chinese dragon symbolism breaks the creature into parts, from horns and scales to the chasing pearl, that still show up on jewelry today.
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