The mascot is symbolic. Mascot is a national characteristic and a representative. Some mascots can also be used to ward off evil spirits. What is the symbolic meaning of the mascot? I have compiled information about the symbolic meaning of mascots for everyone. Let's have a look.
The mascot symbolizes 1 1 and is brave and fearless.
As the ancients said, the wizard is the ninth son of the dragon. He ate gold, silver and jade, but he didn't spit it out. Therefore, there is a saying that "it is easy to get rich in your hands and everything is safe at home". Because it is the son of a dragon, but it is a bit like a lion. It has the power to ward off evil spirits, block evil spirits and house, and can drive away evil spirits in this place, bringing joy and good luck.
2, jade cabbage, jade cabbage
Jade cabbage is homophonic "meet all treasures", so putting jade cabbage indoors means gathering wealth, making money, making money and gathering all treasures; "Hundred treasures", jade cabbage also has the sound of "releasing wealth", which is a symbol of a rich family and a representative of wealth.
3.Aquarius
Aquarius, taking its homonym, means to keep peace forever, which is suitable for home or company. Aquarius flower arrangement, peace and happiness, life is really safe and colorful.
4. Elephants
"Elephant" and "auspicious" are homophonic, so elephants are endowed with auspicious meanings. There is an old saying in China: "Peace is like an elephant", which means "good luck" and "going out into the phase". It also means that elephants are docile and good at absorbing gold, which helps to absorb wealth from all directions. Moreover, in ancient times, there was such a saying to worship each other and express their expectations for their future careers.
5. Gourd
Most of the feng shui ornaments are homophonic, gourd, and the local dialect is "Fulu", with its three immortals of Fulu life as a sign of blessing, which is rich and attractive, and longevity is longer than Nanshan.
6.toad
There is a saying that "he who gets the golden toad is rich"! In other words, wherever Jin Chan goes, money is gathered, so there is the saying "Jin Chan". The three-legged golden toad has three feet, which is a spiritual object, symbolizing the rolling financial resources and an auspicious mascot! In addition, the three-legged golden toad can also turn evil spirits, ward off evil spirits and get rid of villains!
7. Guan Gong
Guan Yu is the most common feng shui decoration in the office. Guan Yu is a Guan Yu in the Three Kingdoms. He rode a broadsword and was loyal to Liu Bei. His blade points to the mountain, which means that the employees of the company want to be as loyal to the company center as Master Liu. There are also many people who regard Mr. Guan as a knife, which means making money into treasure.
8. cattle
We have always known that cows are the most diligent. In ancient times, a cow was the labor pillar, economic source and life assistant of the whole family. Cattle are willing to sacrifice for the people and benefit the world. Cattle struggle, auspiciousness and peace have become synonymous with cattle.
9. Kirin
Kirin is a sacred object in the sky, with auspicious breath, often accompanied by gods, and is the location of gods. Legend has it that Kirin takes special care of filial piety and kindness, so Kirin is known as the "benevolent beast"; There is also the saying that "Kirin bears children", and Kirin also has the function of reproducing offspring. Kirin has auspicious functions such as exorcising evil spirits, making wealth into treasure, having many children and grandchildren, and benefiting literature.
10, immediate success
A spirited horse running for good luck and wealth. The success of horses is a common auspicious ornament in geomantic omen. When the horse's head was placed in the window, the horse was always under the master's control. If you face outward, like a runaway wild horse, you can't grasp the fortune and good luck.
The symbolic meaning of the mascot. A brief history of the development of traditional auspicious patterns in China
With the progress of society and the development of human civilization, people's concept consciousness and aesthetic taste are constantly developing and changing, and the accompanying various art forms are also marked with distinct brand of the times. As a formal art, the traditional auspicious patterns in China are also the reflection of human thinking and ideology, and there must be a process of occurrence and development.
As early as the totem worship in ancient times, the ancestors were full of fantasies and speculations about the mysterious universe and the shapes and life characteristics of many animals and plants, such as birds and animals, flowers and birds, insects and fish, which gave birth to graphic symbols seeking happiness and security. During this period, the animal patterns and fish patterns on painted pottery techniques all had the meaning of respecting gods and worshipping chaos. Although this totem culture can't really be called decorative auspicious patterns created by people's subjective initiative, it objectively lays the foundation for the development of traditional auspicious patterns, and defines its source and address in the category of humanities and arts.
Various monsters, such as dragons, phoenixes, turtles and birds, appeared in painted pottery, stone carvings and jade carvings in the Neolithic Age. Moire, ripple and palindrome also appeared first. During the Shang Dynasty, the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, auspicious patterns in the true sense were produced in class society. Because in class society, people's ideology has undergone tremendous changes. With the rapid development of this technical level, rich ideological content can be expressed through objective forms. For example, various decorative patterns on bronzes and lacquerware, such as gluttonous patterns, dragon patterns, bird patterns and elephant patterns, make people feel not only the dignity and elegance of that particular era, but also the mysterious and ancient spiritual connotation of that particular era. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, Buddhism was introduced into China. Buddhism's karma, Taoism's immortality, Confucianism's yin and yang and five elements. Auspicious patterns, together with myths and legends, greatly enriched the theme and were widely used in architecture, sculpture and folk art, and rich auspicious languages began to appear. For example, there have been many auspicious patterns on the brocade of the Han Dynasty, such as the brocade of "all the best" and the brocade of "endless life". At this time, the traditional auspicious patterns such as happiness, luck, longevity and happiness have gradually begun to take shape. During the Sui, Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, auspicious patterns were perfected and gradually popularized. Especially in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, auspicious patterns were widely used in architectural color paintings, ceramics, embroidery, fabrics and lacquerware. At this time, auspicious patterns entered a period of high popularity, even to the point where "pictures must be auspicious". During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, auspicious patterns began to mature. The forms of patterns are more colorful, and the auspicious patterns are more mature and perfect by using pattern techniques. The spread of auspicious pictures, auspicious customs and auspicious words is far-reaching, and its influence on social culture is gradually deepening.
Throughout the development history of traditional auspicious patterns in China, it originated from primitive culture, began in Shang and Zhou Dynasties, developed rapidly in Song and Yuan Dynasties, and reached its peak in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Auspicious patterns have their relative limitations in each period, but their development has never stopped. Until today, traditional auspicious patterns still have strong vitality.
Secondly, the classification of traditional auspicious patterns in China.
In order to facilitate in-depth study of traditional auspicious patterns in China, people divide them into different categories according to different standards. Among them, the common classification standard is: according to the application carrier of auspicious patterns, they can be divided into architectural decorative patterns (such as stone carving, brick printing and color painting on wooden structures, etc.). ), furniture decoration, printing and dyeing embroidery patterns, porcelain patterns, lacquer patterns, painted pottery patterns, etc. According to the theme of auspicious patterns, they can be divided into figures, auspicious birds and beasts, plants, figures, geometric patterns, and combinations of utensils. Here, this paper attempts to divide auspicious patterns into the following categories according to their aesthetic characteristics.
1, using Chinese homophones
People in China prefer to get a "lottery ticket" when they are happy and auspicious. Among them, an important feature of Chinese is applied: many Chinese characters have the same pronunciation and different meanings. Using Chinese homophony can be used as an expression of some auspicious meaning, which is very common in auspicious patterns. For example, a quail and nine fallen leaves constitute "living and working in peace" (quail living in fallen leaves); Fish homonym "fish", symphonic homonym "green", plum homonym "mei", magpie generation "sheng" and so on. In the above situation, auspicious patterns such as "more auspicious celebration", "beaming" and "early birth of your son" (jujube, peanut, laurel garden, lotus seed) can be formed respectively.
2. With the help of animal ecological attributes
Various animals and plants in nature have formed various ecological attributes due to factors such as ecology, environment, conditions and heredity, so people use things as metaphors and attach symbols. For example, a dog who doesn't serve two masters means loyalty, a lamb who kneels and suckles means filial piety, a deer who doesn't eat meat and fish and is extremely docile means kindness, and a horse who obeys his master means justice. The abstract concepts such as loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness advocated by Confucianism all have specific symbols. Another example is that the male and female mandarin ducks are paired and inseparable, and the male and female mandarin ducks float side by side on the water, that is, "mandarin ducks play in the water", which symbolizes the love between husband and wife.
3, on behalf of the meaning of things
Symbolizing auspicious celebrations with representative things is the direct application of auspicious patterns to materials, which can give people the most intuitive blessing impression. Such as money, jade, ingots, etc. They are all symbols of property, which are directly applied to handicrafts to express the pursuit of wealth; Lantern is a traditional holiday product. Painting a grain lantern means that the grain is abundant and well-fed. Use pen, ink, paper, ink, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting to symbolize the scholarly accord and literati; Auspicious patterns with religious origins are typical examples of using various representative objects to symbolize auspiciousness. More common are the Eight Immortals of Light and Dark in Taoism and the Eight Treasures and Eight Auspiciouss in Buddhism.
4. Direct application of auspicious words
The writing itself is very decorative, and its various variants or calligraphy forms have strong expressive tension, so it is a good means to decorate auspicious words directly on objects. Commonly used auspicious words are "Fu", "Lu", "Shou" and "Xi". Their auspicious patterns are an important branch of traditional auspicious patterns in China. Pictures such as "Baifu", "Bailu", "Bai Shou" and "Baixi" can be composed of various calligraphy or variant forms, which are often combined with indoor artworks or screen carvings, reflecting the corresponding coexistence of calligraphy art, national art and traditional culture, which is quite meaningful.
5. Application of ancient poetry.
In ancient times, the poetry of trying words has a long history and profound precipitation. They often express their feelings through things by means of comparison, and have a broad mind like a wild crane. These characteristics are skillfully borrowed by auspicious patterns, which can create a strong cultural atmosphere. For example, some people in the ancients said, "Being kind to others is like entering Lan Zhi's room, but it smells good after a long time.". In auspicious paintings, people are used to using Lan Zhi together as a metaphor for a friendship between gentlemen. Chrysanthemums bloom in autumn, and first frost is hardy, which is sung by literati. People love its exquisite charm and endow it with noble and strong sentiment. Chrysanthemum in auspicious patterns is endowed with the meaning of good luck and longevity, while other patterns, such as "out of the water", are similar to the artistic conception of Tang poetry and Song poetry.
6. Comprehensive use of various symbolic techniques.
There are many auspicious patterns that are the artistic achievements of comprehensive use of the above symbolic techniques. The biggest feature of comprehensive techniques is that they can give patterns richer meanings. Let the work become mature and full. For example, Sanduo Map is composed of pomegranate, peach and bergamot, which means that there are many blessings (Buddha) and many men (pomegranate and pomegranate). When they are combined, they become a symbol of happiness and beauty in life.
China ancient mascots: bat ganoderma lucidum, old ling carp, magpie, jujube, apricot, Long Yun, gluttonous dragon and phoenix, turtle crane, pine bamboo, Meilan, chrysanthemum cicada, goose, monkey, badger and gourd.