Designs of Chinese Blessings is a compilation of special good luck pictures passed down in Mr. Huang's Family for several generations as well chose which Mr. Huang has been collecting for dozens of years. Their beauty is beyond description. The book consists of five sections: Good Fortune, High salary, Longevity, Happiness, and Wealth. Witch 119 pictures in each section, the whole book contains 595 pictures and is a complete representation of the various aspects of traditional Chinese Good luck pictures.
Table of Contents
人臻五福 花满三春 May People Enjoy a full of Blessings, and Let Flowers Bloom Throughout Spring Time 一甲一名 Number one scholar 一品当朝 Highest ranking official 一品清廉 Virtuous high-ranking official 一琴一鹤 One qin and one crane 一路连科 Continuously succeed in examinations 一路荣华 Glory all one's life 二甲传胪 Two top students enumeration 八骏马 Eight fine horses 九章 Nine decorative patterns 九锡 The Emperor's nine presents 九雏 Nine nestlings 三清 Three Taoist Gods 三元五福 Three top students and five happiness 三元及第 Three top students in the imperial examination 三元报喜 The happy announcement of top students in the imperial examination 大人虎变 Unpredictable changes of powerful people 孔子讲学 Confucius teaching 夕牛望日 Old ox looks at the sun 马上封喉 Immediately become a high official 云龙风虎 Cloud dragon, wind tiger 太师少师 Old and young emperor's teachers 太师童子 Old and young emperor's teachers 五瑞 Five propitious kinds of jade 五子登科 Five sons passing the imperial examination …… 高官厚禄 High position, good salary 捧圭朝天 Holding jade and facing the sky 翎顶辉煌 the brilliance of peacock plumes and coral 红顶花翎 Red hat with peacock plumes 海水江牙 Towering stone standing in the roaring ocean 喜报三元 Magpie announcing the good news of passing three examinations 喜得连科 Happily pass the palace examination 辈辈封侯 The official position kept for generations 魁星点斗 Kwei Star pointing to the Big Dipper 禄星高照 The star symbolizing salary shines above 猿猴托印 The monkey brings official position 富寿年丰 Enjoy wealth, longevity and good harvests 鲤跃龙门 The carp jumped over the dragon gate 禄位高升 Promotion to an official position 攀桂乘龙 Passing the palace examination and getting married happily 蟾宫折桂 Pluck osmanthus blossoms from the moon 麒麟送子 Unicorns sending sons
