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Anonymous users2024-01-24What is "Elephant" Mahogany Furniture?
It mainly refers to the appearance of an elephant, or the pattern carved by mahogany furniture is an elephant, such as the most common "elephant head sofa" and "elephant head dining table" on the market. Traditional mahogany furniture has formed a strong "elephant" culture.
The image of elephants is so widely used in traditional mahogany furniture, in fact, it reflects the Chinese's desire to pursue good fortune, happiness, peace and other good wishes, through some auspicious patterns to seek good omens and good luck, "elephant" culture is essentially people's pious yearning for beautiful things.
1. The elephant is infinitely powerful, but it has a gentle temperament, is simple, honest, and loyal, and can carry a weight to travel far away, which is regarded as a symbol of auspiciousness and strength, and is also known as the virtuous person among the beasts.
In myths and legends, the elephant is generated for the star of shaking light, can be auspicious, the ancient Buddha is to ride the elephant from the sky to descend, there is also a saying, the elephant is the mount of the Bodhisattva, according to legend, can predict the spirit of the spirit.
2. The image of the elephant's head is often used on the back of the mahogany furniture, and the image of the elephant's head is more like to be used on the backrest of the sofa chair, dining table and chair.
In order to please the good omen, people also match the elephant head with other auspicious things, and the elephant head is combined with Ruyi, Fu Lu Shou and so on, meaning more festive and auspicious.
3. The carving of elephant patterns is widely used in mahogany furniture, sometimes combined with other ones, carved and painted on the corners of tables, panels, chair backs and other places.
The boy rides on the back of the elephant, holding a handful of Ruyi, which means "auspicious Ruyi", and the elephant carries a pot of evergreen, which means "Vientiane renewal".
Elephants are supple and supple, and elephants are homophonic with "auspicious", and are often regarded as auspicious Jiarui and the mascot of Vientiane renewal. Elephants are often combined with other patterns, carved and painted on table legs, panels, screen top hats and other places, such as the elephant's back on the back of the treasure vase or elephant trunk bottle, the treasure bottle is filled with holy water, meaning "peace has an elephant"; The boy rides on the back of the elephant and holds Ruyi, which means "auspicious Ruyi"; The elephant carrying a pot of evergreen is the meaning of "Vientiane renewal".
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