洪福齊天春牛圖
Hongfu qitian chunniu
Spring ox calendar : great blessings reaching the sky
This is another type of spring ox calendar. Here figures of the scholar and fanner represent the universal qualities of success and plenty, and the images of the loom and spinning wheel may suggest that the calendar was printed for textile workers. The idea behind it is to praise their hard work and...
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洪福齊天春牛圖 [electronic resource] Chinese. |
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| Alternative titles: |
Hongfu qitian chunniu Spring ox calendar : great blessings reaching the sky |
| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | Chinese |
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after 1911.
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SOAS Digital Library.
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| Summary: |
This is another type of spring ox calendar. Here figures of the scholar and fanner represent the universal qualities of success and plenty, and the images of the loom and spinning wheel may suggest that the calendar was printed for textile workers. The idea behind it is to praise their hard work and it expresses the hope that they may enjoy good fortune, actually so much that it would reach the sky. |
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| Language: | Chinese |
| Published: |
after 1911.
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| Subjects: | |
| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
REGIONS. FORMATS. ARTE. REAS. ILOAA. |
| Access: |
This item is in the public domain. Please use in accord with Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA). High resolution digital master available from SOAS, University of London - the Digital Library Project Office. |
| Place of Publication: |
China -- Shanghai -- Shanghai. 中国 -- 上海 -- 上海市. |