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Those most commonly depicted on older charms are the ceremonial ruyi (sceptre), coral, lozenge, rhinoceros horns, sycees, stone chimes, and flaming pearl. [4] Eight Treasures charms can alternatively display the eight precious organs of the Buddha's body, the eight auspicious signs, various emblems of the eight Immortals from Taoism , or eight ...
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A Taoist charm that contains Taoist "magic writing" on display at the Museum of Ethnography, Sweden. Taoist coin charms (simplified Chinese: 道教品压生钱; traditional Chinese: 道教品壓生錢; pinyin: dào jiào pǐn yā shēng qián), or Daoist coin charms are a family of categories of Chinese and Vietnamese numismatic charms that incorporate elements of the Taoist religion.
A Chinese boy charm on display at Museon, The Hague. Chinese Boy charms (Traditional Chinese: 童子連錢; Simplified Chinese: 童子连钱; Pinyin: tóng zǐ lián qián) are Chinese numismatic charms that depict images of boys in the hope that these charms would cause more boys to be born in the family of the holder. They usually have an ...
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A Song dynasty period bird-worm seal script coin charm. There are a number of Chinese numismatic charms which have inscriptions written in bird-worm seal script. [13] Bird-worm seal script is one of the oldest Chinese scripts, which originated more than 2500 years ago, because of its attractive style, Chinese kings and nobles during the Warring States period liked using bird-worm seal script ...
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Ashtamangala: first row (left to right): parasol, pair of golden fish, conch; second row: treasure vase, lotus; Last row: infinite knot, victory banner and wheel. The Ashtamangala ( Sanskrit : अष्टमङ्गल , romanized : Aṣṭamaṅgala ) is the sacred set of Eight Auspicious Signs ( Chinese : 八吉祥 , bajixiang ) featured in ...