三陽開泰

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三陽開泰

Postby nicku » Tue May 25, 2010 6:28 pm

三陽開泰 (san yang kai tai)

In Ming and Qing Dynasties, a chinese saying that blue sun (blue yang), red sun (red yang), white sun (white yang), representing the past, present and future. People like to use the "three yang" is an auspicious representing the Spring arrival and everything go well with the praise. The story is represented by patterns with three sheep (homonym "Yang" in Chinese) in the warm grass under sun.
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