Chinese Arts For Beauty And Wealth

What is drawn on these pages

Readings of the illustrated pages, in the tradition's own vocabulary. Described by a vision pass; the quoted captions are transcribed from the page itself.

• Folio 9 · diagram — A single large brushed Chinese character 美 (měi, "beauty") in bold semi-cursive calligraphy, filling the leaf, captioned in Thai รูป ๑ ความงาม ("figure 1, beauty"). This opens the Chinese-arts book of auspicious lucky-words: the character itself is the charm, a brush-written wish for beauty to be displayed, hung or copied. see the page →
• Folio 10 · diagram — A single large brushed Chinese character 調 (tiáo, "harmony / attunement") in bold calligraphy, captioned in Thai รูป ๒ ความกลมกลืน ("figure 2, harmony / blending-together"). A lucky-word for concord and balanced relations, presented as brush-art to be displayed or traced. see the page →
• Folio 17 · diagram — Two brushed Chinese characters 桃花 (táohuā, "peach blossom") stacked vertically in bold calligraphy, captioned in Thai รูป ๓ ดอกท้อ ("figure 3, peach flower"). Peach blossom is the classic Chinese emblem of romance and love-luck (the taohua "peach-blossom fortune") — a charm-word for attraction and affairs of the heart. see the page →
• Folio 19 · diagram — Two brushed Chinese characters 勁竹 (jìng zhú, "vigorous / strong bamboo") in bold calligraphy, with a small Thai caption glossing it as bamboo (รูป ๔, ไผ่). Bamboo is the emblem of upright resilience — bending without breaking, strength through hardship — offered here as an auspicious lucky-word. see the page →
• Folio 28 · diagram — Two brushed Chinese characters 風柳 (fēng liǔ, "wind-willow / willow in the wind") in bold calligraphy, with a faint Thai caption (รูป ๗). The willow bending in the wind is an emblem of grace, suppleness and yielding strength — a lucky-word for graceful adaptability. see the page →
• Folio 35 · diagram — A vertical column of brushed Chinese characters read as an auspicious wealth-phrase (小/少 腹 大 富, "small means, great riches"), captioned in Thai รูป ๘ เงินน้อย โชคลาภ ("figure 8, little money — windfall fortune"). A prosperity charm-phrase promising great fortune from small beginnings, written as display calligraphy. see the page →