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Chinese Fish Painting

In China, "fish(鱼)" and "surplus(余)" and "jade(玉)" are homonymic words (all sound "yu"), so fish represents affluence and abundance. China artists often draw the auspicious fishes drawing as carp and goldfish, as "carp(鲤)" and "benefit(利)" are homonymic words in Chinese, and … Continue reading

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