“Nine fish pictures have auspicious and wishful meaning, since ancient times, “nine” has long-lasting meaning. “Fish” means good luck in all things. Nine lovely koi carps playing in the water, implying long-lasting auspicious luck. The red fish has prosperous luck. In other words, hanging a picture of nine fish in the decoration of home calligraphy and painting can not only delight the body and mind, but also have a good auspicious blessing. Fish in the folks means joy and harmony. Since ancient times, there has been a legend of “the carp jumping over the dragon gate” in our country. People use carp. I wish every year more than…”

“鱼的寓意有很多，因为 “鱼” 和 “余” 同音，也常被寓意为年年有余，在古代鱼象征着富贵。
1. “鱼” 与 “余” 谐音，所以鱼象征着富贵。民俗岁末祭祖中讲究供鱼，取年年有余鱼之吉利，则是对鱼的一种图腾崇拜。
2. “如鱼得水” 用来描述工作和生活和谐美满、幸福、自在。鱼水。比喻夫妻相得，或者男女情笃。
九鱼图是具有吉祥如意寓意,自古“九”就有长久之意。“鱼”则为万事如意。九条可爱的锦鲤在水中嬉闹,寓意着长久的吉祥如意，红色的鱼有旺运之说.

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In ancient mythology, the symbolism of the majestic Phoenix bird, which is most often connected with the Sun, dies and is reborn across cultures and throughout time.

Ancient legend paints a picture of a magical bird, radiant and shimmering, which lives for several hundred years before it dies by bursting into flames. It is then reborn from the ashes, to start a new, long life. So powerful is the symbolism that it is a motif and image that is still used commonly today in popular culture and folklore.

The legendary phoenix is a large, grand bird, much like an eagle or peacock. It is brilliantly coloured in reds, purples, and yellows, as it is associated with the rising sun and fire. Sometimes a nimbus will surround it, illuminating it in the sky. Its eyes are blue and shine like sapphires. It builds its own funeral pyre or nest, and ignites it with a single clap of its wings. After death it rises gloriously from the ashes and flies away.

一、凤凰是“华贵、伟岸、进取、太平”的象征
凤凰是人们心目中的瑞鸟，天下太平的象征。古人认为时逢太平盛世，便有凤凰飞来，风的甲骨文字和凤的甲骨文相同，即代表具有风的无所不在和灵性力量的意思；凰即皇字，为至高至上之意。

二、凤凰是爱情的象征
凤能给人们带来幸福和吉祥，自然也包含了爱情的幸福。于是，凤有了象征爱情的涵义。后来就被人们用来祝贺婚姻美满，比喻夫妻和谐。在唐代，铜镜有《美凤衔同心结图》，即凤嘴上衔同心结象征幸福的爱情，以示夫妻同心相爱。

三、凤凰有“和”的象征意义
在中国文化中，凤凰形象不仅表示自然物之“和”，也表示人类社会之“和”。“凤凰“五色”后来就被看成是古代社会和谐安定的“德、义、礼、仁、信”五条伦理的象征。”其次，凤凰在民间自古就代表着和美、和谐。爱情的忠贞。

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Located in the Jiangnan water network zone, Suzhou is a well-known water town in the south of the Yangtze River. It has a pleasant scenery and a gathering of humanities. Since ancient times, it has the reputation of “there is paradise above, Suzhou and Hangzhou below”. Suzhou mainly takes “three ancients and one lake” (classical gardens, thousand-year-old city, water town and Taihu Lake scenery) as its unique tourism resources.

苏州地处江南水网地带，是著名的江南水乡，景色宜人，人文荟萃，自古就有“上有天堂，下有苏杭”之美誉。苏州主要以 “三古一湖”(古典园林、千年古城，水乡古镇和太湖风光）为其独特的旅游资源。
苏州是一座园林城市，现在仍保存完好的园林有70多处。苏州园林以“古、秀、精、雅、多” 而获得 “江南园林甲天下、苏州园林甲江南” 之盛誉。苏州园林被联合国教科文组织列为世界文化遗产。在苏州古城周围还有众多的水乡古镇，如周庄、同里、木渎等。这些古镇既有上千年的历史文化，又具典型的江南田园风光。
苏州古时又称“吴”。苏州古城始建于公元前514年，是世界上唯一经过2500 余年沧桑仍坐落在原址上的古城。苏州古城保持了 “水陆并行河街相邻 ” 及 “小桥、流水、人家”的水城风貌。

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