Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Ruyi (如意,) as desired

(如意, lit. "as desired; as [you] wish) Created in the Six Period (220-589), the Ruyi was a symbolic object made of bamboo, wood, bone, horn, jade, stone, bronze, iron or coral. The head came to be made in form of a cloud or glossy ganoderma. It is very auspicious meaning 'everything goes well' in Chinese. 
info source: Ruyi_histories and more
info source in chinese Ruyi in chinese wikipedia,  Forbidden City Treasures: The Magic of Ruyi(wishful) in chinese
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