Signs & Symbols - line art China The stag and the pine tree both represent longevity.

Signs & Symbols - line art China The monkey King and the pig God.

Signs & Symbols - line art China The cock symbolizes courage and reliability

Signs & Symbols - line art China This papercut employs two magpies to offer double happiness.

Signs & Symbols - line art China Birds and floral forms symbolizing happiness

Signs & Symbols - line art Pictographs of the Shang Dynasty, China. cow The earliest recorded Chinese dynasty (1760-1520 BC)

Signs & Symbols - line art Pictographs of the Shang Dynasty, China. bull The earliest recorded Chinese dynasty (1760-1520 BC)

Signs & Symbols - line art China A Phoenix on a lacquer bowl. The phoenix is the legendary bird that rises from the ashes and symbolizes rebirth.

Signs & Symbols - line art A horse from the Chou period in China. The feudal age of China. In this period the nobility recognized the king as the "Son of Heaven"

Signs & Symbols - line art China The phoenix is the emblem of femininity and the peony represents wealth and position. The phoenix is the legendary bird that rises from the ashes and symbolizes rebirth.

Signs & Symbols - line art China Neolithic Chinese squatting figure from about 1500 BC. The Neolithic Age can be defined as that time in which humans moved from food hunting/gathering to food producing.

Signs & Symbols - line art China Han Dynasty Rosettes. The Han Dynasty lasted from (206 BC-AD 220) and was the second great dynasty of china. This period had so profound an effect on Chinese culture that the Chinese word for someone who is Chinese means

Signs & Symbols - line art China Fisherman