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Five-fold happiness : Chinese concepts of luck, prosperity, longevity, happiness, and wealth
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Five-fold happiness : Chinese concepts of luck, prosperity, longevity, happiness, and wealth

Author: Vivien Sung
Publisher: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, ©2002.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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In the Chinese culture, it is believed that by surrounding one's self with lucky objects and images, we can increase our chances of finding true happiness. This book explores the rich symbolic meaning behind the five most auspicious Chinese concepts of good fortune: luck, prosperity, longevity, happiness and wealth.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Vivien Sung
ISBN: 081183526X 9780811835268
OCLC Number: 52518317
Language Note: English and Chinese.
Description: 255 p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.
Contents: Luck --
Prosperity --
Longevity --
Double happiness --
Wealth.
Responsibility: by Vivien Sung ; Chinese translation by You Shan Tang ; color photographs by Richard Weinstein.

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Surround yourself with lucky objects, the Chinese believe, and good fortune will come to you. In word and image, this exquisite volume explores the bounteous meanings of the fivefold symbols of  Read more...
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Graphic designer Sung's book belongs to the relatively new class of small, sensuously crafted books meant to be pleasing to the hand and eye as well as to the mind. Her contribution to the genre Read more...

 
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