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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 9464955, member: 8267&quot;]Your carving depicts Caishen, the Chinese god of wealth and prosperity. In his right hand he is holding a &quot;ruyi&quot; scepter, a symbol of authority and good fortune. (In Chinese, ru-yi is a homophone for &quot;as you wish&quot;, or &quot;as you desire&quot;.) In his left hand he appears to be holding traditional Qing dynasty official&#039;s hats. Becoming a government official was a primary route to prosperity.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]441269[/ATTACH] </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruyi_(scepter)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruyi_(scepter)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruyi_(scepter)</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]441268[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="http://en.chinaculture.org/2014-12/11/content_584869.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.chinaculture.org/2014-12/11/content_584869.htm" rel="nofollow">http://en.chinaculture.org/2014-12/11/content_584869.htm</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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