1, that wealth. Because the "gourd" and "fortune" sound the same, it is a symbol of wealth, on behalf of longevity and good luck, folk color gourd for jewelry, is based on this idea.

2, gourd beautiful shape, color yellow as gold, meaning auspicious, play with a lot of people, for the great Confucian masters respected, love the thick, after years of playing and rubbing, long days, the gourd body hanging magnetic pulp, purple moist and clean, the value of a thousand gold.

3, is part of the minority worship totem. China has at least 20 nationalities worship Lagenaria, they worship gourd, and gourd myths accompany. Wen Yiduo in the "Fuxi test", listed 49 kinds of gourd-related myths; according to statistics since the 1950s on the discovery of gourd myths 119.

Expanded information:

1. Gourd is a work of art as well as a very good carrier of ancient culture. It is a folk art that is easy to learn but difficult to master. Most of its works are made by the hands of folk artists, who create their works based on historical themes and pure feelings and intuitive impressions, thus forming the gourd art that is thick, simple, concise and bright.

2. China's thousands of years of splendid culture is profound and profound, and the gourd culture, after thousands of years of historical precipitation, still occupies an important position in modern culture with its unique historical origin, profound cultural connotation and wide mass base.

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