tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607295775044119012.post429983878635069256..comments2023-09-12T03:49:56.929-04:00Comments on Handmade by AUNTIE SHAN: RE-Filling "The VOID" -- PART TWOAuntie Shanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05300073760215969631noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607295775044119012.post-15007036661227217382012-09-19T15:11:23.743-04:002012-09-19T15:11:23.743-04:00Chinese artists have long used five bats to repres...Chinese artists have long used five bats to represent the five blessings: health, long life, prosperity, love of virtue, and a tranquil, natural death. The bats often are bright red— the color of joy. Sometimes they encircle a stylized caligraph known as the prosperity symbol. This popular bat motif often was embroidered on expensive clothing to imply that a person's prosperity had resulted carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10982939501398079140noreply@blogger.com