In my work, I didn’t use traditional image，I changed something, like Qilin’s horns. I design its horns with flame, flame means hope, fearlessness and justice. In the meantime, Qilin not only has one tail, in my story it has five tails, it also means power and fair.
Fire is the symbolize of HOPE, LIGHT and JUSTICE. So i also used RED,GOLDEN to draw Qilin.
And its body's colour is jasper. In China, people always use this colour to make some mascots. Even used in Royal family for Emperor's Seal.It's made of jade.
Qilin stand on the clouds, this is propitious Clouds. Propitious Clouds is from ZHOU Dynasty, in the ancients opinion, cloud is a symbol of auspicious and get promoted at every step, they are made by GOD. Of course they are a symbol of rich, happines, also proitious, and then, often used in Royal family.It is a representative point of China.
The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, designer also used propitious clouds to design the torch
Figure1: propitious Clouds
Figure2: propitious Clouds
And the cloud is purple. In China, it is said “A purple cloud comes from the east”it means “A propitious omen (from the east) is approaching”so purple also means RICH, AUSPICIOUS, LUCKY, HAPPINESS
Red — SUN, POSTITIVE, LUCKY, HAPPINESS
Golden — DIGNITY, KING, RICH, AUSPICIOUS
Purple — In China, it is said “A purple cloud comes from the east”it means “A propitious omen(from the east)is approaching”so purple also means RICH, AUSPICIOUS, LUCKY, HAPPINESS
Reference
Figure1: propitious Clouds
(sources:http://wx.cclawnet.com/shanhaijing/shj004.htm）
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Figure2: propitious Clouds
(sources:http://wx.cclawnet.com/shanhaijing/shj004.htm）
[Accessed: 19 June , 2016]
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