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A user recently requested to know what a Chinese gold nuggets (bullion) looks like. The attached picture shows three Chinese bullions on a decorative pedestal.

Here are some pictures of the roof of a Chinese temple roof and murals on the walls of the temple.

More Chinese murals from the temple.

Book Title: The Encyclopedia of the Chinese Overseas Editor: Lynn Pang The first book oif its kind to chroinicle the story of the overseas Chinese with factual information on Chinese communites, their business and political leaders and the success stories. Source & Credit: UOB Mail Boutique, Credit Card Marketing Brochure Picture 1: Picture 2: Picture 3:

Enclosed please find two porcelain plates with figurines of Chinese ladies. In the first picture (court ladies), can you spot the lady at the centre with a fan.

1. Find out what the `God of Wealth' looks like. 2. Unique bamboo clay tea cup designs. 3. A pair of rare light-purple jade lion figurines and more... http://www.geomancy.net/pics/teacups/index.htm

Attached please find pictures of three jade items: Pictures 1 & 4: Antique Jade sculpture of Buddha's hand. This piece of jade feels exceptionally cold. Pictures 2 & 5: A quality jade piece of fish carving. Pictures 3 & 6: A circular jade piece (of a horse), I understand is used for daily hand exercises.

Please click this link to view a collection of Chinese jade, ivory and pottery:- http://www.geomancy.net/pics/jade1/index.htm

In an urban city even in Singapore, it is difficult to find bamboo trees growing. So I took a picture from my collection of Chinese porcelain plate of a Panda with baby surrounded by bamboo trees. The reason why bamboo are not grown is because it needs lots of maintenance and they grow very fast. `Chopping' the plant can be `quite messy'.

New apartment. New red banner that symbolises luck

Attached please find a can label showing the Ma Ling Branch Bamboo Shoots. Please note that bamboo shoots should not be eaten alone but rather like rice, it tends to absorb the flavor of other ingredients. (In my opinion, eaten alone it is quite tasteless.)

1. Snuff bottles Chinese snuff bottles are unique because they are not only hand painted but painted from within the bottle. Imagine using a brush and inserting it into the small hole on the top of the bottle and painting a `mirror' image of landscapes etc.. inside the bottle. Truly amazing! 2. Stone paintings Usually, happy children faces are painted on stones. In one of the stone paintings, can you spot a child eating a water melon? 3. Golden Roosters This is a 24K gold plated Golden Rooster from RISIS Pte Ltd at www.risis.com.sg The owner certainly has `No taboos' displaying it in the house. Oops.. am I referring to myself:) *JOKE* Click here: http://www.geomancy.net/…

This is a collection of interesting Chinese tea cups and animal bone carvings: 1. One interesting object is the lotus root design tea cup. 2. There are two animal bone intricate carvings. Click here to find out more: http://www.geomancy.net/pics/teacups1/index.htm Warmest Regards, Cecil

Picture showing money plant that has a characteristics of a vine..

[Note: This message contains 4 images. Each image range from 55k to 27k] 1. In modern times, Chinese Red Packets or Hong Bao (in Mandarin) and Ang Pow (in Hokkien) are given by married couples to their elders and to children of relatives and friends and unmarried family members during Chinese New Year. *Joke* The advantage is to remain single and unmarried. Here, the parents or relatives may continue to give you yearly Red packets. -But in real life, this is True- 2. Remember if one gives a Hong Bao to give money in `pairs' e.g. $2, $4, $10 etc... Never give money in odd numbers e.g. $1, $3 etc... This signifies loneliness. 3. It is common especially for Banks, businessne…

This figurine shows a dragon on green jade pearl on an ingot. It is suppose to be symbolic of `wealth collection'. More commonly, since many want to be convinced that there is a wealth corner; a Feng Shui practitioner may most likely `identify' a site. And perhaps, the customer, get hold of one of such `wealth retention or collection items. Warmest Regards, Cecil

On reaching the gravesite, 1. The coffin is lowered. The first picture (lowering of coffin) shows clearly the profile of the front shape of a typical traditional Chinese coffin. For the bedroom, it is not auspicious to have a headboard that looks like this side view of a Chinese coffin. 2. The next step is as shown in Part 1, the dotting of the eyes of the portrait of the dead. 3. A ceremony is performed prior to the lowering and covering up of the coffin. If you logged in to the forum, please click on the attached photo views. Warmest Regards, Cecil

In this last part of the Chinese ceremony: 1. Home prayers are conducted by a Taoist priest. In the first picture, if you look carefully in one of the pictures, you will see that the man (wearing a white shirt) has a square piece of cloth held by a pin on his left short sleeeve of his shirt. Traditionally, Chinese wear a piece of square cloth on their clothing and the colour of the cloth deplicts the relationship with the dead. The piece of square cloth is worn during the period of mourning. During the mourning period, family members must not wear colourful clothings but white or black clothings. Notice also in the first picture that family members are wearing the straw…