Name: Dragon, Pi Xiu, and Fu Dog Carvings in Jade Stone | Chinese Symbolism ft. Mason-Kay Jade
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They're all mythical Chinese art symbols and have amazing, amazing symbolism.

Welcome to Jewels of the Trade, the channel for spreading accurate information on jade and gemstones.

I'm here today with Chris Mason, one of the co-owners of Mason K.

And we're going to be talking about Pichus, dragons, and Fu Dogs.

I'm looking forward to learning the difference between a dragon and a Pichu.

When you talk about dragons, well, you have to always talk about Phoenix.

What does the dragon symbolize in jade jewelry?

So the dragon really is a symbol of power and strength.

It always symbolized imperial strength as well.

But the dragon is also a protector and a guardian.

It's also a symbol of the yang, the male side, the yin and the yang.

So that's where we always, when we talk about dragon, we have to talk about Phoenix because there's the yin and the yang.

And it also represents heaven and the sun and lightness.

Whereas the yin symbolizes the female and the Phoenix and the earth and the moon and darkness.

It's a specific dragon that tends to be combined with the Phoenix.

Often we've had carvings, it's really cool, where there's a dragon on one side and Phoenix on the other.

And it's the serpentine dragon that's coupled with the Phoenix.

And that symbolizes fertility and marital bliss, that type of thing.

This carving that we have here features a Phoenix and a ling zhi.

It's a ling zhi mushroom, symbolizing longevity.

So you've got the Phoenix on one side and then longevity on the back.

And the Phoenix is a mythical bird and it's kind of a compilation of many different birds.

The Phoenix is said, it's a gentle and benevolent creature.

And it's said to only appear in times of peace and prosperity.

So if you see one, of course it's a mythical creature, but if you see one, it's a sign of world peace.

Do women typically wear the Phoenix or do men typically wear the Phoenix?

The empress, often empresses, often had the Phoenix on their headdress or on their clothing.

Is it acceptable for women to wear the dragon, even though it's kind of a symbol of the male energy?

Because it's a symbol of power and protection.

So there's a great story because you often see the dragon holding, clutching a pearl, you know, a round orb.

So there's a very common legend about a little boy.

So he lives in a rural province and they're very poor.

But there's one patch of grass that every time he plows it, it grows back.

So he digs it up and he finds a pearl and he takes the pearl home.

And the next morning, the rice is overflowing.

So he takes the pearl and shows his mother and they share it with the neighbors and they all have prosperity.

And this gets back to the emperor and they come to find the boy.

When he gets scared, he swallows the pearl and he turns into a dragon that is then able to be the guardian of the land and help the people.

So that's one of the stories that they tell.

Also read that the pearl also represents the world.

I guess I never noticed how often the pearl is depicted in the dragon carvings.

You can see that those definitely look very different than the other dragons that we have been looking at.

Those are young dragons, also known as hydras.

That's one of the reasons you can see that.

You can see they have a split tail and they have a much longer, slender body.

They're really more playful and they represent youth and play and fun.

The numerology in the jade carvings, I think is quite symbolic.

We have here, is this nine dragons in this one?

It is to represent the nine sons of the Dragon King and the Dragon King, mythological sons of the Dragon King.

This is the question that I really wanna understand.

What is a Pichu and is that the proper pronunciation?

Right, so when talking about Pichu, we have to talk about food dog.

And I believe, and you can look it up, but I believe it's P-I and then space X-I-U, Pichu.

So the food dog, it's also known as dog of foe or foe dog or foe, F-O-O or F-O dog, foe dog, or dog of foe.

And that is because the word for Buddha or Buddhism in Chinese was foe.

And they had talked about this amazing creature, the lion, and Chinese had never seen it.