Nursery Rhymes

INFORMATION ON CHILDREN'S RHYME PAINTINGS Material: Lacquer carving - Size: 60 x 100 cm Adapted from Hang Trong folk paintings Many children are depicted in the painting to illustrate the wish for many descendants to continue the family line. The fact that they are playing shows the wish for happiness. A child riding on a reindeer implies the wish for many blessings. The third group of children, counting from the left, a child is carried on a stretcher like a mandarin or a noble, expressing the wish for high rank and power. The two groups of children in the middle, a child uses a lotus flower as a parasol to cover his head. The parasol-covering ceremony is originally reserved for mandarins with high ranks and lotus flowers, implying the wish for good things to last long and forever. In the group on the right, the boy above opens a box with a three-legged toad running out. The image implies wishing the children success in their studies and exams. The painting “Dong Dao” is suitable as a gift during holidays, celebrating grandparents’ longevity with the meaning of wishing for many obedient children, continuing the family line, achieving glory. Or for newlyweds with the wish to soon have a noble son, many children and grandchildren, intelligence, and happiness.