Chinese Cultural Archive by Donkey

Red lantern fetisval ornament

jackli12357 — 2025-08-08 04:17:31 UTC

A red lantern symbolising brightness and reunion hung during Lantern festival and Lunar New Year.

Red pocket

jackli12357 — 2025-08-08 04:20:46 UTC

a red pocket given to me by my parents during my birthdays containing money, these are usually what a lot of chinese kids would wait for on traditional holidays like Chinese New Year or at weddings

Lucky fruits

jackli12357 — 2025-08-08 05:56:36 UTC

fruits like mandarins and oranges are renowned for their golden colours leading them to be linked with good luck

Calender using the fu character

jackli12357 — 2025-08-08 05:57:46 UTC

the character fú represents good fortune and happiness and is one most ornaments put up during Lunar New Year

Falundafa ornament

jackli12357 — 2025-08-08 05:58:28 UTC

falundafa is a part of buddhist religion that holds the values of truth compassion and forbearance

picture of my parents wedding

jackli12357 — 2025-08-08 06:42:26 UTC

this picture brings back a lot of memories as a young kid going to china for the first time surrounded by relatives this is where i got my first red pocket

statue of a buddhist monk

jackli12357 — 2025-08-08 06:43:44 UTC

this little statue represents the similiar values of other items such as compassion

rice holder

jackli12357 — 2025-08-08 06:44:35 UTC

this brings back memories of sitting a random restaurant as a kid and scooping out a bowl of rice

statues of the three kings

jackli12357 — 2025-08-08 06:46:53 UTC

these are statues of the the three kings from the three kingdoms period from AD 220 to 280 these made me appreciate the history of my country a lot more

ornamental bowl

jackli12357 — 2025-08-08 06:48:46 UTC

a ceramic bowl that made me appreicate the distincitve style that common objects have in my culture

a modern red pocket

jackli12357 — 2025-08-08 06:55:07 UTC

this red pocket displays the evolution of traditonal items in the modern world

a bowl of dumplings

jackli12357 — 2025-08-08 06:56:40 UTC

usually eaten on chinese new year ,symoblising an abudance of health and wealth

me on my birthday

jackli12357 — 2025-08-08 06:58:18 UTC

this brings back nostalgia of waking up and eating noodles and opening my red pocket

jade circle pendant

jackli12357 — 2025-08-08 06:59:08 UTC

hung up for good luck