Those who know mahogany furniture may know that mahogany furniture, especially Qing style furniture, often incorporates iconic elements, thus giving rise to the iconic culture of mahogany furniture. It mainly refers to the combination of mahogany furniture and the image of an elephant, such as the most common thirteen-piece elephant head sofa set and seven-piece elephant head dining table set. So, what mahogany furniture like to use? Elephant? What's the meaning?

1. The elephant is an auspicious beast

? In myths and legends, the elephant is born from the shaking star, which can bring auspiciousness. The ancient Buddha descended from the sky on an elephant; It is also said that the elephant is the mount of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, and it is said that it can be a harbinger of spiritual auspiciousness.

In ancient times, elephants, as "rare and exotic animals", ranked among the ranks of auspicious animals. They were in the same picture as dragons, tigers, bears, winged beasts, golden harvests, auspicious clouds, etc., and appeared in portrait stones and tombs. Murals and utensils are being decorated.

In the Tang Dynasty, auspicious expressions were highly praised to the extreme, such as "Taiping has an image", "Taiping auspicious (image)", "Auspiciousness (image) Ruyi", etc., most of which borrowed from "xiang". The homophony of the word. The particularly precious "White Elephant" is regarded as a sacred object, and is clearly defined as "Dali" in the hierarchy of "Liu Dian of the Tang Dynasty", alongside dragons, phoenixes and other divine objects. In major political activities, white elephants were sent to drag the cauldron and were praised. This showed that the royal foundation was a divine right of kings and a blessing from heaven, and it was orthodox and reasonable. During Wu Zetian's period, there were also special institutions for the breeding and management of these tamed elephants - Xian Stables. It is recorded in the Book of Records of the Hundred Officials in the New Book of Tang Dynasty (2) that in the Holy Calendar (698-700), a stable envoy was placed in charge of chariots, oxen and horses. ?At the beginning of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, there were more than 10,000 horses in the stables, camels and giant elephants. ?

2. The word "xiang" has the same sound as "xiang", symbolizing good luck and good luck

The use of elephant heads on mahogany furniture is to bring good luck to "xiang" and symbolizes good luck. As one wishes. People also match the elephant head with other auspicious objects such as wishful thinking, good fortune, longevity and longevity, and combine them together to mean more happiness and auspiciousness.

3. Symbolizes loyalty and implies virtue and noble appearance

The image of the elephant is honest and docile; it represents honesty and loyalty. Moreover, elephants are extremely powerful and can carry heavy loads for long distances, so they are called the most virtuous among beasts.