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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title>Chinese Charm Articles</title> <meta content="Articles discussing Chinese charms" name="description"> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico"> </head> <body> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://primaltrek.com/"><img alt="Primal Trek" src="primaltreklogo.jpg" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 394px; height: 113px;"></a> <div style="text-align: left;"> <h1 style="text-align: center;">Chinese Charm Articles </h1> <h2>Introduction to Chinese Charms </h2> <a class="lk" href="https://primaltrek.com/">Ancient Chinese Charms and Coins</a> Historical information and many images of old Chinese charms, coins, paper money, horse coins, and chess pieces <a href="types.html">Types of Chinese Charms</a> Images of old Chinese charms covering many categories with detailed discussion of history and meaning <a class="lk" href="https://primaltrek.com/charmcoins.html">Emergence of Chinese Charms</a> The beginning of symbols appearing on Chinese coins <h2>Inscriptions</h2> <img style=" width: 75px; height: 75px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese cash coin" src="kangxiobv2.jpg" align="left"> <a href="guide.html">How to Read and Understand the Meaning of Inscriptions (Symbols) on Chinese Charms</a> Guide to reading Chinese character (symbol) inscriptions and legends on Chinese charms <a href="inscriptions.html">Chinese Charm Inscriptions</a> English translation of inscriptions on Chinese charms <img style=" width: 75px; height: 72px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese charm with coin inscription" src="qianqiuobv2.jpg" align="left"> <a href="coinlegend.html">Chinese Charms with Coin Inscriptions</a> Images and history of charms with Chinese coin inscriptions (legends) <h2>Meaning of Chinese Charm Symbols</h2> <a href="impliedmeaning.html">Chinese Charms -- Hidden Meaning of Symbols</a> Hidden or Implied Meaning of Chinese Charm Symbols <img style=" width: 75px; height: 77px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese charm with dragon symbol" src="index2rev1.jpg" align="left"> <a href="yinyangfiveelements.html">Ancient Chinese Charm Symbols:  Star, Moon, Cloud and Dragon</a> Ancient belief in Yin Yang and the Five Elements to explain star, moon, cloud and dragon symbols on Chinese coins and charms <a href="https://primaltrek.com/yinyangfiveelements.html"> </a> <h2>Categories of Chinese Charms </h2> <img style=" width: 75px; height: 74px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese house charm" src="wufupengshou1.jpg" align="left"> <a href="house.html">The Chinese House, Good Fortune and Harmony with Nature</a> Feng Shui, charms and amulets in the siting, building and decoration of traditional Chinese houses of Chinese Charms <img style=" width: 75px; height: 96px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese auspicious charm" src="kuixingobv2.jpg" align="left"> <a class="lk" href="https://primaltrek.com/auspicious.html">Chinese Charms -- Auspicious Inscriptions</a> Images, symbols and meaning of old Chinese charms for good luck, good fortune, wealth, longevity, family, promotion and honor <img style=" width: 75px; height: 136px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese pendant charm" src="riruqianjin4.jpg" align="left"> <a href="loopcharms.html">Ancient Chinese Pendant Charms</a> History, symbols, meaning and images of old Chinese charms of different shapes which were worn as pendants on necklaces or hung from the waist <img style=" width: 75px; height: 74px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese Confucian charm" src="filialopenwork1a.jpg" align="left"> <a href="confucian.html">Confucian Charms</a> History and images of Chinese charms expressing the teachings and beliefs of Confucius <img style=" width: 75px; height: 74px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese good fortune and longevity charm" src="fortlongrev2b.jpg" align="left"> <a href="fortunelongevity.html">Ancient Chinese "Good Fortune" and Longevity Charms</a> Old Chinese charms having 24 "good fortune" and 24 longevity characters <img style=" width: 75px; height: 102px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese gourd charm" src="gourdobvb.jpg" align="left"> <a class="lk" href="https://primaltrek.com/gourd.html">Ancient Chinese Gourd Charms</a> History, symbolism, meaning and images of old Chinese gourd charms <img style=" width: 75px; height: 72px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese astronomy coin" src="astronomy2e.jpg" align="left"> <a href="astronomy.html">Chinese Astronomy Coins</a> Chinese astronomy coins displaying the Milky Way, Big Dipper, star constellations, planets, the sun and the moon <img style=" width: 75px; height: 70px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese five poisons charm" src="wudurev1b.jpg" align="left"> <a class="lk" href="https://primaltrek.com/fivepoisons.html">Chinese Five Poisons Charms and Amulets</a> Chinese charms of the Five Poisons to protect from evil influences <img style=" width: 75px; height: 73px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese eight treasures charm" src="eighttreasures1obv1.jpg" align="left"> <a class="lk" href="https://primaltrek.com/eighttreasures.html">Chinese Charms -- The Eight Treasures</a> Chinese charms displaying the Eight Treasures such as the flaming pearl, lozenge, rhinoceros horns and ruyi <img style=" width: 102px; height: 75px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese lock charm" src="suopianobv1b.jpg" align="left"> <a href="locks.html">Ancient Chinese Lock Charms</a> Images and historical information on old Chinese lock charms <img style=" width: 123px; height: 75px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese fish charms" src="fishobvc.jpg" align="left"> <a href="fish.html">Ancient Chinese Fish Charms</a> Images, history and meaning of old Chinese fish charms <img style=" width: 75px; height: 75px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese peach charm" src="peachrev3a.jpg" align="left"> <a href="peach.html">Ancient Chinese Peach Charms</a> Images, history and meaning of old Chinese peach charms <img style=" width: 75px; height: 73px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese Liu Han and Three-legged Toad charm" src="daoistrev1b.jpg" align="left"> <a class="lk" href="https://primaltrek.com/liuhai.html">Ancient Chinese Charms -- Liu Hai and the Three-Legged Toad</a> History and images of Chinese charms displaying Liu Hai and the Three-Legged Toad <img style=" width: 75px; height: 73px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese "men plow women weave" charm" src="tiancanrev1.jpg" align="left"> <a href="silkworm.html">Chinese Charms -- Men Plow, Women Weave</a> History, myth and images of Chinese charms related to rice and silk production <img style=" width: 75px; height: 138px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese boy charm" src="boycharm4.jpg" align="left"> <a href="boycharm.html">Chinese Boy Charms</a> Charms with boy on top reflecting Chinese traditional wish for many sons <img style=" width: 75px; height: 72px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese sword amulet" src="sword2.jpg" align="left"> <a href="sword.html">Swords and Amulets</a> Images, history, symbolism and meaning of Chinese swords and amulets <img style=" width: 75px; height: 68px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Unknown Chinese charm" src="eroticobv2.jpg" align="left"> <a href="unknown.html">Unknown Chinese Charms</a> Unidentified and unknown old Chinese Taoist and Buddhist temple charms <img style=" width: 75px; height: 73px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Bagua charms" src="baguafulushouxirev1.jpg" align="left"> <a class="lk" href="https://primaltrek.com/bagua.html">Chinese Charms --The Book of Changes and Bagua</a> Chinese charms of the Book of Changes (I Ching) and the Eight Trigrams or Bagua (used in feng shui and divination) <h3>Buddhist Charms</h3> <img style=" width: 75px; height: 102px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Buddhist charms" src="guanyinobv1.jpg" align="left"> <a href="buddhist.html">Buddhist Charms</a> History and images of Chinese Buddhist temple coins and charms <img src="bodhidharma5.jpg" alt="Bodhidharma holding a wu zhu coin" width="75" height="112" align="left" border="3"> <a href="https://primaltrek.com/blog/2021/03/01/bodhidharma-holding-a-wu-zhu-coin/">Bodhidharma Holding a Wu Zhu Coin</a> Daruma doll showing Bodhidharma holding a "tai he wu zhu" coin <img style=" width: 75px; height: 75px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese Buddhist charm with sanskrit characters" src="fanwencharm2.jpg" align="left"> <a href="blog/2011/09/03/chinese-buddhist-charm-with-sanskrit-characters/">Chinese Buddhist Charm with Sanskrit Characters</a> Buddhist charm with inscription "a mi tuo fo" written in Sanskrit characters <h3>Daoist Charms</h3> <img style=" width: 75px; height: 74px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese Daoist charm" src="daoistobv1c.jpg" align="left"> <a href="daoist.html">Daoist (Taoist) Charms</a> Images, history, symbolism and meaning of old Chinese charms with Daoist (Taoist) inscriptions <img src="daoistplaquecharmrev2.jpg" alt="Daoist talisman with charts of the Five Great Mountains" width="75" height="130" align="left" border="3"> <a href="https://primaltrek.com/blog/2021/02/21/daoist-talisman-and-the-five-great-mountains/">Daoist Talisman and the Five Great Mountains</a> A Daoist talisman (charm) with 'true form' map-like charts of China's Five Great Mountains. <img style=" width: 75px; height: 72px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Laozi and Zhang Daoling charm" src="zhangdaolingobv3.jpg" width="75" height="72" align="left"> <a href="blog/2011/10/30/laozi-and-zhang-daoling-charm/">Laozi and Zhang Daoling Charm</a> Charm depicting Laozi and Zhang Daoling on "Crane Cry Mountain" <img style=" width: 75px; height: 73px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Daoist longevity charm" src="daoistimmortalobv2.jpg" align="left"> <a href="blog/2011/05/08/quest-for-longevity-daoist-charm/">"Quest for Longevity" Daoist Charm</a> Charm with Daoist magic writing inscription which displays many traditional longevity and immortality symbols <h3>Liao Dynasty Charms</h3> <img style=" width: 75px; height: 75px; border: 3px solid;" alt=""mother of nine sons" charm" src="yimujiuzi2.jpg" align="left"> <a href="blog/2012/03/30/liao-dynasty-mother-of-nine-sons-charm/">Liao Dynasty "Mother of Nine Sons" Charm</a> A Qidan charm traditionally believed to represent a mother and nine sons but now thought to symbolize Emperor Taizu ascending to the throne by riding a dragon in a manner similar to the legendary "Yellow Emperor". <img style=" width: 75px; height: 75px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Liao Dynasty charm with Daoist inscription written in Qidan script" src="liaotianchangdijiu2.jpg" align="left"> <a href="blog/2011/08/30/liao-dynasty-charm/">Liao Dynasty Charm</a> An unusual Liao Dynasty charm with a Daoist inscription written in Qidan small character script <h3>Marriage Charms</h3> <img style=" width: 75px; height: 71px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese marriage charm" src="fenghuarev2.jpg" align="left"> <a href="marriage.html">Ancient Chinese Marriage Charms</a> Images, history, symbols and meaning of old Chinese marriage and wedding charms <img style=" width: 75px; height: 71px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Song of Unending Sorrow Charm" src="unendingsorrow2.jpg" align="left"> <a href="blog/2011/05/06/song-of-unending-sorrow-charm/">"Song of Unending Sorrow" Charm</a> A charm based on a poem by Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi describing the great love of Emperor Xuanzong and the beautiful Yang Guifei <h3>Open Work Charms</h3> <img style=" width: 75px; height: 74px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese open work charm" src="filialopenwork1a.jpg" align="left"> <a class="lk" href="https://primaltrek.com/openwork.html">Ancient Chinese Open-Work Charms</a> Images of different types of Chinese Open Works Charms <img style=" width: 75px; height: 75px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese pavilion open work charm" src="temple2.jpg" align="left"> <a href="blog/2011/05/11/chinese-pavilion-open-work-charm/">Chinese Pavilion Open Work Charm</a> Open work charm showing guqin player and weiqi (go) players in a temple theme with a bridge, pavilions, bamboo trees and longevity rocks <h3>Zodiac Charms</h3> <img style=" width: 75px; height: 76px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Zodiac charms" src="zodiacrev1b.jpg" align="left"> <a class="lk" href="https://primaltrek.com/zodiac.html">Ancient Chinese Zodiac Charms</a> History and images of Chinese Charms displaying Zodiac Animals and the Earthly Branches <img style=" width: 75px; height: 74px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese tiger hour charm" src="hushichenrev2.jpg" align="left"> <a href="blog/2012/05/22/tiger-hour-charm/">Tiger Hour Charm</a> Chinese "tiger hour" charm based on the "Large Coin of the Five Elements" <img style=" width: 75px; height: 91px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Kazakhstan Zodiac Charm" src="kazakhstanrev1.jpg" align="left"> <a href="blog/2011/05/09/kazakhstan-zodiac-charm/">Kazakhstan Zodiac Charm</a> Very rare ancient zodiac charm discovered in Kazakhstan <img alt="Shui Nationality Zodiac Charm" src="shuizuscriptcharmrev1.jpg" width="75" height="75" align="left" border="3"> <a href="blog/2013/06/01/coins-and-charms-of-the-shui-nationality/">Coins and Charms of the Shui Nationality</a> Very rare zodiac and double dragon charm displaying ancient pictographic Shui Shu (Shui Script) characters of the Shui Nationality <h3>Charms Associated with Chinese Coins</h3> <h3><img style=" width: 75px; height: 177px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese coin with charm features" src="yidao2.jpg" align="left"> </h3> <a href="https://primaltrek.com/charmfeatures.html">Ancient Chinese Coins with Charm Features</a> Images and history of Chinese coins with charm characteristics and features <img style=" width: 75px; height: 72px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese charm with coin inscription" src="qianqiuobv2.jpg" align="left"> <a href="coinlegend.html">Chinese Charms with Coin Inscriptions</a> Images and history of charms with Chinese coin inscriptions (legends) <img style=" width: 75px; height: 73px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese poem coin" src="kangxifishrev1.jpg" align="left"> <a href="poemcoin.html">Chinese Poem Coins</a> Images and history of Chinese poem coins and charms of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing (Ch'ing) Dynasty <img style=" width: 75px; height: 104px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese peace charm" src="tianxiataipingbat1.jpg" align="left"> <a class="lk" href="https://primaltrek.com/peace.html">Ancient Chinese Peace Coins and Charms</a> History and images of Chinese peace (Tai Ping) charms and coins <img style=" width: 75px; height: 119px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese spade charm" src="huobuobv2b.jpg" align="left"> <a href="spade.html">Chinese Charms -- Spade Charms</a> Images and history of ancient Chinese shovel and spade money and the evolution into a charm form <img style=" width: 75px; height: 69px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese token" src="tokenobv4a.jpg" align="left"> <a href="token.html">Chinese Tokens</a> Images and history of old Chinese tokens with charm and amulet features <img style=" width: 75px; height: 413px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese bamboo tally" src="bambootally3revb.jpg" align="left"> <a href="bamboo.html">Bamboo Tallies</a> Images and history of the Chinese type of token money known as bamboo tallies <h2>Chinese Charm Monographs</h2> <img style=" width: 75px; height: 97px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese "treasure bowl" charm" src="pinganjiqingrev1.jpg" align="left"> <a href="blog/2011/12/01/chinese-treasure-bowl-charm/">Chinese Treasure Bowl Charm</a> The stories and symbols associated with the magical wealth-producing Chinese treasure bowl <img src="qingbaichuanjia3.jpg" alt="Legacy of an Untarnished Reputation" width="75" height="76" align="left" border="3"> <a href="/blog/2015/06/23/legacy-of-an-untarnished-reputation/">Legacy of an Untarnished Reputation</a> A charm written in tadpole script honoring the high moral character of Yang Zhen who was a government official during the Eastern Han dynasty <img src="ninefoldscriptobv2.jpg" alt="Nine-Fold Seal Script Charm" width="75" height="75" align="left" border="3"> <a href="/blog/2013/12/30/nine-fold-seal-script-charm/">Nine-Fold Seal Script Charm</a> Rare Ming dynasty charm written in nine-fold seal script <img src="birdwormcharmobv3.jpg" alt="Chinese charms written in bird-worm seal script" width="75" height="73" align="left" border="3"> <a href="bird-worm-script-charm.html">Chinese Charms and Bird-Worm Seal Script</a> Chinese charms written in ancient Bird-Worm seal script. <img alt="Qing Dynasty Peace Charm" src="taipinghuaqianobv2.jpg" width="75" height="74" align="left" border="3"> <a href="blog/2012/11/18/qing-dynasty-peace-charm/">Qing Dynasty Peace Charm</a> Discussion of an extraordinary Qing Dynasty peace charm and a rare one hundred cash Xian Feng Zhong Bao coin cast at the Fuzhou mint. <img src="shuntianyuanbaocharmobv3.jpg" alt="Shun Tian Yuan Bao Charm" width="75" height="74" align="left" border="3"> <a href="/blog/2016/02/06/shun-tian-yuan-bao-charm/">Shun Tian Yuan Bao Charm</a> Tang dynasty charm based on shun tian yuan bao coin beautifully gilded and engraved with auspicious clouds, bat, fish and lotus. <img src="ludongbinrev2.jpg" alt="Lu Dongbin Charm" width="66" height="75" align="left" border="3"> <a href="/blog/2015/10/07/lu-dongbin-charm/">Lu Dongbin Charm</a> Charm displaying the "immortal" Lu Dongbin with sword and fly-whisk and the inscription "Great Emperor of Trustworthy Protection" <img src="lianshengguizirev1.jpg" alt="May There Be the Birth of One Honorable Son After Another" width="75" height="76" align="left" border="3"> <a href="/blog/2015/09/28/may-there-be-the-birth-of-one-honorable-son-after-another/">May There Be the Birth of One Honorable Son After Another</a> Hand carved charm with dragon and phoenix <img src="changmingfuguirevplaque1b.jpg" alt="Chang Ming Fu Gui plaque (pendant) charm reverse side" width="75" height="97" align="left" border="3"> <a href="https://primaltrek.com/blog/2021/01/25/chang-ming-fu-gui-plaque-charm/">'Chang Ming Fu Gui' Plaque Charm</a> Good luck charm wishing "long life, riches and honor" displaying "Star Official of Dominant Vitality", dragon, sun and moon <img src="coindragonimagehead3.jpg" alt="Coin Dragon" width="105" height="75" align="left" border="3"> <a href="https://primaltrek.com/blog/2021/02/04/coin-dragon/">Coin Dragon</a> A "treasure box" with 24 gold charms having the inscription "May the world be at peace" (tian xia tai ping) and a "coin dragon" were discovered in the Forbidden City <img style=" width: 75px; height: 76px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese football charm" src="cuju3.jpg" align="left"> C<a href="blog/2011/07/17/chinese-football-charm-2/">hinese Football Charm</a> An unusual charm from the Song Dynasty displays Chinese playing football <img src="rutuweianburialcharm2.jpg" alt="Chinese "Laid to Rest" Burial Charm" width="75" height="74" align="left" border="3"> <a href="/blog/2015/05/25/chinese-laid-to-rest-burial-charm/">Chinese "Laid to Rest" Burial Charm</a> Burial coin unearthed in Qing dynasty grave <img style=" width: 75px; height: 73px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese charm wishing for honorable sons, noble grandsons, glory, wealth and rank" src="guizilansunobv2.jpg" align="left"> <a href="blog/2011/10/24/cassia-and-orchid-charm/">"Cassia and Orchid" Charm</a> A rare Qing Dynasty charm expressing the wish that sons and grandsons will be successful in the imperial examinations <img src="dragonsoaringphoenixdancingobv2.jpg" alt=""Dragon Soaring and Phoenix Dancing" Charm" width="75" height="75" align="left" border="3"> <a href="/blog/2015/08/07/dragon-soaring-and-phoenix-dancing-charm/">"Dragon Soaring and Phoenix Dancing" Charm</a> A charm commemorating the great Tang dynasty poet Wang Bo <img style=" width: 75px; height: 74px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese 12 character palindrome charm" src="palindromeobv2.jpg" align="left"> <a href="blog/2011/09/20/chinese-palindrome-charm/">Chinese Palindrome Charm</a> A rare palindrome charm from the Qing Dynasty made by one of China's ethnic minorities <img src="butanobv2.jpg" alt="Not Being Greedy Is a Treasure" width="75" height="75" align="left" border="3"> <a href="/blog/2015/01/06/not-being-greedy-is-a-treasure/">Not Being Greedy Is a Treasure</a> A charm commemorating Zi Han who was a virtuous and wise official in the state of Song <img style=" width: 75px; height: 74px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese "World of Brightness" charm" src="guangmingshijie2.jpg" align="left"> <a href="blog/2011/09/18/chinese-world-of-brightness-coin/">Chinese "World of Brightness" Coin</a> Several theories proposed concerning the meaning of this mysterious charm <img src="mingcloisonne2.jpg" alt="Ming Dynasty Cloisonne Charm" width="75" height="75" align="left" border="3"> <a href="/blog/2014/11/23/ming-dynasty-cloisonne-charm/">Ming Dynasty Cloisonne Charm </a>Rare Ming dynasty cloisonne charm with many Buddhist symbols <img style=" width: 75px; height: 75px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese charm with zither and grasshopper theme" src="qinseyouzhi2.jpg" align="left"> <a href="blog/2011/09/07/zithers-and-grasshoppers/">Zithers and Grasshoppers</a> An unusual Chinese charm with zithers and grasshoppers expressing marital harmony and procreation <img style=" width: 75px; height: 75px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese charm displaying bat, deer, crane and magpies" src="fulushouxirev1.jpg" align="left"> <a href="blog/2011/08/07/good-fortune-salary-longevity-and-happiness/">Good Fortune, Salary, Longevity and Happiness</a> A Chinese charm displaying a bat, deer, crane and magpies illustrates the Chinese fondness for visual puns and rebuses <img alt="Charm displaying a halbard, stone chime and sceptre" src="jixiangruyirev2.jpg" width="75" height="76" align="left" border="3"> <a href="blog/2013/01/04/happiness-according-to-your-wishes-charm/">"Happiness According to Your Wishes" Charm</a> A Qing Dynasty charm that illustrates the Chinese love for visual puns <img src="wufuzaiyanqian2.jpg" alt="Happiness Is Before Your Eyes" width="144" height="75" align="left" border="3"> <a href="/blog/2013/11/04/happiness-is-before-your-eyes/">Happiness Is Before Your Eyes</a> A charm presenting a visual pun consisting of two coins and a bat <img style=" width: 134px; height: 75px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Four Happiness Boys" src="tongxi2.jpg" align="left"> <a href="blog/2011/06/12/four-happiness-boys/">Four Happiness Boys</a> A good luck picture of two boys which gives the illusion of four boys and symbolizes the "four happinesses" <img src="zhilanyushu2.jpg" alt="A Talented and Noble Young Man "zhi lan yu shu" charm" width="134" height="75" align="left" border="3"> <a href="/blog/2016/11/11/a-talented-and-noble-young-man/">A Talented and Noble Young Man</a> A charm with the inscription "zhi lan yu shu" expressing the wish to successfully pass the imperial examinations, be appointed to an important government position, and bring honor and prosperity to the family. <img style=" width: 75px; height: 81px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Eight bushels of talent" src="badouzhicai1.jpg" align="left"> <a href="blog/2011/05/28/eight-decalitres-of-talent-charm/">"Eight Decalitres of Talent" Charm</a> A Chinese charm with an expression originally referring to Cao Zhi, one of the sons of the Three Kingdom's warlord Cao Cao, but now used to describe a very talented or gifted person <img style=" width: 75px; height: 74px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese charm displaying stars and star constellations" src="daguanstars1.jpg" align="left"> <a href="blog/2011/05/27/chinese-star-charm/">Chinese Star Charm</a> A charm based on the Song Dynasty "da guan tong bao" coin which displays star constellations on its reverse side <img style=" width: 75px; height: 75px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Charm displaying ancient Chinese weapons, Big Dipper and Eight Trigrams" src="shuilupinganrev2.jpg" align="left"> <a href="blog/2011/05/13/safe-journey-charm/">Safe Journey Charm</a> A safe journey charm displaying ancient weapons, the Big Dipper and Eight Trigrams that is also believed to have been a secret "badge" that was carried by members of the "Boxer Rebellion" of the late Qing Dynasty <img style=" width: 163px; height: 75px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Chinese charm depicting King Mu of the Zhou asking for the elixir of immortality from the Queen Mother of the West" src="changshengbaoming2.jpg" align="left"> <a href="blog/2011/05/02/royal-lord-of-the-east-and-the-queen-mother-of-the-west/">Royal Lord of the East and the Queen Mother of the West</a> This charm depicts King Mu of the Zhou (Royal Lord of the East) asking for the drug of immortality from the Queen Mother of the West <img style=" width: 83px; height: 75px; border: 3px solid;" alt="Huobu charm" src="huobucharm2.jpg" align="left"> <a href="blog/2011/05/01/huo-bu-charm/">Huo Bu Charm</a> Chinese charm based on the huo bu spade money of Wang Mang <a href="blog/2011/05/05/little-shoe-charms-to-find-love/">Little Shoe Charms to Find Love</a> A small shoe charm to bring luck in finding a husband <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><big>Return to <a href="https://primaltrek.com/">Ancient Chinese Charms and Coins</a></big> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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