Chinese watercolours Archives - Maritime Jay https://maritimejay.com/colours/chinese-watercolours/ Wed, 11 Mar 2026 03:29:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://maritimejay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-gulls-blue-sq-32x32.jpg Chinese watercolours Archives - Maritime Jay https://maritimejay.com/colours/chinese-watercolours/ 32 32 Herald`s Spring https://maritimejay.com/product/r2508-016/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 11:03:01 +0000 https://maritimejay.com/?post_type=product&p=6097 Hear, hear! Spring is here!

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]]> Swallows dance https://maritimejay.com/product/r2508-013/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 10:08:04 +0000 https://maritimejay.com/?post_type=product&p=6084 燕舞蝶啼 [yàn wǔ dié tí] “swallows dance and butterflies cries”

There is a famous chengyu about Spring: 燕舞莺歌 [yàn wǔ yīng gē] – “swallows dance and orioles sing,”

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]]> The Stormy Petrel https://maritimejay.com/product/r2508-010/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 09:49:25 +0000 https://maritimejay.com/?post_type=product&p=6072 "...like a streak of sable lightning."

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]]> Imperfection https://maritimejay.com/product/r2508-009/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 09:45:13 +0000 https://maritimejay.com/?post_type=product&p=6068 "The open ensō symbolize imperfection, openness and the beauty of becoming"

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Technically, not exactly two, but those are minor details.

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]]> Joy amid Hardships (blots) https://maritimejay.com/product/r2508-006/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 08:20:29 +0000 https://maritimejay.com/?post_type=product&p=6054 More abstract version of this picture

In the East, nothing is without meaning—often two at once. Symbolism pervades everything.
Winter Sweet (腊梅 làméi) and Titmouse (山雀 shānquè) are often used for chengyu
傲雪凌霜 [ào xuě líng shuāng ]— Proud amid snow and frost.

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]]> Joy amid Hardships https://maritimejay.com/product/r2508-005/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 07:27:09 +0000 https://maritimejay.com/?post_type=product&p=6050 In the East, nothing is without meaning—often two at once. Symbolism pervades everything.
Winter Sweet (腊梅 làméi) and Titmouse (山雀 shānquè) are often used for chengyu
傲雪凌霜 [ào xuě líng shuāng ]— Proud amid snow and frost.

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]]> One hundred petals https://maritimejay.com/product/r2507-006/ Thu, 13 Nov 2025 11:13:21 +0000 https://maritimejay.com/?post_type=product&p=6011 Good thing people never tried fortune-telling with chrysanthemums instead of daisies - you’d end up a lifelong maiden before the flower gave you an answer.

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