A
Hua Ha painting of either an effeminate boy or a girl, depicted holding
a lotus leaf and flower, and a girl holding a
Chinese wedding box
(fig.), which
is decorated with a
stylized Chinese
bat-symbol
known as
fu
(fig.),
and
from which five bats emerge,
a symbol for fortune, longevity, good health, love and
death of natural causes (fig.).
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