Jun Qi 隽琦猫蝶兔 - 耄耋图
Cat (māo) Butterfly (dié) Rabbit (tù) - Octogenarian (mào) Nonagenarian (dié) Painting (tú)
《耄耋图》是明代的一副水墨画，图绘一猫仰头望着飞行中的蝴蝶。因为“猫蝶”与“耄耋”（八十多岁九十多岁的老年人）谐音，此图含有长寿的吉祥寓意。那“猫”和“蝶”加上一个“兔”谐音就变得更完美啦！作品中的两只花猫就是住在我们后院的两只小猫咪，Tau Huay （豆花）和 Tau Suan （豆爽）:D（图二）
The "Octogenarian Nonagenarian Painting" is a Ming dynasty Chinese painting depicting a black cat keenly eyeing a butterfly in mid-flight. The Mandarin words for "cat" and "butterfly" happen to be homonymous with the uncommon words for "octogenarian" and "nonagenarian", respectively. The piece thus carries a metaphorical blessing of longevity.
Adding a "rabbit" to the mix perfects the pun, since the Mandarin word for "rabbit" (tù) is also homonymous with the word for "painting" (tú)! The two cats depicted in this papercut are our resident garden kittens, Tau Huay (soya beancurd) and Tau Suan (mung bean dessert) :D (in the second pic)
*pats self of back: Good pun, good pun*
#MastoArt #Cat #Cats #CatsOfPixelfed #CatsOfMastodon #ChinesePapercut #Papercutting #CNY #ChineseNewYear #剪纸 #YearOfTheRabbit #YearOfTheCat #耄耋图 #猫蝶兔
Cat (māo) Butterfly (dié) Rabbit (tù) - Octogenarian (mào) Nonagenarian (dié) Painting (tú)
《耄耋图》是明代的一副水墨画，图绘一猫仰头望着飞行中的蝴蝶。因为“猫蝶”与“耄耋”（八十多岁九十多岁的老年人）谐音，此图含有长寿的吉祥寓意。那“猫”和“蝶”加上一个“兔”谐音就变得更完美啦！作品中的两只花猫就是住在我们后院的两只小猫咪，Tau Huay （豆花）和 Tau Suan （豆爽）:D（图二）
The "Octogenarian Nonagenarian Painting" is a Ming dynasty Chinese painting depicting a black cat keenly eyeing a butterfly in mid-flight. The Mandarin words for "cat" and "butterfly" happen to be homonymous with the uncommon words for "octogenarian" and "nonagenarian", respectively. The piece thus carries a metaphorical blessing of longevity.
Adding a "rabbit" to the mix perfects the pun, since the Mandarin word for "rabbit" (tù) is also homonymous with the word for "painting" (tú)! The two cats depicted in this papercut are our resident garden kittens, Tau Huay (soya beancurd) and Tau Suan (mung bean dessert) :D (in the second pic)
*pats self of back: Good pun, good pun*
#MastoArt #Cat #Cats #CatsOfPixelfed #CatsOfMastodon #ChinesePapercut #Papercutting #CNY #ChineseNewYear #剪纸 #YearOfTheRabbit #YearOfTheCat #耄耋图 #猫蝶兔