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Chinese Hanging Charm
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Chinese Hanging Charm with Paqua Mirror and Fu Dog Fu means good fortune in Chinese and the ideogram for Fu is a common symbol worn or displayed for good luck. A similar sound of Fu means bat, an bats are, therefore, considered lucky. Representations of bats are common and they are said to bring good fortune. They are used alone and in groups of five, an auspicious number.
The origin is tied to the fact that the word for good fortune - "Fu" - is
a homophone for the word for bat. (The sound is the same though the
inflection is different.) Accordingly, the bat is a representation of
luck and good fortune. There seems to be no direct connection to the now
recognized healthful benefits of bats: they eat many times their weight
in harmful insects - particularly disease-carrying mosquitoes.
Suggested retail $10.99 Now $4.99 Stock # 3842
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