What is
Lotus Pineapple Dragon (皇梨龙)?
Why Lotus
Pineapple Dragon?
Why not
Prosperity Dragon (旺梨龙)? Prosper your dragon (旺你的龙)? Isn’t this more appropriate to
the fame of Lotus on Water (云龙子旺财翡翠馆)?
Why is it a
combination of pineapple and dragon, rather than a combination orange, apple,
or grapes and dragon?
These are
the questions I had in my mind regarding the Lotus Pineapple Dragon. My mind
was full of why, why and why?
In order to
answer all my questions, I looked through all materials on Lotus on Water and
made sure that I did not miss anything regarding the Lotus Pineapple Dragon!
Only after thorough research did I realise that Lotus Pineapple Dragon is a
mascot that was designed by Master Yun himself. The name Lotus Pineapple Dragon
represents “the best of the earth and the treasure of the heaven (地上之最，天上之宝)”!
However,
this does not satisfy my curiosity. Somehow, this Lotus Pineapple Dragon does
not seem that simple to me, there must be something more unique about it.
Hence, I continued
my exploration and research on Lotus Pineapple Dragon, repeatedly questioning
myself about this Dragon.
Shouldn’t
the dragon be with the phoenix? There’s this saying of “prosperity brought by
the dragon and the phoenix (龙凤呈祥)”, and we do not hear it being “prosperity
brought by the dragon and the pineapple (龙－黄梨呈祥)”.
So why is
the dragon with the pineapple now?
Or does the
dragon prefer eating pineapples?
It turned
out that there was indeed much more to it.
Pineapple
can be written as “黄梨” (黄 as yellow) as well as “凤梨” (凤 as phoenix) in Chinese. This is
because the leaves of a pineapple plant look like that of a phoenix tail. Revelation:
the Lotus Pineapple
Dragon is actually the Lotus Pineapple Phoenix as well, this unique mascot
designed by Lotus on Water actually carried the auspicious meaning of “prosperity
brought by the dragon and the phoenix (龙凤呈祥).
Taking a closer look at the Lotus Pineapple Dragon pendant, you would notice a head of a dragon
carved over an overturned pineapple that has its leaves at the bottom. The
overturned pineapple has the hidden meaning of “the arrival of prosperity (旺到)”, and if you
look at it from a holistic view, the pendant has both the power of the dragon’s
head and a phoenix’s tail!
In the Book
of Changes (易经), 乾qian represents heaven and坤 kun represents earth and according to
the book, yin and yang makes up everything in this world. The Lotus Jadeite Pineapple
Dragon is thus a bearer of this yin and yang, possessing the best qi of heaven and earth, and through this
dragon and phoenix, the best prosperity in the universe is channelled to you.
I often
hear this saying: detail is everything. From the day I became a member of Lotus
on Water, I knew that everything in Lotus on Water is about details, and it is
no wonder that it is the leader of the fengshui community. Just by looking at
the Lotus Jadeite Pineapple Dragon, you would be able to see Lotus’s dedication
and persistence when it comes to details.
It is true
that you can see another world just by looking at a jadeite.
-- Ruyi
(Translated)
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