Family Gift X Fatherly Hint: Boxing Day Unboxing

got this few days back

for the sake of

sticking to traditional

unbox it today

on Boxing Day

 

within the gift box

I got another box

a jewelry box

 

goodness

the “喜喜”(double happiness) logo

 

and the dragon and the phoenix on the box

 

this jewelry box

must be a wedding set

my dad is sending me a hint

he just can’t wait to

get rid of me

real soon

 

but anyway

the design is really great

5 mini drawers in total

open the two sided doors,

there is 3 drawers in there

 

and more items to be placed on the top

most probably

a standing mirror

 

bats are scattered

all over the corners

and the latches

representing happiness as well

due to the similar

pronunciation of

蝙蝠 (bian fu) bat to

福 (fu) happiness

 

the elements of natural

flora and fauna

equally lively

usually these are magpies

symbolizes

the chirping of bliss

 

the quaint looking latches

of various designs

 

for all the inner compartments

there is a full layer of paper pasted

I guess to prevent jewelry from

smelling wood-like

I actually took the drawers out

and smelled it

okay, fine

not very “woody”

 

and the pictures and words printed

are basically short stories

as shown before

《Yang Xiang’s Battling the Tiger to Save his Father》

 

this is from the epoch

《24 stories of filial piety》

so I supposed all the 24 stories

are imprinted all over the

small jewelry box

amazing

 

let’s say

for a daughter already married

whenever she is preening herself

she will still be constantly reminded

of the value of

filial piety

 

some person once said

in mandarin

papa is the lover of past life

yes I do believe it

thank you,

muackzzz