Pun Design: Quails + Cereal Plant

Punning Details：

The word ‘an 鹌’ in ‘an chun 鹌鹑’ for ‘quail’ makes a pun on ‘an 安’ for ‘peace’. The word ‘he 禾’ for ‘cereal plant’ makes a pun on ‘he 和’ for ‘harmony’. Thus, the combination of quails and cereal plant can be used to convey the auspicious message of ‘May you enjoy peace and harmony’.

画面要素: 鹌鹑 + 禾

谐音详情: 取 ‘鹌鹑’ 中 ‘鹌’ 与 ‘安’谐音、 ‘禾’ 与 ‘和’ 谐音, 意为: 平安和谐。

Related Pun Picture:

May you enjoy a peaceful life year after year 岁岁平安

• Fig 1: An He Tu, from unknown painter, Song dynasty (960–1279), courtesy of the National Palace Museum, Taipei