Double Happiness (calligraphy)

Double happiness in a circular shape.[1]
Double happiness on a woven mat

Double Happiness (simplified Chinese: 双喜; traditional Chinese: 雙喜; pinyin: shuāngxǐ) sometimes translated as Double Happy, is a Chinese traditional ornament design, commonly used as a decoration symbol of marriage. Outside of China, it is also used in the United States, Europe, East Asia and Southeast Asia by members of the Overseas Chinese community.

Old matchboxes with double happiness design
  1. ^ Afshar, Pournader, Shervin, Roozbeh (1 November 2014). "Six New Symbols from Chinese Folk Religion (revision 2)" (PDF). unicode.org. Retrieved 11 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)