The character for longevity (shòu壽), that here we can see in one of the highly stylized forms, decorates the four corners of this modern Chinese carpet.Ceramic roof tiles in YunnanFlying red bats surround four shòu characters.A peach and the character shòu both representing longevity
Shòu (Chinese: 壽; pinyin: shòuⓘ) is the Chinese word/character for "longevity".
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