A rabbit with a sprig of grass foretells joy and blessings. Rabbits were seen as symbols of fertility and ab…
A rabbit with a sprig of grass foretells joy and blessings.
Rabbits were seen as symbols of fertility and abundance due to their prolific breeding. Among the Song populace, the word for "rabbit" (tu) was considered a homonym for "spitting out children" (tu zi), so porcelain often featured rabbit motifs to symbolize fertility. Rabbit patterns were widely used. One of China's earliest known trademarks was a copperplate design of a white rabbit for the "Liu Family's Kung Fu Needle Shop" in the Northern Song period.