Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Good Fortune

 

One day this sign appeared on my office door.  The sign is the character for "good fortune" and is hung upside down, because the Mandarin word for “upside down,” dao, is a homonym of the word “arrival” and thus represents the “arrival” of prosperous times.

1 comment:

  1. Allison, I am very much hoping that this auspicious sign will also show up on my door! above my "Counselor" sign!

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