What does the fortune teller's carving mean _ What does the fortune teller's carving mean?

There is a jade ornament with gourd and mantis carved on it. What does it mean?

Needless to say, the meaning of gourd is full of children and grandchildren, rich and happy, in short, there is more positive energy; Mantis can actually be understood as an upward spirit, and it can also be understood as having many children and grandchildren. Jade carving is a kind of concrete culture, that is, a culture that explains its cultural meaning through concrete images. All concrete images should have clear cultural meanings. The friend's explanation is: "Since then, happiness has been piled up in the corridor." It means that if you own an emerald mantis, there is no place to put the money at home, and it is piled up in the corridor outside. This explanation seems far-fetched. Because mantis is a fierce carnivorous insect. There are 1 800 species known in the world, and there are about 40 species in China. Although mantis is rare in our life, there are many anecdotes about it. There are many legends about mantis. In ancient Greece, people regarded mantis as a symbol of wisdom and strength; In America, many people think that seeing mantis will bring good luck. If you get lost, Europeans will tell you that you can find where you want to go just by looking at where mantis's chest points; In Italy and France, it is generally believed that mantis has magical power. If someone is sick, it's because mantis took a look. If the child is lost, pray for mantis to take the child home; In Japan, warriors all carve the image of mantis on their swords; In the martial arts of China and China, the famous mantis boxing is still preserved. Mantis is an expert in insect catching. It is extremely powerful and can lift objects 20 times its own weight. He is an expert in insect catching, and can catch thousands of kinds of pests in his life. According to a zoologist, mantis can kill birds, lizards and hamsters. Mantis has a good appetite and an amazing appetite. It can eat more food than its own weight in a day. It is observed that a mantis once ate 13 big cockroaches in the same place. Usually they mainly prey on flies, locusts, caterpillars, wasps and cicadas. Mantis preys like a cat. When a bug enters its target range, it will pounce on it at lightning speed. You'll eat a lot when you catch it. When the delicious food is finished, I will "wash my face" with my front foot or so and comb my tentacles. I look so naive, but I'm not tired of it. Female mantis and male mantis mate in a very strange way. Male mantis often risks a narrow escape to pursue female mantis. During mating, the female mantis will eat the male mantis's head bite by bite. Intriguingly, mating is still going on as usual. Typical "death under the pomegranate skirt, being a ghost is also romantic." After laying eggs, the female mantis did not move for a long time, did not drink or eat, and died after completing the task in a few days. The following spring, Little Mantis was born and started a new generation of life, which lasted for hundreds of millions of years. Mantis, a contemporary of dinosaurs, survived various disasters and defeated nature, and its family is still very prosperous today.