LOVE BIRDS – MANDARIN DUCKS
LOVE BIRDS – MANDARIN DUCKS
The mandarin duck is a beautiful waterbird, smaller than most wild ducks. They are also known as Chinese ducks called Yuan Yang, standing for male and female mandarin ducks respectively. Yuan and Yang often play in the water in pairs. Also, they are believed to be lifelong couples, so if one of the pair dies, the other would never look for a new partner and spend the rest of its life alone, unlike other species of duck. In Chinese culture, mandarin ducks are a symbol of loyalty to love, and are frequently featured in Chinese art.
“Two mandarin ducks playing in water” is a Chinese metaphor for loving couples, and this pattern is one of the traditional Chinese auspicious patterns used in weddings, symbolising conjugal affection and fidelity.
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