cloud motif ✓

motif

dragon

leaping up (animal)

Fire

dragon pearl

auspicious cloud

clouds of five colours

spreading wings (animal)

eight treasures

motif of waves crashing against tall peaked rocks

court dress

cape

wave motif

animal motif

accessories (dress and personal adornment)

large army flag

imperial honoured consort

battle helmet

beast head

phoenix

guardsmen brigade

swastika motif

emperor

water waves

robe

commander-general

official dress with a mandarin square

mandarin square

plant motif

motif derived from the character 'hui'

vines entwined around flowers

scarf used to tie around the waist

rock

rattan-shield brigade

fabulous animal

twelve symbols

character 'shou' motif

winter clothes

bow-string motif

shoes

leaf

regimental commander

dragon robe

summer clothes

beard (human face)

standing (animal)

blossom

imperial consort's procession

empress or empress dowager's procession

army flag

holding something

standing (movement, posture, and gesture of the human body)

tortoise-shell motif

tree peony

consort-in-ordinary

coiled-dragon coat

flag (official procession)

snapped twig

imperial bodyguard

xing cauldron for offerings of food

dry land

scroll

quartermaster

lotus

lion

seal script

tiger

lying prone (animal)

unipede

mouth open (animal)

ruyi motif

zigzag ribbon motif

object motif

passion flower pattern

brocade pattern

scroll foliage

girdle

belt plaque

chrysanthemum

prince's residence

armour

earl

marquis

duke

vanguard brigade

second rank (civil official)

first rank (military official)

first rank (civil official)

music performed at the orderly return of triumphant troops or the imperial return to the palace

triumphant return

empress dowager

full blossom (flower)

bird (general)

honoured consort

governor-general

provincial governor

regional commander

provincial military commander

Plain White Banner

Bordered Yellow Banner

Bordered Blue Banner

Plain Blue Banner

Plain Yellow Banner

imperial field headquarters

bottle gourd

bat

Taiji

fish

fossil

beasts

hornless dragon

orchid

auspicious beast

pearl-chain motif

frame of the main motif

lotus petal pattern

banana leaf pattern

turning head (animal)

coloured ribbon

boots

arhat

sitting with feet touching the ground

immortal crane

hair worn in a burn or coil

prayer beads

holding in arms

seated meditation

Guanyin the Bringer of Sons

baby

cowl-like winter hat

trousers

leaving one's coat or shirt unbuttoned

hat

holding in both hands

emissary

chief executive official in a princely establishment

imperial procession guard

viscount

baron

vice commander-in-chief

defender general of the state

commander-in-chief

Sanskrit

third rank (civil official)

qilin

imperial ancestral temple

gui pannier for offerings of grains

altar of the First Farmer

legendary sea horse

prince by blood

coral

seventh rank (civil official)

official robe embroidered with gold designs of pythons

round fan

pair of phoenixes

Bordered Red Banner

Bordered White Banner

Plain Red Banner

firearms brigade

lieutenant of mounted musketeers

winged dragon

large flag at the inner gate of the imperial field headquarters

flock of magpies

basket of flowers

pair of castanets

red-crowned crane

Covert Eight Immortals

skirt

sericultural ceremony of the empress

reed wind instrument of vertical pipes

music performed at the sericultural ceremony of the empress

vertical bamboo flute

imperial ceremonial dress

six dragons

elephant

whirlpool motif

nipple motif

blue crown passion flower

stamen

petal

shelf

articles for pet animals

white hawk

turning head (bird)

vase

incense burner

plum

two children

stand

flowers in a vase

band of beasts motif

picking (animal)

relationship between parents and children (animal)

monkey

peach

young horned dragon

dragon scale

various blossoms

beast clenching a ring

character motif

ribbon motif

diagram of the universe

auspicious deer

aquatic bird

potted chrysanthemums

potted flower

hare

human figure

taotie

horse

treasure elephant

tribute paid by a vassal state

riding a horse

sign of great peace

Western Regions

landscape

treasure

saddle

fountain

water buffalo

riding the clouds

circle-shaped frame for the main motif

riding a water buffalo

Cowherd

flowers of four seasons

Green Dragon

Vermilion Bird

Black Tortoise

White Tiger

bringing palms together

lower garment

Weituo

leg wrappings

lotus seat

leaping (animal)

motif frame in the shape of the character 'ya'

common carp

gesture of protection

holding a peach in both hands

God of Longevity

headkerchief

birthday peach

unadorned naturally hanging hair

Perfected Lord of Zhenwu

screen

sitting (movement, posture, and gesture of the human body)

barefoot

royal ease

Buddha of the Future

flower roundel

hairstyle

lotus leaf

cape

inkstone

God of Emolument

hat and headcloth

running (animal)

children's hairstyle

cracked ice motif

Subduer of Dragons

posture of relaxation

wonder-working pearl (Seven Treasures)

sleeveless upper garment

bracelet

box

mounted musketeer brigade

fifth rank (civil official)

fourth rank (civil official)

member of the imperial nobility who encroaches on the eight privileges

beile

peacock

second rank (military official)

golden pheasant

squatting (animal)

censor-in-chief

hourglass-shaped drum

altar of the First Sericulturist

Twelve Philosophers

Confucius Temple

ninth rank (military official)

travelling gown

flag by the inner curtain wall

purple mandarin duck

rhinoceros

seventh rank (military official)

eighth rank (civil official)

common quail

rare vase (Eight Auspicious Symbols)

Wheel of the Law

canopy with crank handle

pair of golden fish (Eight Auspicious Symbols)

prince

imperial concubine

water bottle

spittoon

bovine

horse carriage

sedan chair

campstool

equipment (official procession)

Green Standards

tablet bearing the character 'ling'

storied building and pavilion

sword

bamboo percussion instrument used to accompany chanting of folk tales

peach of immortality

cross flute

pine tree

fan

drum

music performed at the agricultural ceremony of the emperor

agriculture ceremony of the emperor

scull

statue

porthole

rowing a scull

crewman

memorial archway

canopy (official procession)

imperial boat