英文摘要
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Children at Play started in Han Dynasty. This type of decorative style became an artistic theme in the Three Kingdoms, peaked in Sung Dynasty, and gained its popularity through the spread of folk paintings. Combined with the idea of continuing the family line by having a male heir, Children at Play represented both the images of innocent children and joyfulness of festivals. Therefore, these decorative icons became one of the favorites among ordinary people. This article attempted to explore the pictures of Lian Sheng Gui Zi (continue to have more baby boys) by using archives as well as the other art works and paintings. These pictures of young children shown on these art works and paintings were painted after Han Dynasty. My conclusion aimed to point out that a combination of lotus flowers and reed pipes revealed a homophone of both Chinese characters. Also, this combination could be traced from the Buddhist Scriptures. Finally, the images of playing reed pipes among children revealed how these children spent the leisure time at that time.
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