Also called tiānlù and bìxié, pixiu is a Chinese legendary mythical creature with the only hobby bringing money in their mouth to their masters’ delight. As pixiu feed on money and gather wealth from everywhere, businessmen favor pixiu over dragons. Many people place and worship the mythical creature pixiu at home in the hope of gaining endless wealth. What is more miraculous is that pixiu can not only gather wealth, it is even believed that they can stabilize houses.

There has been a saying “wear gold to display wealth; wear jade to keep safe.” In the long period of time, our ancestors created many images that signify the yearning for a good life and the pursuit of auspicious meanings. The taste and habit of working class people incorporated in the auspicious images reflect people’s kind and healthy thoughts and feelings, and therefore, the images are widely circulated in the society where people would love to see. Auspicious images are widely applied in jade of past generations, with the most favored one jade pixiu. As a mythical creature that gathers wealth and fights off evil spirit, pixiu is worth our worship.