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Chinese birthday banner

Title

Year/Period

Early - mid 20th century

Region

Singapore

Dimension

Object size: L 252 x W 135cm

Accession No.

1999-00160

Collection of

National Museum of Singapore

Credit Line

Gift of Mdm Wong Wei Tan

The birthday banner features ‘Fu Lu Shou San Xing’ or the three star deities. ‘Fu Xing’, ‘Lu Xing’ and ‘San Xing’ are symbols of happiness/fortune, affluence and longevity respectively. Due to their symbolic representations, the images of the three deities are a popular and common fixture in most Chinese households and are also displayed during festive occassions such as the Chinese New Year.