the meaning of those symbols is the soul of the traditional pattern from china, it is also why the patterns are so fascinating. Time goes by, but the quest for happiness remains, thousands of years are gone, but we are still after the same thing. So the trying for symbolization of happiness still applies to the modern design. The appearance of symbol results from the emergence of consciousness （啥叫符号的出现源于意识的产生？？？）as long as the human beings exist, the seeking for happiness would never come to an end. the idea of this kind of symbolization comes from the insecurity of our predecessor, maybe our ancestor. the new way of making such a symbol, also called Photography without a Darkroom, is now based on computers, with the help of those digital processors, we create and modify new symbol that isn't quite different from the old one, with regard to the meaning, which is still the wish for happiness. and the difference between photographer, illustrator and designer is now hard to define. it all can be done on a single computer, as long as you've got the most important thing, the talent. inherit doesn't mean that inheritor has to stick to the past, in the contrast, only the new ideas can bring the old traditional pattern to a new life.