Symbol · 5 min
The Pixiu: A House Guest, Not a Mascot
On the small mythical creature that has guarded Chinese treasuries for two millennia, and how to live with one without losing taste.
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A small, careful magazine on the things our house thinks about — the Chinese Zodiac, the Five Elements, Lucky Colours, and the symbols that have meant something for two thousand years.
New essays arrive each new moon.
In preparation · Five Elements
Reading the Five Elements in a Modern Wardrobe
Wu Xing is not a horoscope but a grammar. A short guide to using wood, fire, earth, metal and water as a quiet language for what you wear.
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Colour · 7 min
Lucky Colours, Without the Luck
An editor's reading of the classical Chinese palette — and why 'lucky red' was always about something deeper than fortune.
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