Culture: Buddha's hand fruit and longevity bread

[Cecil Lee]

Enclosed please find pictures of:
1. Buddha's hand fruit
2. The `longevity bread' or apricot bread. If one looks carefully at the deity Shou, he carries the logevity bread in his right hand.
The diety Shou I refer to is one of the three gods: known as (combined) Fu Lu Shou.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil

[Cecil Lee]

Apricot signifies longevity. And this apricot look-alike bread tells it all....

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On 2/8/2003 9:11:00 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Enclosed please find pictures
of:
1. Buddha's hand fruit
2. The `longevity bread' or
apricot bread. If one looks
carefully at the deity Shou,
he carries the logevity bread
in his right hand.
The diety Shou I refer to is
one of the three gods: known
as (combined) Fu Lu Shou.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil