Beautiful hand-painted wooden Chinese lucky figurines. Packed per 144.

Beautiful small Chinese lucky figurines that can be used as a lucky charm. A lucky charm can always be carried with you, and therefore most lucky figurines are small so you can tuck them into your wallet or inner pocket or carry them in other ways such as a keychain, bag charm, or bracelet, and with some creativity even as earrings. The Chinese lucky charms have the following characteristics. They are made of wood and have cheerful colors. They all have a loop, so you can hang or attach them somewhere, and they all have colored cords. The fun part is that they are made in China, but the Chinese themselves don't know or use them because their origin is in Mexico. An amulet, talisman, or fetish is an object believed to offer protection against danger, illness, and misfortune. A distinction that is sometimes made is that an amulet wards off negative forces, while a talisman harnesses positive forces and can even work from a distance. Commonly used as amulets are: (precious) stones, coins, drawings, rings, religious objects (Eye of Horus, Christian cross, Buddha statue), plants (e.g., four-leaf clover, see also protective herbs), and (parts of) animals. Even words are used as 'amulets'; the Latin "Vade retro, Satanas" or the Throne Verse, for example. Although the term refers to a similar type of object, the emphasis of an amulet is more on protection and warding off danger. A talisman does the same but is also seen as a bringer of luck in the eyes of the users. The Cyranides is an anonymous encyclopedia about amulets from the 1st century BC. Pliny the Elder describes amulets used for curing diseases, alleviating pain, or protection against black magic in book 30 of his Naturalis Historia. In the Indiculus superstitionum et paganiarum from the 8th century, the use of amulets was condemned. The choice of rock crystal as a drinking glass or as part of medieval jewelry can be attributed to the belief that these crystals would break or change color when they came into contact with poison. Thus, the chain became an amulet that protected the king.