Bull figurines for the Year of the Bull

Just earlier this month, I attended a Fengshui (a.ka. Geomancy) talk given by our Singapore’s famous FenghsuiQueen - Master Lynn Yap.  It’s about the Fengshui Predictions for the Year of Bull 2009, plus the overall luck of people born under each of the 12 Chinese Zodiac signs.  Her presentation slides are now available at Slideshare.

At the talk, each of us received a door gift and this year we all got a cute little Bull figurine.  There are 4 different designs and I got the one holding the gold ingots.  The others are holding a prosperity scroll, a giant coin and a jade Ru Yi.  The Bull figurines are also dressed in ancient Chinese vests.  They have bushy eyebrows and bushy cheek beards, making their heads look a bit like those of Chinese dragons.  They sit on many ancient Chinese coins which form the base.

Then I went to Chinatown early this week and found this unique-looking charging Bull figurine and picked it up as well.  Its body is covered with ancient Chinese coins, much like the scales of a carp.  It has raised bronze-colored coins on the shoulders and hindquarters, and a jade Ru Yi for a tail.  Overall, it’s a very interesting body design.  Like most of such auspicious animal figurines, there are loads of more ancient Chinese coins and gold ingots which form the base.

Although there were many pieces to choose from at the shop, most had rather bad painting so I took a really long time to select the ‘best’ piece before I headed for the cashier.  Picky, picky me, haha…

My first Bull figurine that’s holding the gold ingots is sitting on top of my TV in the living room.  Now I need to find a suitable place to display my charging Bull figurine.  Oh yeah, I need to get some real grass to ‘feed’ these 2 lucky bulls too!  Prosper!