黑陶12生肖 （ Chinese Zodiac made of black pottery）

注：单个138元。Each zodiac is RMB138

十二生肖是大智若愚的祖先对我们的期望和要求

如此聪慧的祖先却把我们的的属相安排的如此土气,实际上我们祖先很实在：十二生肖两两相对,六道轮回,教我们如何学习不同动物的优点，做一个有用之才！

在第二次鸦片战争中，英法联军入侵中国，攻陷北京，将圆明园内无数珍宝劫掠一空，掠走了十二个青铜兽首，致使这批国宝流失于海外。临沂宗沛斋工贸有限公司将十二生肖设计做成泥哨，即是乐器，也是工艺品摆件。把玩泥哨时让人们记住清政府因为腐败而挨打的惨痛历史！

第一组是老鼠和牛：老鼠代表智慧,牛代表勤奋.智慧和勤奋一定要紧紧结合在一起.如果光有智慧,不勤奋,那就变成小聪明;而光是勤奋,不 动脑筋,那就变成愚蠢.这两者一定要结合.

第二组是老虎和兔子：老虎代表勇猛,兔子代表谨慎.勇猛和谨慎一定要紧紧结合在一起才能作到胆大心细.如果勇猛离开了谨慎,就变成了鲁莽,而没了勇猛,就变成了胆怯.这一组也非常重要,

第三组是龙和蛇：龙代表猛,蛇代表柔韧.所谓刚者易折,太刚了容易折断,但是,如果只有柔的一面就易失去主见,所 以,刚柔并济是我们的祖训. 

第四组是马和羊：马代表勇往直前,羊代表和顺.如果一个人只顾自己直奔目标,不顾及周围环境,必然会和周围不断磕碰,最后不见得能达到目标. 但是,一个人光顾及和顺,他可能连方向都没有了.所以,勇往直前的秉性,一定要和和顺紧紧结合在一起。

第五组是猴子和鸡：猴子代表灵活,鸡定时打鸣,代表恒定.灵活和恒定一定要紧紧结合在一起.如果你光灵活,没有恒定,再好的政策也得不到收 获.一方面具有稳定性,保持整体和谐和秩序,另一方面有能在变通中前进,这才是最根本的要旨. 

第六组是狗和猪：狗代表忠诚,猪代表随和.如果一个人太忠诚,不懂得随和,就会排斥他人.反过来,一个人太随和,没有忠诚,这个人就失去原则.无 论是对一个民族的忠诚,还是对自己理想的忠诚,一定要与随和紧紧结合在一起,这样才容易保持内心深处的平衡. 

The whistle （ocarina）is a very old family of instruments, believed to date back some 12000 years. Ocarina-type instruments have been of particular importama in Chinese and Mesoamerican cultures.  There are many places where local farmers make clay whistles in many shapes  in China.  Yimeng clay whistle is an ancient form of folk art popular in Yimeng mountain area. 12 animal heads are our ancestor's expectations & demands to us

The first pair is mouse and cattle. Mouse represents wisdom and cattle represents hard-working. Wisdom and diligence must be tightly together. If you are wisdom, not diligent, you only play petty tricks. If you are only just hard-working, donot use your brain. You become silly.

The second first pair is tiger & rabbit. tiger represents brave and rabbit represents cautious. Bravery and caution must be done closely together. If you are brave without caution, you should be reckless; If you are only wary without courage,you become timid.

The third pair is the dragon and snake, dragon symbolizes powerful, snake stands for flexibility. Hardness is easy to broken; softness is easy to be teased. Our aim is Tough with gentleness.

The fourth pair is horse & sheep, horse is head-on and sheep means meek. If a person goes forward for his own interests regardless of surrounding environment, he should hurt other's benefits and should be blocked by others and miss his goals. Hence Head-on have to integrate good nature to be friendly to others

The fifth pair is monkey & chicken. Monkey is agile and chicken is invariable. If you are agile without invariableness, you can not achieve final targets and give up halfway.

The sixth is dog & pig. Dog is loyal and pig is easy-going. If a person is too loyal, do not know how to be easy-going, he will exclude others. Conversely, a person is too easy-going without loyalty. He should lose friends.