Hua Ha is the Thai-Tae
Chew name of a
statue of a loving couple of Chinese Immortals (Xian),
the man depicted holding a lotus leaf, the girl with a
Chinese wedding box
(fig.), which sometimes
is decorated with a
stylized Chinese
bat-symbol
known as
fu
(fig.).
The statue is said to promote love and amicable relations, and to bring
harmony or reconciliation into households and work places, where it is
erected.
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