Toad Teacher Painting

INFORMATION ABOUT THE PAINTING OF THE TOAD MASTER Material: Lacquer carving - Size: 50 x 60 cm Adapted from Dong Ho folk paintings This painting depicts the bustling world of toads, frogs, and bullfrogs. They are creatures but are personified by artists as humans. With the words "Old Oa preaches" 老 蛙 講 讀. "Oa" means frog, but people often call it toad. The Toad Master, a painting with profound meaning that the ancients left for posterity. The painting "The Toad Master" evokes the ancient way of writing, colloquially called "tadpole writing". Toads are amphibians and give birth to tadpoles. Comparing the writing of the ancients in our country, the original writing had a zigzag shape like a tadpole, so it was called "tadpole writing", Confucian scholars called it "khoa dau writing", because "khoa" means tadpole. The author believes that: "khoa dau writing is the official writing of Lac Viet civilization. The picture of "Toad teacher" is a secret code that guides the descendants to find the origin of their ancestors. Because "khoa dau" means tadpole-shaped writing. Or in other words: only toads have writing to teach the world. Therefore, Mr. Toad has a monopoly on teaching. That is the meaning of this folk painting". In feng shui, toads also have the meaning of bringing luck to everything in life, smooth business and especially toads can protect money, increase fortune and wealth. According to many concepts, toads are mascots that can dispel many disasters and bad energy sources.