Sipjangsaeng, the Ten Longevity Symbols

Upright - ten long-lasting things gather in one picture. This is not a matter to finish fast but one to keep.

Reversed - the picture needs all ten. Keeping only one for a long time is not patience but neglect.

The card meanings are a game.

Sipjangsaeng means ten things held to live long.

They are sun, mountain, water, stone, cloud, pine, the herb of long life, turtle, crane and deer.

The list differs a little between records.

They were painted on folding screens and embroidered, and used on ceramics.

They also appear in palace decoration.

We have not yet measured which places connect to this tale.

국립중앙박물관 소장품 해설 「십장생도」

한국민족문화대백과사전 「십장생」