Cloud-Treading Auspicious Sign（踏云·祥瑞）

The pattern of this piece merges the "galloping steed" with the "wreathing auspicious clouds," embodying profound blessings:
The steed symbolizes the enterprising spirit of charging forward and covering a thousand li in a single day, signifying career advancement and immediate success.
The auspicious clouds are an omen of prosperity, promotion, and unending good fortune, representing blessings surrounding one and a life of peace and fulfillment.
Their combination creates the perfect imagery of a "mythical steed galloping across the heavens, treading upon clouds to deliver blessings." This is not only a tribute to speed and strength but also a wish for a bright future—may the wearer or collector of this embroidery, like a steed treading on auspicious clouds, soar to great heights and have a brilliant future.
The resilient threads of the horse-tail embroidery further stitch this blessing into the very fabric of the piece, signifying profound and enduring good fortune, ever new with the passage of time.