2.12 各顯其能
The Exhibition,each demonstrating their own skills
馬習欽|Ma Xi-Qin

1953

圖中羣猴各長其才,各擅勝場,寓意極佳。例如,一猴倒立於綿羊背上,意味送羊迎猴,一新「馬上封猴」俗套。

This composition of monkeys, each showcasing a different yet equally impressive talent, is rich in allegory. For example, the monkey doing a handstand on the back of a sheep symbolizes the transition from the year of the Sheep to the year of the Monkey and is a new variant of the monkey-on-horse auspicious idiom of “swift ennoblement”.

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