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The monkey is usually used as a homophone for duke. In chinese, the word hou (ºï£©for monkey also sounds like that for duke¡¡£¨ºî£©. Usually the design has shows a monkey with a bee and sometime also depicting the monkey on a horse.
The chinese word for bee is feng¡¡(·ä£© which also sounds like to confer£¨·â£©. Hence, a bee with a monkey alludes to conferment of dukeship£¨ºî£©.
On the horse in chinese is ma sheng (ÂíÉÏ£©which can also mean immediately. Hence, a bee with monkey on a horse means immediately being confer a dukeship (ÂíÉÏ·âºî).
The design with combination of motif of monkey, bee and horse is hence related to congratulatory message of getting a promotion to a high appointment.
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