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Pun Design ：
Three + Goat
Punning Details：
&#8211; In an ancient Chinese literature, The Book of Change (I-Ching 易经) that can be traced back to Western Zhou (1046–771 BCE), there are sixty-four different hexagrams (gua 卦) with symbols consisting of long and short lines. For example, the hexagram of ‘Tai’ 泰卦 is ䷊, consisting of a trigram of ☷ (坤 kun) on the top and a trigram of ☰ (乾 qian) on the bottom. The top ☷ three pairs of short yin lines stand for the earth and being receptive and acquiescent. The lower ☰ three long yang 阳 lines stand for the sun, heaven, strength, and power. The hexagram of ‘Tai’ ䷊ is in the transition of having more long yang lines than short yin lines, marking the end of winter and the beginning of spring.
&#8211; ‘yang 羊’ for ‘goat’, ‘sheep’ or ‘lamb’, makes a pun on ‘yang 阳’ for ‘the sun, or the masculine force in the universe’;
&#8211; The motif combination of three goats (三羊 san yang) makes a pun on ‘san yang 三阳’, the three long yang lines in the Tai hexagram ䷊, expressing an auspicious wish in the new year that after the long winter the beginning of masculine force will flourish the universe.

The return of the Yang force after the long winter will bring us prosperity

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