Liu Hai Plays with the Golden Toad

The Money Toad

Immortal Liu Hai fishes the three-legged toad that spits gold, symbol of growing fortune.

Liu Haichan, a carefree immortal with a string of coins, delights in teasing the three-legged golden toad that guards the sea’s treasure. Each time the toad opens its mouth, it spits gold, and the more Liu Hai plays with it the richer the people grow. The New Year print of “Liu Hai playing with the golden toad” hangs in shops as a promise that wealth, like the toad, can be coaxed out by joy.