典藏單位:國立中正紀念堂管理處
館藏編號:CR05201100
民國52年10月31日香港羅氏宗親會回國觀光團所贈,外以紙盒包裝,蓋為透明,內層左、右、上各貼有桃紅色小紙,以毛筆書寫「萬壽無疆」,上款「恭祝大蔣中正總統七秩晉七華誕」,下款「香港羅氏宗親會回國觀光敬獻」,時序為「中華民國五十二年十月」。象牙壽星立於黑色木製底座,壽星右手持杖,上有福袋,左手持桃,足登壽履,左邊有一童子在旁依附,取「多福多壽,多子多孫」之意。
香港羅氏宗親會主要屬豫章羅氏,豫章羅氏分佈很廣,族人足跡遍散海內外。海外以東南亞居多,每逢國家重大紀念日,家族團體不遠千里,飄洋過海蒞祠,每每留下紀念品,或贈旗或獻牌,上面都鏤寫雋語,如香港羅氏宗親會的「宗盟永篤」,泰國羅氏宗親會的「敦宗睦族」,星州羅豫章堂的「源遠流長」,以及南洋羅氏公會的「四海一家」等,中國人血濃於水的宗親情懷,以及慎終追遠的思古之心,在此但見無遺。
The Tourist Party of Law Clan Association in Hong Kong presented this ivory God of Longevity as a birthday gift on October 31, 1963. The artifact is packed in a carton with a transparent cover. The carton's inner left, right, and upper sides are each affixed with small pink papers written with a brush a celebratory message "Very Many Happy Returns of the Day," a dedication "In celebration of President Chiang Kai-shek's 77th birthday," a lower part, "Respectfully, The Tourist Party of Law Clan Association in Hong Kong," and the date "October, 1963." The ivory God of Longevity is raised on a black wood base, holds a rod hanging a lucky pack in his right hand and peaches in his left hand, wears longevity shoes, and is accompanied by a boy by the left side, taking the meaning of having "more happiness and longevity, and many descendants."
The members of Law Clan Association in Hong Kong are mostly from Yuzhang, and members of Law clan from Yuzhang are widely distributed home and abroad. The majority of members live in Southeast Asia. During every major national anniversaries, Law family groups returned and gathered together from far away counties, across the seas, and worshiped at the shrine, left behind souvenirs or gifts, banners, or plates, all engraved with epigrams. For example, Law Clan Association in Hong Kong's "Honoring Clan Oath Forever"; the Luo's Association in Thailand's "Promote the Clan and the Friendly Relations," Singapore Loh Yue Chiong Thong's "Long Pedigree," and Nanyang Loh Clan Association's "One World," and so on. The feelings that blood is thicker than water and the acts that everyone carefully remembers their ancestors are obvious among members of a Chinese clan.