A child riding a Chinese unicorn, holding a lotus (lien), and blowing a reed pipe (sheng) meant "the unicorn brings a boy" or "a succession (lien sheng) of noble sons." This design was often engraved on jewelry or drawn on other gifts to celebrate the birth of a child.
童子騎麒麟、持蓮花與笙圖，是「麒麟送子」，也是「連生貴子」，在祝賀生產的禮物如金飾，或包禮品的紙上，常鐫刻或繪上這個圖案。