Commonly occurring Chinese creatures and plants found in such paintings include dragons, phoenixes, cranes, gibbons, plantains, bamboos and rushes, often coexisting side by side with the shells, waves and vines typical of the Baroque and Rococo styles.
龍、鳳、鶴、猴子、芭蕉、竹子、蘆葦… … 是最常見的中國動植物，這些「元素」常和巴洛克或洛可可典型的貝殼、海浪、蔓藤等花紋「依附共生」。