Yao Qian Shu

The money tree (Chinese: 搖錢樹; yao qian shu; literally: shake money tree) is a holy tree that can give you money if you shake it.

A Han dynasty money tree in the Hong Kong Heritage Museum

It came from the Han Dynasty.^[1] Bronze qianshu are appear a lot in Sichuan graves.^[2]

A modern 'money tree' observed in Yunnan, China, 2015-12-01.

References

1. "Money Tree in the Eastern Han Dynasty - China culture". History.cultural-china.com. 1927-11-12. Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
2. Glahn, Richard von (2004). The Sinister Way: The Divine and the Demonic in Chinese Religious Culture. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-92877-0. Retrieved 2013-08-11.