A Cup of Blessing

I went to a Fu-Bon bank, which is near my place, to cash out a check, the other day.
An eye-catching, colorful, giant, cup stood right in front of the building.
I like the the happy feeling it brought to me, very much.
It did make my day. :D

As soon as I back home from the bank, I googled a little bit and see if I could find out some information about the cup.
It's too bad that I could only find information in Chinese...
So...Here are the information in my poor English. >_<

The days that make us happy make us wise.
John Masefield

Everything starts from here, wanted people having days that make us happy make us wise.
The Chinese name of this cup is 一杯子的祝福, means "a cup of blessing."
It's a work of a local artist, Hong Yi.
"A cup" in Mandarin "yi bei zi" sounds like "a whole lifetime" in Mandarin, Therefore "a cup of blessing" symbolize "blessed whole lifetime."
The cup even pops steam at night so people can feel "the warm of bleass."

Through the colorful, funny, and happy-look images, wonderland-like size, and 5 Kaleidoscope peek holes on the cup, Hong Yi is express the joy of this surprising urban wonderland.

Original Chinese information from http://www.fubonart.org.tw/ attached, below:

一杯子的祝福
塑鋼 彩繪 壓克力燈箱 卡點西德
「在快樂的日子，我們變的更聰明。」(The days that make us happy make us wise.)這是英國桂冠詩人曼斯斐爾(John Masefield)體認到快樂也可以賜與人類心靈更清晰的洞見，洪易的創作正是基於這樣的信念。他喜歡用輕快、戲謔的圖像及奔放快樂的色彩，並且常在城市街道上尋獲圖案及造型的靈感。洪易為富邦人壽大樓的開放廣場創作一只巨大的街角杯子，帶有一種趨近童話故事裡愛麗絲夢遊記的虛構尺度，使廣場成為城市仙境，充滿新奇與活躍的喜悅。這隻福杯上有五個窺孔，孔內的萬花世界為好奇的人們帶來更繽紛的想像；入夜之後，杯體定時會吞吐噴霧，就像是具有生命的氣息，表現溫暖的熱度，一「杯」子(一輩子)的祝福可以持續並延伸快樂的視野。 洪易從道明高中美工科畢業之後，在中部曾有經營數間夜店的經驗，一手完成店內的室內裝潢對於他後來在空間營造概念的掌握有很大的養成，從不以美術設計為滿足，走上創作的道路後，曾在台中20號鐵道倉庫駐村，駐村期間間接接觸不同類型藝術家，也認識各種新的創作觀。雖然見識了許多當代藝術的新潮流，但是洪易仍在各種繁花般的關係世界中，保持他的草根性。於是一種樸質、卻又充滿活力的快樂感成為他作品的特定標誌。