- In Chinese culture, cranes are said to bring peace and good fortune and symbolize fidelity and eternal youth, because they mate for life. According to legends, cranes live for a thousand years and become one of the sacred living immortals and they were also sacred to Taoist immortals like the Eight Immortals, the crane being the mount of Lu Dongbin
- In Japanese culture, cranes are considered a national symbol and they represent luck, longevity, fidelity, wisdom, and happiness in love and matrimony.
- In Korean culture, cranes traditionally represent love & loyalty between spouses because, like in China, they are believed to mate for life. Longevity (given their symbolic long lifespans and association with Taoists), and harmony because of all those reasons put togethe