The Cranes Are Flying

My sister gave me a Russian lacquer box with two cranes flying in this regard. It is supposed to be a story behind the cranes, but I can not find online. Does anyone know where I can find it, or get to know what the story is?

This is an old Russian tradition of cranes on paint cans painted as paints icons. Many towns would make this different type of boxes. according to Russian legend that the city was a house painter of icons, even before the Mongol invasions. At least since the 17th century, Kholui was a producer of lacquer boxes, plates and other objects painted this region of Russia is famous for. After the Bolshevik revolution, the icon painting became unpopular and even dangerous. However, Kholui painters continued to paint, this time in secret, giving the area a sort of legitimacy in the cultural / art world.
The style of icon painting in Kholui is peculiar to this city, and distinctly different from the style most widely known of Palekh painting. The icon painters in Kholui use a lot of shades of green, as opposed to the style of the use of most of the red, as is traditional in Palekh.
The Ivanovo Oblast is home towns and Putchezh Kholui. It is located in the center of Eastern Europe is simple, and part of the economic zone of central Russia.

Cranes represented vigilance and by country of its "meaning. India: treason. Celtic: (an omen) patient. China: immortality. Africa: the gift of speech. It has also been associated with regeneration and a symbol of resurrection, Greece, has announced the scream spring and fall crops, and in Egypt it represents prosperity. So make your choice!

Cranes are supposed to bring luck to people. Then you double chance in this case, or perhaps even triple the chance because you have a sister who thought you were such a beautiful gift. Russian lacquer is beautiful. Nothing like it in the world.