Look back over your entire life. Really good friends are to be treasured. My office wall was dedicated to the memory of such a friend.

Phoenix:
The Phoenix represents high virtue, grace, power,and prosperity. In ancient China only the Queen could wear the Phoenix symbol.

Tortoise:
The Tortoise represents longevity and wisdom.

In every culture colours have meaning. In China the colour red represents good luck. Red is the predominant colour in a traditional Chinese wedding.

English translation:

Heaven protects and establishes thee, with the greatest security; makes thee entirely virtuous, that thou mayest enjoy every happiness; grants thee much increase, so that thou hast all in abundance.

Heaven protects and establishes thee; it grants thee all excellence, so that thine every matter is right, and thou receivest every heavenly favour. It sends down to thee long-during happiness, which the days are not sufficient to enjoy.

With happy auspices and purifications, thou bringest the offerings, and dost fifially present them; in Spring, Summer, Autimn, and Winter, to the dukes and former kings, who say, "We give to thee myriads of years of duration unlimited."

The spirits come and confer on thee many blessings. The people are simple and honest, daily enjoying their meat and drink. All the black-haired race, in all their surnames, universally practice your virtue.

Like the moon advancing to the full, like the sun ascending the heavens, like the age of the southern hills, never waning, never falling, like the luxuriance of the fir and the cypress; may such be thy succeeding line!

I need to thank Sharon Jiang for getting the traditional Chinese characters translated to the ancient seal script characters. She had a friend of hers, from a university in China, translate the traditional Chinese characters to the ancient seal characters.