This Chinese symbol for Tao painting was painted on a light blue Chinese rice paper, which has gold flakes. The light blue colored rice paper is very beautiful and is a very nice background color for the Tao symbol.
Tao means "Path" or guide in Chinese. This scroll features the Chinese symbol for Tao and the words study - morality - cultivate - truth; an idiom meaning that you should learn morality if you want to learn the truth.