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The swastika (卍 wàn; "infinity", "all") in Chinese and other cultures is a symbol of the universe, or the manifestation and creativity of God. It was one of a number of new redemptive societies founded in early 20th-century China, that compared to previous redemptive societies that focused on salvation of China, aimed for salvation of the world, drawing upon Western examples such as the Red ...
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The Red Swastika Society, formed in China in 1922 as the philanthropic branch of Guiyidao, became the largest supplier of emergency relief in China during World War II, in the same manner as the Red Cross in the rest of the world. The Red Swastika Society abandoned mainland China in 1954, settling first in Hong Kong then in Taiwan.
The Red Swastika Society is the philanthropic branch of Guiyi Daoyuan founded in 1922 by Qian Nengxun (錢能訓), Du Bingyin (杜秉寅) and Li Jiabai (李佳白). The establishment of the federation was set up in Beijing together with the organization's president Li JianChiu (李建秋) drawing on Western examples such as the Red Cross to ...
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In 1942, the museum expanded to a building in the compound of the Red Swastika Society on Shangxin Street. [1] When the Shandong Provincial Museum ( Chinese : 山 东 省 博 物 馆 ; pinyin : Shāndōng Shěng Bówùguǎn ) was founded in 1954, its collection of historical artifacts occupied the compound of the Red Swastika Society, whereas ...
The symbol of a swastika was also popular with the nobility. Prior to Christianity, this sign was painted on the shields of knights.According to chronicles, prince Oleg who in the 9th century with his Rus Vikings had captured Constantinople, had nailed his shield to the cities gates, which had a large red Swastika painted on it [citation needed].