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  2. List of Chinese symbols, designs, and art motifs - Wikipedia

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    A dictionary of Chinese symbols : hidden symbols in Chinese life and thought. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. ISBN 978-0-203-03877-2. OCLC 826514710. Ren, Liqi (2013). Traditional Chinese visual design elements: their applicability in contemporary Chinese design (Master of Science in Design thesis). Arizona State University.

  3. Four Symbols - Wikipedia

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    The Four Symbols are represented in an inspired line of skins for characters of the first-person-shooter Overwatch. In the game's 2018 Chinese New Year (Year of the Dog) event, playable characters Zarya, Mercy, Pharah, and Genji received cosmetic skins based on the Black Tortoise (Xuanwu), the Vermillion Bird (Zhuque), the Azure Dragon ...

  4. Four Holy Beasts - Wikipedia

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    The Four Holy Beasts (四靈、四聖獸、or 四大神獸) are Chinese astronomical and cultural Four Benevolent Animals that are spread in the East Asian cultural sphere. They are mentioned in the Chinese classic Book of Rites [ 1 ] and includes the Dragon (龍) in the East, the Qilin (麟) in the West, the Turtle (龜) in the North, and the ...

  5. Chinese funeral rituals - Wikipedia

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    Different rituals are carried out in different parts of China and many contemporary Chinese people carry out funerals according to various religious faiths such as Buddhism or Christianity. However, in general, the funeral ceremony itself is carried out over seven days, and mourners wear funerary dress according to their relationship to the ...

  6. Four Perils - Wikipedia

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    Huandou (驩兜; Huāndōu; 'happy helmet', a.k.a. 驩頭, 讙頭; Huāntóu; 'happy head' [3]), a chimeric minister and/or nation from the south who conspired with Gonggong against Emperor Yao [4] Gun ( 鯀 ; Gǔn ; 'big fish'), [ a ] [ 7 ] whose poorly built dam released a destructive flood and whose son was Yu the Great ;

  7. Tetraphobia - Wikipedia

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    An elevator control panel in a residential apartment building in Shanghai with no floor numbered as the 4th The number 4 missing in a parking lot in Japan. Tetraphobia (from Ancient Greek τετράς (tetrás) 'four' and Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) 'fear') is the practice of avoiding instances of the digit 4.

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  9. Radical 78 - Wikipedia

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    Radical 78 or radical death (歹部) meaning "death", "decay", "bad" or "vicious" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 4 strokes. In the Kangxi Dictionary , there are 231 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical .