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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. Color in Chinese culture - Wikipedia

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    Black (黑 hēi), corresponding to water, is generally understood as a neutral color, though it appears in many negative contexts in chengyu and common names. "Black cult" ( 黑幫 hēibāng ) is the usual name for Chinese organized crime and the Thick Black Theory of the late Qing intellectual Li Zongwu ( 李 宗 吾 , 1879–1943) is an ...

  4. List of hexagrams of the I Ching - Wikipedia

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    Other variations include "keeping still, mountain" and "stilling". The symbol also means, "blunt, tough, and chewy like hard leather". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☶ (艮 gèn) bound = (山) mountain, and its outer (upper) trigram is identical.

  5. Twelve Ornaments - Wikipedia

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    The Twelve Ornaments (Chinese: 十二章; pinyin: Shí'èr zhāng) are a group of ancient Chinese symbols and designs that are considered highly auspicious. They were employed in the decoration of textile fabrics in ancient China, which signified authority and power, and were embroidered on vestments of state.

  6. Today's Chinese Version - Wikipedia

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    The New Testament was first published in 1975, and the entire Bible was published in 1979. The Bible uses simple, easy to read Chinese, and avoids complex and specialist terminology. The New York Times, apparently unaware of the Studium Biblicum Version or the translation by Lü Chen Chung , hailed it as the first Mandarin translation of the ...

  7. List of occult symbols - Wikipedia

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    It was later adopted by Satanists. The name "Black Sun" was coined by Wilhelm Landig of the Landig Group. Solar symbol: Alchemy: The alchemical symbol for the sun and various sun gods. Also the alchemical symbol for gold which is the metal represented by the Sun which is the astral counterpart. Cross of Saint Peter (Petrine Cross)

  8. Taijitu - Wikipedia

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    The names of the taijitu are highly subjective and some interpretations of the texts they appear in would only call the principle of taiji those names rather than the symbol. [further explanation needed] Since the 1960s, the He tu symbol, which combines the two interlocking spirals with two dots, has more commonly been used as a yin-yang symbol.

  9. Fu (character) - Wikipedia

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    It is often found on a figurine of the male god of the same name, one of the trio of "star gods" Fú, Lù, and Shòu. Mounted fu are a widespread Chinese tradition associated with Chinese New Year and can be seen on the entrances of many Chinese homes worldwide. The characters are generally printed on a square piece of paper or stitched in fabric.