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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.
A vertical banner is a type of banner designed to accommodate traditional Chinese characters. They have become associated with acts of protest and civil disobedience in Hong Kong, particularly the Umbrella Movement. The written traditional Chinese for vertical banners are "直幡", whilst their horizontal counterpart are written as "横額".
The word swastika is derived from the Sanskrit root swasti, which is composed of su 'good, well' and asti 'is; it is; there is'. [31] The word swasti occurs frequently in the Vedas as well as in classical literature, meaning 'health, luck, success, prosperity', and it was commonly used as a greeting.
Inducted into the Chinese Plain Red Banner after surrendering to Qing. Zhu Zhiliang – a descendant of the Ming dynasty Imperial Family. Granted the title Marquis of Extended Grace and inducted into the Chinese Plain White Banner. Zu Dashou – Ming dynasty frontier commander. Inducted into the Chinese Plain Yellow Banner after surrendering to ...
The Bordered Red Banner (Chinese: 鑲紅旗) was one of the Eight Banners of the Manchu military and society among the lower five banners during the Later Jin and Qing dynasty of China. [ 1 ] Members
A heraldic banner, also called a banner of arms, displays the basic coat of arms only: i.e. it shows the design usually displayed on the shield and omits the crest, helmet or coronet, mantling, supporters, motto or any other elements associated with the full armorial achievement (for further details of these elements, see heraldry).
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The term "Hui" (回) here refers to all Muslims (回民, aka 穆斯林) in China as a whole regardless of ethnicity, [7] including Chinese-speaking Muslims, Turkic-speaking Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Uzbeks, Kygryzs and Tatars, Mongolic-speaking Dongxiangs and Bonans, and Iranic-speaking Pamiris, etc.