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

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    There are also special symbols in Chinese arts, such as the qilin, and the Chinese dragon. [1] According to Chinese beliefs, being surrounding by objects which are decorated with such auspicious symbols and motifs was and continues to be believed to increase the likelihood that those wishes would be fulfilled even in present-day. [2]

  3. Chinese spiritual world concepts - Wikipedia

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    Chinese spiritual world concepts are cultural practices or methods found in Chinese culture.Some fit in the realms of a particular religion, others do not. In general these concepts were uniquely evolved from the Chinese values of filial piety, tacit acknowledgment of the co-existence of the living and the deceased, and the belief in causality and reincarnation, with or without religious ...

  4. Walis Nokan - Wikipedia

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    Walis Nokan (born 22 August 1961) is an indigenous Pai-Peinox-Tayal writer from M'ihu community in Taiwan. Walis began his writing career under the pen names such as Wu Chun-chieh (吳俊傑), Liu Ao (柳翱), and Walis Yukan .

  5. Chinese culture - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese art in the Republic of China (Taiwan) and that of overseas Chinese can also be considered part of Chinese art where it is based in or draws on Chinese heritage and Chinese culture. Early "Stone Age art" dates back to 10,000 BC, mostly consisting of simple pottery and sculptures.

  6. Culture of the People's Republic of China - Wikipedia

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    The culture of the People's Republic of China (PRC) is a rich and varied blend of traditional Chinese culture with communist and other international modern and post-modern influences. During the Cultural Revolution , an enormous number of cultural treasures of inestimable value were seriously damaged or destroyed, and the practice of many arts ...

  7. Ba–Shu culture - Wikipedia

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    Pattern of the Golden Sun Bird discovered at Jinsha site, a symbol of the Ba–Shu culture and believed to be a totem of the ancient Shu people. It has been designated a symbol for the Chinese culture as a whole by the Chinese government. Ba-Shu culture refers to a regional culture centered around Sichuan province and Chongqing city, also encompassing parts of Yunnan, Guizhou, southwestern ...

  8. Dai people - Wikipedia

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    Therefore [dubious – discuss] the word Dai, like with the aforementioned Yao, is a Han Chinese cultural concept which has now been adopted by other languages such as English, French, and German (see respective Wikipedias). As a solution in the Thai language, however, as in English, the term Tai Lue can be used to mean Dai, despite referring ...

  9. Chinese folk art - Wikipedia

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    Chinese knotting (中國結) is a decorative handicraft art that began as a form of Chinese folk art in the Tang and Song dynasty [1] (AD 960–1279) in China. It was later popularized in the Ming. The art is also referred to as Chinese traditional decorative knots. [2] One of the more traditional art forms, it creates decorative knot patterns.