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  2. Mirror armour - Wikipedia

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    Mirror armour (Russian: зерцало, zertsalo, meaning "mirror"; Chinese: 护心镜, hùxīnjìng, meaning "protect-heart mirror"), sometimes referred to as disc armour or as chahār-āyneh or char-aina (Persian: چهاﺮآﻳنه meaning "four mirrors"; whence Kazakh: шар-айна, şar-ayna), was a type of cuirass used mainly in Asia ...

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

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    [1] [2] Chinese symbols often have auspicious meanings associated to them, such as good fortune, happiness, and also represent what would be considered as human virtues, such as filial piety, loyalty, and wisdom, [1] and can even convey the desires or wishes of the Chinese people to experience the good things in life. [2]

  4. The body in traditional Chinese medicine - Wikipedia

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    (3) Heart Protector, (4) Triple Heater are organs that secondary (ministerial) fire controls. (1) The Heart, a Yin organ, regulates the pulse, manifests in the face and tongue, and bridges the connection between the human and the celestial. Dysfunction of the Heart leads to insomnia, disturbance of the spirit, and an irregular pulse.

  5. Pericardium (Chinese medicine) - Wikipedia

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    The Pericardium is also called the "heart protector", [1] and, for clinical purposes, is considered a yin organ [2] paired with the yang organ San Jiao. In general theory, the Pericardium is not distinguished from the Heart. It is also the first line of defence against the Heart from External Pathogenic Influences.

  6. Chinese auspicious ornaments in textile and clothing

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    Chinese dragons continued to be used in the Qing dynasty in the imperial and court clothing. [1] [12] The types of dragons and their numbers of claws were regulated and prescribed by the imperial court. [1] When Chinese dragons are enclosed in roundels, they are referred as tuanlong (团龙); they can also be enclosed in mandarin square (buzi ...

  7. Chinese guardian lions - Wikipedia

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    Chinese guardian lions, or imperial guardian lions, are a traditional Chinese architectural ornament. Typically made of stone , they are also known as stone lions or shishi ( 石獅 ; shíshī ). They are known in colloquial English as lion dogs or foo dogs / fu dogs .

  8. Zangfu - Wikipedia

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    The zangfu (simplified Chinese: 脏腑; traditional Chinese: 臟腑; pinyin: zàngfǔ) organs are functional entities stipulated by traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). These classifications are based on east Asian cosmological observations rather than bio medical definitions that are used in Western evidence based medical models.

  9. Twenty-Four Protective Deities - Wikipedia

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    In Chinese, he is known as Mìjī Jīngāng (密跡金剛) or Jīngāng Mìjī (金剛密跡) both meaning "The Vajra-being of Secret Traces". He is a vajra-holding protector deity from Buddhist scripture. In Buddhist iconographic form, he wields a vajra mallet "vajra-pāṇi" (a diamond club, thunderbolt stick, or sun symbol) and bares his ...