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  2. Color in Chinese culture - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Chinese people regarded black as the king of colors and honored black more consistently than any other color. Laozi said "know the white, keep the black", and Taoists believe black is the color of the Tao .

  3. Xiangyun (Auspicious clouds) - Wikipedia

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    Chinese character Qi (气), Spring and Autumn period The clouds physical characteristics (being wispy and vaporous in nature) were associated with the Taoist concept of qi (气; 氣), especially yuanqi, [3]: 133 and the cosmological forces at work; [1] [note 4] i.e. the yuanqi was the origins of the Heavens and Earth, and all things were created from the interaction between the yin and yang.

  4. 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 ...

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

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    Traditional Chinese visual design elements: their applicability in contemporary Chinese design (Master of Science in Design thesis). Arizona State University. Welch, Patricia Bjaaland (2012). Chinese art : a guide to motifs and visual imagery. Boston, US: Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4629-0689-5. OCLC 893707208. Williams, Charles (2006).

  6. Four Symbols - Wikipedia

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    The colours associated with the four creatures can be said to match the colours of soil in the corresponding areas of China: the bluish-grey water-logged soils of the east, the reddish iron-rich soils of the south, the whitish saline soils of the western deserts, the black organic-rich soils of the north, and the yellow soils from the central ...

  7. Sanxing (deities) - Wikipedia

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    Seven Lucky Gods, similar group of Japanese auspicious deities; Tai Sui (太歲)—60 Heavenly Officials who will be in charge of each year during the Chinese sixty-year cycle; Wufang Shangdi. Color in Chinese culture; Xi (喜), a character sometimes added to form the set phrase: Fu Lu Shou Xi (福禄壽喜) Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) Fu Lu Shou ...

  8. Snake (zodiac) - Wikipedia

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    The snake is the sixth of the twelve-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Snake is associated with the Earthly Branch symbol 巳. [1] According to one legend, there is a reason for the order of the animals in the cycle. A race was held to cross a great river, and the order of ...

  9. Red thread of fate - Wikipedia

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    The color red in Chinese culture symbolises happiness and it is also prominently featured during Chinese weddings. The two people connected by the red thread are destined lovers, regardless of place, time, or circumstances.