When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Xiangyun (Auspicious clouds) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiangyun_(Auspicious_clouds)

    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.

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

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_symbols...

    Name Symbolism Images Bats Bat (fu) Homophone for good fortune and symbol for longevity and happiness. [3] Bats flying amongst clouds Bats with Chinese character "wan"(Swastika) "Ten thousand-fold wishes for good fortune and happiness.” [3] Five bats (wufu) Wishes for the Five Blessings. [3] Red bats (hongfu) Wide spread of good fortune [3 ...

  4. Hạ Long Bay - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hạ_Long_Bay

    Before the 19th century, the name Hạ Long Bay had not been recorded in the old books of the country. It has been called other names such as An Bang, Lục Thủy, and Vân Đồn. In the late 19th century, the name Hạ Long Bay appeared on the Maritime Map of France. The French-language Hai Phong News reported "Dragon appears on Hạ Long Bay".

  5. Chinese characters - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_characters

    Chinese characters "Chinese character" written in traditional (left) and simplified (right) forms Script type Logographic Time period c. 13th century BCE – present Direction Left-to-right Top-to-bottom, columns right-to-left Languages Chinese Japanese Korean Vietnamese Zhuang (among others) Related scripts Parent systems (Proto-writing) Chinese characters Child systems Bopomofo Jurchen ...

  6. Taito (kanji) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taito_(kanji)

    The Chinese character components for taito are both compound ideographs created by reduplicating a common character, namely the 12-stroke Japanese kumo or Chinese yún 雲 "cloud" (with the "rain radical" 雨 and un or yún 云 phonetic), and the 16-stroke "dragon radical" Japanese ryū or Chinese lóng 龍.

  7. Chinese auspicious ornaments in textile and clothing

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_auspicious...

    Clothing and colour in China also played an important role in representing its wearer's identity, rank, and culture. [1] Clothing which were decorated with Chinese dragons and cosmological symbols, rank badges were typically symbol of status of the ruling class in ancient China.

  8. File:Halong Bay, Rock formations in fog.jpg - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Halong_Bay,_Rock...

    English: Ha Long Bay (Halong Bay) in North Vietnam. Ha Long in Vietnamese means “descent of the dragon”. Ha Long in Vietnamese means “descent of the dragon”. Many legends are built around the name.

  9. List of hexagrams of the I Ching - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hexagrams_of_the_I...

    Gu is the name of a venom-based poison traditionally used in Chinese ... The origin of the character has its roots in symbols of long-tailed birds such as the ...