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  2. Yin and yang - Wikipedia

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    Yin is the black side, and yang is the white side. Other color arrangements have included the white of yang being replaced by red. [29] The taijitu is sometimes accompanied by other shapes, [30] such as bagua. [29] [30] The relationship between yin and yang is often described in terms of sunlight playing over a mountain and a valley. Yin ...

  3. Color in Chinese culture - Wikipedia

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    The taijitu uses black and white or red to represent the unity of yin and yang. 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. [citation needed]

  4. Taijitu - Wikipedia

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    The alternation and combination of yang and yin generate water, fire, wood, metal, and earth. With these five [phases of] qi harmoniously arranged, the Four Seasons proceed through them. The Five Phases are simply yin and yang; yin and yang are simply the Supreme Polarity; the Supreme Polarity is fundamentally Non-polar. [Yet] in the generation ...

  5. Metal (wuxing) - Wikipedia

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    Yang metal years end in 0 (e.g. 1980), while Yin years end in 1 (e.g. 1981). Metal governs the Chinese zodiac signs Monkey and Rooster. The planet Venus is associated with metal because it is white in color (the Chinese color of death), and rises in the west as the evening star. [1]

  6. Taegeuk - Wikipedia

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    The taegeuk is a Taoist icon which symbolizes cosmic balance, and represents the constant interaction between the yin and yang, also known as eum/yang (Korean: 음양; Hanja: 陰陽). [ 15 ] [ 14 ] The taegeuk symbol used on the flag originated from the Chinese Confucian classic known as The Book of Changes (also known as I Ching or Yijing ), a ...

  7. Yinyanggong - Wikipedia

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    Except for the Yin Yang Temple in Tainan, where the main worship of Yinyanggong takes place, the only place in Taiwan that has the spirit is the Yin Yang Temple in Magong, Penghu. The Yinyang Hall in Penghu was originally the Youying Temple, dedicated to officials who died childless and the lone souls of men and women who lost their worship ...

  8. File:Yin and Yang symbol.svg - Wikipedia

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    English: The Yin and Yang symbol with white representing Yang and black representing Yin. The symbol is a visual depiction of the intertwined duality of all things in nature, a common theme in w:Taoism .

  9. File:Yin yang.svg - Wikipedia

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    English: This is the Taijitu (太極圖), with black representing yin and white representing yang. It is a symbol that reflects the inescapably intertwined duality of all things in nature, a common theme in Taoism.