Friday, April 8, 2011

Eastern Symbolism Meanings

By James Chung


There are approximately eighty thousand Chinese symbols or even more. These symbols include every characters, alphabets and signs that have been in use in China for over thousands of years. Only now the use of these symbols has become limited.

The use of the symbols in the Chinese language is becoming less and less as the language has evolved over the years. But in the art form these symbols have immense value. They are very appealing to the eye and the whole world recognizes the beauty of these symbols.

When we take a look at China itself we see the presence of Chinese symbols in all walks of life. The cityscape is loaded with Chinese symbols represented through different mediums of art and architecture. Now you will be able to find Chinese symbols on everyday products such as kitchen ware etc. Many people still make use of traditional Chinese symbols for superstitious reasons in Chinese culture.

Whatever may be the meaning the physical structure of the traditional symbols from China has exceptional artistic appeal. But when you go to the depth of these symbols you will find that they represent great philosophies which go back in time and are still in use.

The Chinese symbol meanings cover a broad range of meanings ranging from the most positive to the extremely negative. The traditional belief is that by incorporating positive Chinese symbols in your life you can expect good thing to come your way. They truly believed that these symbols had the power to attract good fortune.

The truth of the subject will depend entirely on what you believe and the faith you have on the Chinese symbols. Even today the symbols are respected throughout China for their beauty as well as the power to influence the life of the people by incorporating them.

The traditional symbol of five bats linked together into one sign represents good fortune and is extremely popular. These five bats are meant to show love, longevity, health, wealth and virtue. To make the symbol more powerful it may be represented in red color.

You will find another symbol in many places in modern Chinese society which is the sunset symbol. Sun as Chinese see it is the origin of the Yang energy and has remarkable power.

There are number of ancient legends about the sun which leads the Chinese people to believe in its positive powers. For one it is the source of all energy and purification. Secondly it produces balance. Because of these deep philosophical aspects sun is given great respect in China.




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