SymbolismInChineseCulture.pptVIP

Characteristics of Yin Yang Yin yang are opposing Yin yang describe opposing qualities in phenomena. For instance, winter is yin to summers yang over the course of a year, and femininity is yin to masculinitys yang in human relationships. It is impossible to talk about yin or yang without some reference to the opposite. Yin yang are rooted together Since yin and yang are created together in a single movement, they are bound together as parts of a mutual whole. A race with only men or only women would disappear in a single generation, but men and women together create new generations that allow the race they mutually create (and mutually come from) to survive. The interaction of the two gives birth to things. Yin yang transform each other Like an undertow in the ocean, every advance is complemented by a retreat, and every rise transforms into a fall. E.g. A seed will sprout from the earth and grow upwards towards the sky - an intrinsically yang movement. Then when it reaches its full height, it will begin to weaken, and eventually will fall back to the earth in decay - an intrinsically yin movement. Yin always contains the potential for yang, and yang for yin. Yin-yang are balanced Yin-yang is a dynamic equilibrium. They arise together they are always equal If one disappears, the other must disappear as well, leaving emptiness. This is rarely immediately apparent, though, because yang elements are clear and obvious while yin elements are hidden and subtle. Yin-yang are omnipresent e.g. time/space/ relationship: Chinese place names: 洛阳、淮阴 food：寒凉、滋阴壮阳 medicine： 针灸（acupuncture） 通则不痛，痛则不通,阴阳失调 so energy line system rebalanced Can add more to this binary system: winter/summer, death/life, cold/hot,… So the point is basically there is no distinction between good/bad, etc, numbers inclusive. All are indispensable pairs in this system of balance. 三（sān）: The first offspring from the unio