Thursday, November 12, 2009

Chinese Animal Symbols In Western Culture

By Jonathon Chen

The use of animal symbols has been part of many cultures throughout the history of the world. The place that animal symbols have in the Chinese culture is perhaps considered to be unparalleled than what we find to be true regarding other cultures.

These Chinese animal symbols were objects of philosophical inner meaning and it has been passed on in generations. Chinese people are well-known for their amazing power of observation and philosophical conceptualization. They utilized their skills to watch animals and their behaviors and that resulted in finding out their characteristics. This information was then used to connect the animal traits with the humans.

The vast collections of Chinese animal symbols are taken at different worth. For some they serve as a reminder whereas others take them as omens and charms. One of the most interesting aspects of Chinese animal symbols is their visual representation which is considered to be very artistic.

Factually these Chinese animal symbols have a diverse variety of mediums and hence this diversity is seen in their mode of representation. What is remarkable is that we might find the particular animal diverse in its physical representation but the meaning and characteristic linked with the animal remains same.

You may possibly of find Chinese animal symbols in a wide variety of mediums like paintings, clothes, paintings on homes, embroidery etc. Lately, these animal symbols have collected a group of lovers who are not even from the Chinese background.

The western world has been greatly intrigued by Chinese animal symbols. You will find people actually going through the trouble of looking up the Chinese lunar calendar to find out which year they were born in according to the Chinese calendar.

Then they put this knowledge to use in many different ways. You will find some people get themselves tattooed with the Chinese animal symbol that marks the year in which the individual was born. T-shirts, caps, jewelry and posters etc are other mediums through which Chinese animal symbols are becoming part of the western culture.

Chinese have their own set of traditional notions with respect to these animal symbols. They are believed to radiate strong positive vibes that help positively to change an individual's life in their presence. This is sort of spirituality requires in-depth understanding of meaning and characteristics behind the animal symbol and then introducing them in one's life.

What the western world requires to do is to basically find the animal that denotes the person's birth year according to the lunar Chinese calendar. Then he must use it in different forms of art.

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