What are the symbols that can represent traditional Chinese culture

Chinese cultural symbols refer to the words that can represent the characteristics of Chinese culture, the most representative of the first seven are: the Chinese language (Chinese characters), Confucius, calligraphy, the Great Wall, traditional Chinese medicine, the Forbidden City, the Terracotta Warriors.

The principle of categorizing traditional Chinese cultural symbols is to divide them by "source" or "body", not by "flow" or "use" as in the West. The former embodies the cosmos. The former embodies the "big system" of the universe, while the latter embodies the "sub-systems" of human society, and it is the big system that can fully embody the holography of qi. Traditional Chinese cultural symbols are divided into two categories according to heaven, earth and man***, one is the natural symbols of heaven and earth and man, referred to as natural symbols. One is the man-made symbols simulated by human beings after feeling the symbols of heaven and earth, referred to as man-made symbols (but not a closed-door creation). Natural symbols refer to those mountains, rivers, sun, moon and stars that reflect the qi of heaven and earth, as if the God of Heaven takes the vast world as paper, and writes magnificent symbols with gold, water, wood, fire and earth as ink. However, due to the mountains and rivers, the sun, the moon and the stars are arranged in different combinations, the time effect is different, so not all of nature, and every moment is favorable to human flourishing, and only the philosophers over the centuries to discover such as the ring of the mountains, curved water, Big Dipper, etc. and the cosmic helix field corresponds to the human advantage. These are "auspicious" symbols, yang symbols. On the other hand, Wolf's Tooth Mountain, Direct Water, and Wisdom Star, etc., which are harmful to human beings because they cannot collect the qi field of heaven and earth, belong to the "bad" symbols and "yin" symbols. The former is known as "mountains surrounded by water must have gas", while the latter is denounced as "mountains and rivers as a place of destruction", "straight straight to the detriment of the human population". This kind of natural symbols, mainly used in site selection, building and other preferential aspects of the gas field, the formation of a set of methods is called "geomancy", Kan, astronomy. Geography. Therefore, geomancy is a symbolic study of the relationship between astronomy and geography and human beings. Obviously, this is not the same as feudal superstition. Artificial symbols, according to the holographic principle of the correspondence between heaven and man, the philosophers collected the cosmic qi and their own qi through practicing qigong, and then used paper, pen, ink (or vermilion sand, xionghuang and other traditional Chinese medicines) as an intermediary medium to issue the body outside, stored in the shape of symbols consisting of a variety of curves and straight lines. The shape of the talisman corresponds to the natural talisman of heaven and earth, and the natural qi field of heaven and earth. In terms of size, the symbols are like peach kernels, rice grains of "micro-sculpting" technology, and in terms of simulation, they are like "monosodium glutamate" and "saccharin". In short, it is a microcosm. These man-made symbols were mainly used for healing and for the adjustment of the scene. Its achievements are reflected in the lost Chinese medicine Zhuyu Section. Today, it can also be found in the textbooks of Chinese medicine colleges and universities, "Neijing. Suwen. The theory of shifting essence and changing qi", which says: "In ancient times, the only way to cure diseases was to shift the essence and change the qi, which could be done by Zhuyue only." With the natural symbols should be used for geomancy, Zhuyueke is also with the feudal superstition should not be compared. Natural symbols and man-made symbols are closely related, in feng shui commonly used man-made gasification of the symbols to adjust those less than ideal qi field, called "exorcism" and often man-made entity of the symbols, such as imitation of the ring of the mountains of the ring-shaped building to create a concentration of qi of the field. When writing man-made talismans, it is necessary to have a good natural qi field to ensure the effect. The cross-application of these two types of symbols not only reflects the conformity, but also shows the enterprising spirit of transforming the status quo, indicating the positive attitude of the philosophers towards nature. Of course, both natural and man-made symbols can be further divided into two categories: gasification symbols and solid symbols. Western semiotics is a new discipline. But in China, it does not appear as an independent face, but is scattered in Chinese traditional culture, such as Chinese medicine, folklore, Taoism, martial arts, martial arts, qigong, supernormal capabilities, calligraphy and so on. Therefore, the research and organization of Chinese semiotics is a tedious and difficult project.