What is the significance of _ (ten thousand words) in ancient civilization and ancient religion?

According to the current archaeological findings, the earliest swastika/swastika symbol in the world appeared about 6.5438+0.5 million years ago. At present, the earliest swastika/swastika symbol used by the Nazi Party was unearthed at the site of Mezinie in Ukraine, and this standard was found on an ivory bird statue found at this site. According to the analysis of some archaeologists, this special symbol may be a bird symbolizing cheekbones at that time, and according to other artifacts unearthed at the same time, this symbol may belong to a symbol of reproductive worship at that time.

In fact, signs similar to ten thousand characters have been found in stone age sites all over the world. For example, similar signs have been found in Neolithic cultural sites such as Majiabin, Majiayao, Dawenkou and Xiaoheyan in China, Irklimoore in Britain, Zeca Cave in Defta, Bulgaria, and pottery in Kush Kingdom in North Africa.

However, the popularity of swastika/swastika in the world is actually due to ancient Indian culture and religion. This is because, in almost all languages in the world, the symbol of swa/swa is called Sova Stica (right-handed) or Swa Stica (left-handed), and this name comes from Sanskrit in ancient India, which probably means auspiciousness and happiness.

Of course, its Chinese name is not like this. In China, in fact, the popularity of this symbol has a lot to do with Buddhism introduced to China later. After Buddhism was introduced into China, some eminent monks, such as Xuan Zang, actually translated this symbol in Buddhism into "virtue", while the six fingers of Bodhi, an Indian eminent monk who came to China in the Northern Wei Dynasty, translated it into "ten thousand".

Later, in the Tang Dynasty, Empress Wu Zetian named this symbol "Wan" and defined it as "a collection of auspicious virtues". In the traditional patterns of China, there are even "endless words" inspired by this symbol. Later, this symbol was even included in Kangxi Dictionary and became one of the standard Chinese characters. Therefore, the Chinese name "Wan Zi" comes from Buddhism, so it can also be traced back to the South Asian subcontinent.