Yin Yang Painting

Yin and Yang; Yin-Yang; JI In ancient Chinese mythology and natural philosophy dark (Yin) and its opposite bright start (Yang), speakers almost always in the pair combination. Yin originally meant, apparently, shady (North) side of the mountain, while Yang is bright (South facing) slope. Subsequently, when you distribute a binary classification Yin became a symbol of the feminine, North, darkness, death, earth, moon, even numbers, etc. Yang as, respectively, came to symbolise masculinity, the South, the light, the life, the sky, the sun, odd numbers, etc. The oldest of these paired characters, according to the Swedish sinologist B. Karlgren are shell-cowries (female) and jade (male principle). Assume that the basis of this symbolism are archaic ideas about fertility, reproduction and phallic cult. This ancient symbolism, which emphasizes the dualism of male and female, received an iconographic expression on the ancient bronze vessels in the form of protrusions and fallaciously volwaardig ovals. No later than the Zhou era, the Chinese began to consider the sky as the embodiment of Yang and earth is Yin. The whole process of the universe and existence was considered by the Chinese as a result of the interaction, but not the confrontation of Yin and Yang, who are committed to each other, and the culmination of this is considered to be a complete merger of heaven and earth. The system of Yin and Yang was the basis of ancient and medieval Chinese worldview, were widely used by Taoists, and folk religion to classify spirits, divination, omens, etc. In the system of digrams I-Jing, tri - and hexagrams Yang is depicted as continuous, and the Yin - broken line. Together they symbolize all the complementary opposites of the dualistic forces in the universe and qualities of human, animal and plant life. Yin always needs to go before Jan, because she symbolizes the primordial Darkness before the Light of creation — Feb. It is also the primordial water, passive, feminine, instinctive and intuitive by nature; the soul, depth, contraction, negative, soft and compliant. Fantasy animals (dragon, Phoenix and tiling) can embody both one and the other start, and means the perfect interaction of these two principles in their unity. The same applies to the Lotus. represents the perfect balance of two great forces of the universe, each of which has within itself the embryo of the opposite beginning. This suggests that in the universe there is only male or only female, but each of them contains spores of another, and that continuous changes occur. Both in the terms of the universal cyclic treatment and change. These two forces constrain each other in the confrontation, but not in antagonistic but as mutually interdependent partners. One of the principles is the essence, but only two find expression in manifestations began in the material world. Cantwell Yin-Yang (tai-JI) detainees depicted in the circle. Their figurative and symbolic image based on the circle, painting foreunity, from which the polarity of Yin/Yang is a philosophical concept represented by the philosopher Zhu XI (1130-1200). The separation of both poles is called the S-shaped bisect the surface of the circle, and Yin-half is attributed is dark, and Yang-half — light part of the circle. Only from this polarity is the creation of the five elements, from the interaction which stems the wealth and diversity of the world ("ten thousand things"). Important is the fact that as an expression of interdependence in Yang-divided parts of the circle should be dark, and Yin-parts — center light (depicted as circles). Thus it is emphasized that it is not about struggle and mutual hostility between light and darkness because of the desire to achieve dominance of one of the two principles, but rather the tendency to combine one another. In the ancient cave sanctuaries were canaliculus Yang - and Yin-stones, of which the first should be dry and the second wet. At the combination of heavy rains with the scourge awakened forces of the Yang-stone, and when drought and heat — the Yin-stone to achieve a harmonic balance. Yin symbolizes all that is dark and earth: femininity, the North, cold, shadow, earth, passivity, humidity, black color, valley, trees, night, aquatic and amphibious animals, most colors. even numbers; Yang symbolizes all that is bright, dry and high: masculinity, South, light, activity, dryness, Emperor; the active principle, spirit, rationality, height, expansion, positive, solid and unyielding. mountain, sky, heaven, sun, animals and birds; odd numbers; Basic values: the Cosmic Egg, the primordial androgyne, the perfection of balance and harmony, a Union of two natures unfinished part of the original whole, the passage through history, the suffering of separation, the search for perfection "I" - separated. Chinese symbol polarity, surrounded by the eight trigrams as a symbol of cosmic integrity. Yin-Yang is the Supreme and undivided symbol of unity and creative complementarity of opposites in the universe. Rough materials in China, the active, or male principle (Yang) is depicted as a white circle (representing the sky), while the passive female principle (Yin) — black square (earth). The white circle represents energy and heavenly influence, and the black square of earthly forces. The interaction concluded in their dualism, it is well-known symbol of Yang-Yin, a circle divided in half by a wavy line. White half (Yang) includes black spot and the black half (Yin) a white spot. These two spots represent the constant presence in the male-female and female — male. The wavy line is a symbol of movement and interpenetration, emphasizing — like the swastika — the idea of displacement, thus giving the dynamite and the complementary nature of this symbol. The law of polarity is the subject of reflection for many Chinese philosophers. They were taken from this character a number of absolute principles, which we reproduce here: (a) the amount of energy in the universe is unchangeable; (b) it consists of the sum of the two types of energy: one positive and active qualities, the other negative and passive; (C) the nature of cosmic phenomena is characterized by changing the ratio of the two present in them forms of energy. For example, in the twelve months of the year is present, in different proportions, a certain amount of energy obtained from six parts and six Yang Yin (13). Further, because of the qualities of their movement, as well as its shape, the cycle received the value of what is brought into existence, activates and animates all the forces involved in this process, penetrating it, including those that in other circumstances would oppose each other. As we have seen, this is the basic meaning of the Chinese sign of Ying-Yang