Showing posts with label Philosophies of China. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Philosophies of China. Show all posts

Thursday, October 16, 2014

A Temple That Lives With Nature

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      Bronze Goat Daoist Temple is one of the most famous Doist temples in China. It is located in the northwest part of Chengdu, in Sichuan Province. It was built in Dynasty Tang which was a time period that Daoism was flourishing over China. In this temple many important exhibits of Daoist culture are on display such as scriptures,sculptures,artwork. It's believed that temples are the places to observe Dao, the way. Ultimately this temple was built in the middle of nature to represent the beliefs and habits of Daoist people. They live in the middle of nature, isolated and try to harmonize with the environment around them.


Confucius Believes


   
      This is Confucius, China's most influential scholar and the founder of Confucianism which helped and inspired China during the Han, Tang and Song dynasties. He lived in a time period where many states were fighting wars in China. This period was called the Spring and Autumn period of Zhou dynasty. He did not like the society and the government at that time and he wanted to bring order. Confucius was influenced by 5 books that reflected basic Chinese values that helped him develop his beliefs. He believed that social order, harmony and good government could be restored in China if society were organized around relationships and respect.

Everything Complements Each Other



Yin and Yang is one of the most famous symbols in the world with no doubt. It's believed that the two energy of yin yang make up the universe and are the basis of Chinese medicine. Obviously the main question about it is that how can it be a religious practice? here's how. The birth place of yin and yang is actually from the Chinese philosophy called Daoism. Daoism is the philosophy which a person should harmonize with nature by creating a balance and understanding yin yang, this reason Daoists practice on it during their whole life, some by meditating, some by doing yoga and some by doing diet. The thing that they're trying to understand, accept and perform about the yin yang is that everything about nature is balanced and relative to another, they all rise from the common source Dao,which is the way. Yang is characterized as creative, assertive,positive, and light, while yin is receptive, yielding,negative and dark. They are complementry even tough sound like opposite. Everything has both yin and yang aspects, for instance shadow can not exist without light. Lastly, the reason that yin and yang is famous all around the world is that it draws attention by the depth meaning of it and people eventually learn it when they interact with different cultures.