The clearest case is shown in the daily cycle of day and night. Soon the yang will change to yin and back again - as day and night are inseparable and interdependent. They are not arranged as opposites, they show the continuous cycle of change within yin and yang. For an explanation of the ordering and associations of the trigrams please see our Luo Shu magic square section.
By looking at the transitions of yin and yang further sub-divisions can be made. And so the four seasons can be seen as winter yin in yin ; spring yin changing to yang ; summer yang in yang and autumn yang changing to yin. An old legend for the origin of yin and yang has peoples separated by a river, the southern bank is shaded yin while the northern is sunny yang.
During Spring and Summer the two people met at great festivals to intermingle and intermarry. It was believed that the different combinations of yin and yang could represent everything. From these two came the five elements and then from these everything else.
Thunder and lightning are presumed to be the result of the violent mixture of yang and yin: heaven and earth. Illustration from an edition of It shows the process of generation and transformation of the 'Myriad Things' wanwu of the universe, from nothingness to being.
This process passes through the following stages: taiyi Great Change , the primal state 'when clear and turbid are not yet differentiated'; taichu Great Inchoate when Yin and Yang come into being; taishi Great Beginning when Qi and form come into being; taisu Great Purity when heaven and earth are formed; and taiji Great Extreme when the Dao is formed. When we say something is yin or something is yang, we mean it in relative terms.
Nothing is purely yin, or purely yang. Some foods are considered primarily yin, or cooling, while others are primarily yang, or warming, while still others are composed of a harmonious balance of yin and yang. Yang foods tend to be sweet, spicy or pungent, and have warm colors such as red or orange.
Often, they are dry and come from the soil. Some examples include potatoes, papaya, chilli peppers and lamb meat. In contrast, yin foods are bitter or salty, generally have a higher moisture content, and tend to be green or cool-toned in color. Foods grown in the water tend to be yin foods. Examples include cucumber, tofu, lotus and soy sauce. In addition, different cooking methods also have yin and yang associations. Frying and roasting are considered yang, whereas boiling and steaming are yin.
A deficiency or excess of yin or yang throws the body off kilter, leading to bodily and spiritual ailments. For instance, having a cold is associated with an excess of yin, and can be alleviated by restoring the yang of the body. In addition, Chinese people eat refreshing, watery yin foods to fend off the intense yang of summer, whereas they warm up the body with yang foods in the winter. A Chinese meal is centered around the concept of balance.
The different ingredients work together to achieve a balance in flavor sweet, sour, spicy, bitter and salty , texture and cooking styles. A good mix of vegetable, meat and starch rice or noodles is crucial. Create a personalised content profile. Measure ad performance. Select basic ads. Create a personalised ads profile. Select personalised ads. Apply market research to generate audience insights. Measure content performance.
Develop and improve products. List of Partners vendors. Share Flipboard Email. Table of Contents Expand. A Subtle and Cosmic Duality. The Yin Yang Symbol. Origin of Yin-Yang. Origin of the Symbol. Medical Use. Additional References. By Jun Shan. Updated February 03, Yin-Yang The yin-yang philosophy says that the universe is composed of competing and complementary forces of dark and light, sun and moon, male and female. The philosophy is at least 3, years old, discussed in the ninth-century BCE text known as I Ching or Book of Changes , and influences the philosophies of Taoism and Confucianism.
The yin-yang symbol is related to the ancient method used to track the movements of the sun, moon, and stars around the year. Featured Video. View Article Sources.
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