Sunday, April 24, 2011

Why Chinese Peace Symbol Is Popular In The West

By Lucy Xiu


China has a exclusive system of writing which is totally unfamiliar to us. They use characters rather than letters and these character symbols formulate ideas instead of words with phonetic value. There are about 47,035 characters in Chinese language in Chinese dictionary known as Kangxi dictionary. Though the character symbol which is called Hans is so huge in number, they are mostly not used any more.

Peace symbol in china which is expressed by these characters holds a very significant place in Chinese script. Everybody is looking for peace. But this peace as symbolized by these characters is more of internal peace which we achieve in our hearts rather than escaping from the war like situations.

The Chinese peace symbol is therefore representing one of the most precious things to man. Different people have different perceptions about the ways of acquiring peace. Some will go bungee jumping for it whereas others will turn to God in remorse. The Chinese however have their own concept and ways of acquiring peace.

The peace symbol in China has great value and you will see extensive use of this symbol in all walks of life in China. The Chinese have a strong belief that these symbols are a means of attracting the good thing in life. Peace is one thing which the whole human race is searching for all the time.

So what is the Chinese concept behind the peace symbol? Well, according to them if you surround yourself with peace symbols you will finally achieve peace within your self. At least this is how they have made use of the peace symbols throughout the history of the nation.

In fact the peace symbol is not the sole character that has been used to attract good things in the lives of the people. Good fortune and blessing symbols of various kinds can be found in people's homes, shops, cars and offices.

Today the Chinese peace symbol is amongst the most popular characters used not only in China but also around the world. The west is mainly infatuated with Chinese symbols and peace being a universally appealing idea is right on top of the list.

As it is the concept of peace is considered to be cool in the eyes of the western youth. When the similar concept is represented in the form of a Chinese symbol that looks amazing because of the way it is composed the symbol gains even more reliability and appeal. Hence we find a wide range of fashion accessories and clothing gear featuring the Chinese peace symbol and selling like hot cakes in the western world.

The Chinese peace symbol which the west has adopted has a completely different implication to what the traditional Chinese concept is which they have been following for past so many centuries.




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