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Auspicious Animal Symbols of Chinese Culture. / Somkina, N.A.
Humanities, Social Sciences and Environment Conference: materials of the I international research and practice conference November 30th, 2016, Milan, Italy. Профессиональная наука, 2016. p. 76-92.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Research
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T1 - Auspicious Animal Symbols of Chinese Culture
AU - Somkina, N.A.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The article deals with the Chinese auspicious animal symbols, which constitute a significant part of the Chinese cultural heritage, as they embody the whole of the philosophy and the world view of the Chinese people, accumulated for thousands of years. Understanding of the meaning of the symbols is crucially important for cross cultural communication.Auspicious symbols are mostly based on the homophonic puns, often with a huge cultural background, which can pass unnoticed or not properly understood, so this article is intended to present a list of common or representative auspicious symbols along with their origin and meaning.
AB - The article deals with the Chinese auspicious animal symbols, which constitute a significant part of the Chinese cultural heritage, as they embody the whole of the philosophy and the world view of the Chinese people, accumulated for thousands of years. Understanding of the meaning of the symbols is crucially important for cross cultural communication.Auspicious symbols are mostly based on the homophonic puns, often with a huge cultural background, which can pass unnoticed or not properly understood, so this article is intended to present a list of common or representative auspicious symbols along with their origin and meaning.
KW - auspicious symbols
KW - animal symbols
KW - Chinese culture
KW - dragon
KW - fenghuang
KW - homonyms
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 978 -1- 370 -83049-7
SP - 76
EP - 92
BT - Humanities, Social Sciences and Environment Conference
PB - Профессиональная наука
ER -
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