(Yin and yang of a zang-fu organ denote the material ... metal and water. The ancient Chinese recognized that each element had its own properties: wood (trees) tends to spread out freely; metal ...

Read on! Yin and Yang is a dynamic concept interwoven with Chinese philosophy, particularly Taoism, and offers a profound ...

This story appears in the May 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. Grand Canal barges have no fancy names, no mermaids planted on the bow, no corny sayings painted on the stern. Instead ...

In Chinese philosophy, the concept of Yin and Yang suggests that all things embody opposing yet interconnected forces. For ...

For those who celebrate this ancient festival ... which fall into the yin or yang category) is paired with an earthly branch (one of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals). This year the heavenly stem ...