Mysterious Five Elements

Author: Liu Xiaohong
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Chinese culture is renowned not only for its longevity and richness but also for its profound mystique, attracting global attention. The term "mystique" encompasses wonder and secrecy. Any culture with mystical elements can be termed "mystical culture." It includes everything from the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, empresses and concubines, eunuchs and relatives, sorcerers and shamans, recluses and immortals, devout men and women, secret societies and factions, the three teachings and nine schools, the Three Classics and Five Canons, secret texts and forbidden books, heretical doctrines, the Yin-Yang Five Elements, the connection between heaven and humanity, the mystical arts of divination, alchemy and longevity practices, astrology and geomancy, martial arts and Qigong, and more.