Shorin Ryuu Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 You'll find them all over maps in Japan since they represent temples (sort of like how we put crosses to represent churches in America). It is funny to see tourist reactions to this if they don't know what it means... Martial Arts Blog:http://bujutsublogger.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
47MartialMan Posted August 30, 2004 Author Share Posted August 30, 2004 Yes, the Nazis have ruined that symbol for a long eternity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_2k3 Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 You'll find them all over maps in Japan since they represent temples (sort of like how we put crosses to represent churches in America). It is funny to see tourist reactions to this if they don't know what it means... Its not just America, thats the universal symbol used in all Christian countries, u'll find its used in almost the entire weatern world. China and Japan are Buddist countries, so they use a different symbol. "When my enemy contracts I expand and when he expands I contract" - Bruce Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorin Ryuu Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 I was referring to tourists seeing the swastika denoting the temple, not the crosses... Martial Arts Blog:http://bujutsublogger.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_2k3 Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 Gottcha, soz. "When my enemy contracts I expand and when he expands I contract" - Bruce Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunken Monkey Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 ....the nazi one points the other direction. there's a specific name for it but i can't remember it off the top of my head..... post count is directly related to how much free time you have, not how intelligent you are."When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
47MartialMan Posted August 30, 2004 Author Share Posted August 30, 2004 Does anyone know its meanings? Does anyone know India's influence on Chinese martial arts/ Does anyone know why the Nazis pointed in another direction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickinto Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 original meaning of the symbol: http://www.swastika-info.com/en/bedeutung.php Indias influence: http://www.fightingarts.com/forums/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001761.html THe difference between Nazi Swastika and Sanskirt Symbol: http://www.iearn.org/hgp/aeti/aeti-1997/swastika.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
47MartialMan Posted August 31, 2004 Author Share Posted August 31, 2004 I knew this "decades" before the "Almighty Internet". Just thought I wave it out there to stimulate opinions, responses, and/or feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickinto Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 What there was life before the Internet??? Who knew? Actually, I do remember having to actually go to the LIBRARY, and using actual BOOKS to do research for College papers and other educational stuff... Do they still have libraries? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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