Examples for Yin Yang symbol

Yin is characterized as slow, soft, yielding, diffuse, cold, wet, happy, pure, and is associated with water, earth, the moon, femininity, and night time.
Yang, by contrast to Yin, is fast, hard, solid, focused, hot, dry, sad, aggressive, and is associated with fire, sky, the sun, masculinity, and day time.


A modern example:

Yin: the traffic light on the road (the stillness)
Yang: the traffic that flows past that traffic light (activity)


Some Chinese, Korean and Japanese place names that still exist are named in the following principle:

Yin: the shady north side of the mountain, the south side of the river
Yang: the sunny south side of the mountain, the north side of the river

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