What does yin-yang mean?

Answer 1

Yin and Yang originate in ancient Chinese philosophy and metaphysics, which describes two primal opposing but complementary forces found in all things in the universe.

Yin (Chinese: 陰/阴; pinyin: yīn; literally "shady place, north slope (hill), south bank (river); cloudy, overcast") is the darker element; it is passive, dark, feminine, downward-seeking, and corresponds to the night.

Yang (陽/阳; yáng; "sunny place, south slope (hill), north bank (river); sunshine") is the brighter element; it is active, light, masculine, upward-seeking and corresponds to the day. Yin is often symbolized by water or earth, while Yang is symbolized by fire, or wind.

Yin (receptive, feminine, dark, passive force) and Yang (creative, masculine, bright, active force) are descriptions of complementary opposites rather than absolutes. Any Yin/Yang dichotomy can be seen as its opposite when viewed from another perspective. The categorization is seen as one of convenience. Most forces in nature can be seen as having Yin and Yang states, and the two are usually in movement rather than held in absolute stasis.

Answer 2

The begining and the end. The Yin and the Yang, The Fire and the Ice, The Alpha and the Omega. In slang: I'd like to give her the old yin yang or he/she takes it up the yin yang.

Answer 3

The Yin means Power Yang means Strength

Answer 4

The concepts of Yin and Yang originate in ancient Chinese philosophy and metaphysics, which describes two primal opposing but complementary forces found in all things in the universe.

Yin is the darker element; it is sad, passive, dark, feminine, downward-seeking, and corresponds to the night.

Yang is the brighter element; it is happy, active, light, masculine, upward-seeking and corresponds to the day. Yin is often symbolized by water or earth, while Yang is symbolized by fire, or wind.

Yin (receptive, feminine, dark, passive force) and Yang (creative, masculine, bright, active force) are descriptions of complementary opposites rather than absolutes. Any Yin/Yang dichotomy can be seen as its opposite when viewed from another perspective. The categorization is seen as one of convenience. Most forces in nature can be seen as having Yin and Yang states, and the two are usually in movement rather than held in absolute stasis.

Answer 5

Yin-Yang is the Chinese concept of opposites: Male-Female, Good-Evil, Black-White.

It is a symbol that represents that there are two halves cannot exist without each other, and that both sides have elements of the other within themselves.

A football player who likes show tunes, for example.

That's the best explanation in western terms.

Answer 6

We had Vietnamese friends when we lived else where and the little girl explained this to me. Something to do with harmony. Yin- white yang- black and both fit together in a circle as one.

Answer 7

It represents the ancient Chinese understanding of how things work. The outer circle represents "everything", while the black and white shapes within the circle represent the interaction of two energies, called "yin" (black) and "yang" (white), which cause everything to happen. They are not completely black or white, just as things in life are not completely black or white, and they cannot exist without each other.

While "yin" would be dark, passive, downward, cold, contracting, and weak, "yang" would be bright, active, upward, hot, expanding, and strong. The shape of the yin and yang sections of the symbol, actually gives you a sense of the continual movement of these two energies, yin to yang and yang to yin, causing everything to happen: just as things expand and contract, and temperature changes from hot to cold.

Answer 8

the yin and the yang are an Asian symbol that show how good and bad/light and dark are intertwined with each other...it expresses the belief that life is a duality...evrything good has a little bad in it and vice versa...it is hard to explain if you are not looking at the symbol...try these web sites...

www.chinesefortunecalendar.com
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yin_and_yang

Answer 9

It is the balance between the ying and yang in the body.
basically, the "chi" which is the energy in your body that keeps you alive, healthy, and fit.
People with bad health and fitness have an over power of Ying (bad chi, which is bad energy)
and the opposite for healthy and well fit people (they have Yang, good chi)

Answer 10

It denotes the balance of the male/female energies in the universe.