The Dragon And The Pheonix T-Shirt

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This is an image of a marble carving that is found typically between steps leading to any holy and religious site in China. The carving is of a dragon and a phoenix. The Chinese Dragon symbolizes Yang (light, sun, masculine, etc.) and the Chinese Phoenix symbolizes Yin (darkness, night, feminine, etc.)

The early Chinese also believed in four magical, spiritual and benevolent animals; the Dragon, the Phoenix, the Tortoise and the Unicorn. The Dragon was the most revered of all. In it’s claws it holds an enormous magical pearl, which has the power to multiply whatever it touches. The ancients believed the pearl symbolized the most precious treasure – wisdom.

Like the dragon the Phoenix is made up of various elements, typifying the entire cosmos. It has the head of a cock representing the sun, the back of a swallow as the crescent moon, its wings are the wind, its tail represents trees and flowers, and its feet are the earth. Its parts and colors typically symbolize vari...

Hello and Welcome. My name is Hany Jadaa; a part-time professional photographer from Ontario, Canada. ABOUT ME: Full-time owner/director of an Environmental Engineering firm; part-time professional musician; full-time practitioner of Japanese martial arts. Through my work as an engineer and a musician, I have the fortune of traveling very frequently to many places on this planet (Canada, US, Central America, Caribbean, Europe, Middle East, Far East); hence my photo galleries. ABOUT MY PHOTOGRAPHY: Main interest subjects focus on 1) Travel and outdoors (nature, landscape, architecture, structures); 2) close-ups and details (sculptures, statues, structural details); 3) simple visual pleasures (no limit to what that might be). ...