Indian vs Chinese Views on Nature
The Traditional Indian and Chinese Views on Nature
Its interesting how two Asian countries China and India have different cultures and traditions, and a few similarities in their views about nature. Chinese culture is one of the oldest cultures, and people have shared a common culture for longer period. Their imperial dynastic system was established in 221 BC and continued for centuries. On the flip side, the Indian traditional system emerged from different cultural, social, ethical, religious and philosophical systems that have been developed overtime in the history. Movement of people across the country, foreign invasion, and the interaction of native cultures with foreign culture, the religions and the political activities have shaped the tradition and the environment of the Indian sub-continent.
In Chinese culture people don’t accept or decline that there is a God. They believe that the nature is their god and they are more focused on nature than the concept of god. Their beliefs have developed over thousands of years through different dynasties and philosophers. The overall concept was same which was having the balance between man and nature but they all had different approach to it. Each one of them has added their different prospective of the true meaning of “Tian Ren He Yi”. The meaning of Tian Ren He Yi – nature and man joined into one whole. And it is appeared in sung dynasty (960-1279). Tian means sky has a dual meaning such as nature and supernatural force. And Ren means mankind in Chinese. Overall the idea is to understand the nature and live harmony with the nature. This concept of the balance between human and nature has impacted different parts of the Chinese culture: medical practices, agriculture, the way they live their lives such as being very simple and atuned with nature (non-materialistic). Chinese people were interested in the relationships and patterns that occurred in nature. They believed that no single being or form could exist
Its interesting how two Asian countries China and India have different cultures and traditions, and a few similarities in their views about nature. Chinese culture is one of the oldest cultures, and people have shared a common culture for longer period. Their imperial dynastic system was established in 221 BC and continued for centuries. On the flip side, the Indian traditional system emerged from different cultural, social, ethical, religious and philosophical systems that have been developed overtime in the history. Movement of people across the country, foreign invasion, and the interaction of native cultures with foreign culture, the religions and the political activities have shaped the tradition and the environment of the Indian sub-continent.
In Chinese culture people don’t accept or decline that there is a God. They believe that the nature is their god and they are more focused on nature than the concept of god. Their beliefs have developed over thousands of years through different dynasties and philosophers. The overall concept was same which was having the balance between man and nature but they all had different approach to it. Each one of them has added their different prospective of the true meaning of “Tian Ren He Yi”. The meaning of Tian Ren He Yi – nature and man joined into one whole. And it is appeared in sung dynasty (960-1279). Tian means sky has a dual meaning such as nature and supernatural force. And Ren means mankind in Chinese. Overall the idea is to understand the nature and live harmony with the nature. This concept of the balance between human and nature has impacted different parts of the Chinese culture: medical practices, agriculture, the way they live their lives such as being very simple and atuned with nature (non-materialistic). Chinese people were interested in the relationships and patterns that occurred in nature. They believed that no single being or form could exist