Wu Xing

The Wu Xing (Chinese: ; pinyin: Wǔ Xíng), also known as the Five Elements, Five Phases, the Five Agents, the Five Movements, Five Processes, the Five Steps/Stages and the Five Planets is a fivefold conceptual scheme that many traditional Chinese fields used to explain a wide array of phenomena, from cosmic cycles to the interaction between internal organs, and from the succession of political regimes to the properties of medicinal drugs. The "Five Phases" are Wood ( ), Fire ( huǒ), Earth ( ), Metal ( jīn), and Water ( shuǐ). This order of presentation is known as the "mutual generation" (相生 xiāngshēng) sequence. In the order of "mutual overcoming" (相克 xiāngkè), they are Wood, Earth, Water, Fire, and Metal.

The system of five phases was used for describing interactions and relationships between phenomena. After it came to maturity in the second or first century BCE during the Han dynasty, this device was employed in many fields of early Chinese thought, including seemingly disparate fields such as geomancy or Feng shui, astrology, traditional Chinese medicine, music, military strategy and martial arts. The system is still used as a reference in some forms of complementary and alternative medicine and martial arts.

Wuxing

Wuxing may refer to:

  • Wu Xing (五行), concept in Chinese philosophy
  • Wuxing (text) (五行), a Chinese "Warring States" text
  • Five Punishments (五刑), a series of physical penalties in dynastic China
  • Flag of the People's Republic of China, also known as the "Five-starred red flag" (五星红旗)
  • Wuxing District (吴兴区), district in Huzhou, Zhejiang, China
  • Wuxing Subdistrict, Mudanjiang, in Dong'an District, Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang
  • Wuxing Subdistrict, Xinyang, in Shihe District, Xinyang, Henan
  • Wuxing Subdistrict, Changzhou, in Zhonglou District, Changzhou, Jiangsu
  • Wuxing Subdistrict, Yancheng, in Tinghu District, Yancheng, Jiangsu
  • Wuxing, Taihe County, Anhui
  • Wuxing, Yichun, Heilongjiang, in Wuying District, Yichun, Heilongjiang
  • Wuxing, Xinye County, in Xinye County, Henan
  • Wuxing Township, Xuancheng, in Xuanzhou District, Xuancheng, Anhui
  • Wuxing Township, Puyang County, in Puyang County, Henan
  • Wuxing Township, Xi'an, in Chang'an District, Xi'an, Shaanxi
  • Wuxing Township, Jianyang, Sichuan, in Jianyang, Sichuan
  • Wuxing Township, Xingwen County, in Xingwen County, Sichuan
  • Xing

    Xing may refer to:

  • an abbreviation for road crossing, primarily used in North America
  • Chinese surname (姓, xing)
  • Xing (surname) (邢), a Chinese surname
  • Xing (state), a state of ancient China during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–221 BCE)
  • Xing County, in Shanxi, China
  • Qiao Xing Universal Telephone Inc. (NASDAQ: XING)
  • XING, a social network platform
  • Xing Technology, known for the Xing Player
  • Xingó Dam

    The Xingó Dam is a concrete face rock-fill dam on the São Francisco River on the border of Alagoas and Sergipe, near Piranhas, Brazil. The dam was built for navigation, water supply and hydroelectric power generation as it supports a 3,162 megawatts (4,240,000 hp) power station. It was constructed between 1987 and 1994 and the last of its generators was commissioned in 1997.

    Construction

    Studies for the Xingó Dam were done in the 1950s and contracts for construction were not awarded until 1982. Construction on the dam began in March 1987 but stopped in September 1988 because a debt crisis stalled funding. Construction commenced again in 1990 and by 1994, the dam was complete. On June 10, 1994, the dam began to impound the river as its reservoir began to fill. On November 15 of that year, the reservoir reached its maximum level of 130 metres (430 ft). The power station's first generator was commissioned in December 1994, the next two in 1995, two more in 1996 and the final generator in August 1997.

    Xingu

    Xingu may refer to:

  • Xingu River, in north Brazil, a southeast tributary of the Amazon
  • Xingu peoples, indigenous peoples living near the Xingu River
  • Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Xingu, located in the area of the Xingu River
  • Xingu National Park, located in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil
  • Xingu, a character in James Thurber's children's book The 13 Clocks
  • Xingu and Other Stories, a short story collection by Edith Wharton
  • Xingu (beer), a Brazilian Schwarzbier produced by the FEMSA beverage company
  • Embraer EMB 121 Xingu, a type of aircraft produced by the Brazilian manufacturer Embraer
  • Xingu Hill, a project of musician John Sellekaers
  • Xingu corydoras, a tropical freshwater fish
  • Xingu (film), a 2011 film by director Cao Hamburger
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