east
East in the Chinese have multiple meanings: ▪ The original meaning of the East is one of the basic four directions, namely the East. The east is the rising direction of the sun, which is opposite to the west, usually on the west. In the traditional Chinese culture, the patron saint of the East is the dragon. Ancient China with the Eight Diagrams on behalf of the East, also commonly used left that East, China's traditional map is also left to the East. ▪ China's eastern, east, east, such as the East China Sea, east of hibiscus. The ancients called the world of the East, such as the East too Hao, Oriental Qingdi, Oriental "wood" Germany, the East seven places. ▪ East, the mainstay in the east, the guest in the west. East said the owner, such as the landlord, owner, owner, for the East. ▪ A separatist force in the Eastern or Western Zhou Dynasty. ▪ According to geographical and cultural factors and other factors divided by the East, and the West relative, this concept is more vague. From Europe to Europe, Asia can be divided into near east (not commonly used), Middle East, Far East; sometimes Russia is also known as the East. China is generally believed that East Asia is the East, Europe and the United States is the West; India in ancient times known as the West, modern times is sometimes considered part of the East. ...