But these cultural symbols are not well-accepted broadly. Although China has opened Confucius Institutes all over the world, Chinese is still not the first choice for language learning. I have spent ...

It is just one of the modern attractions in the town of Nishan in Qufu, Shandong province, where Confucius was born in 551 BC ...

While the power symbol made it into Unicode in 2015, it's been around for much longer. The goal in moving it to Unicode was to add a crucial symbol used around the world by the masses.

We encounter symbols constantly—in road signs, packaging, technology, clothing, and even gestures. While many seem obvious at ...

One of the earliest known instances in the U.S. of a protester brandishing a raised fist occurred in 1913, when “Big Bill” Haywood spoke to strikers during the Paterson silk strike in New Jersey.

According to the study done by Dr. Caspari, Xiaohe culture is known for its distinctive burial customs, including boat-like coffins, symbolic poles, and cattle remains.

For Catholics, symbols “help us to deepen our faith and shape our prayer life, not to mention the lives we lead and the choices we make,” the cardinal said.

We often walk past temples, visit homes, or attend ceremonies in India and see beautiful, often mysterious symbols. From the ...

USB ports aren’t as simple as they look. This guide decodes every symbol so you know exactly what each port can do for speed, power, and data.

White, purple, and yellow. The women’s movement didn’t rely on visual symbols at first, notes historian Einav Rabinovitch-Fox. That changed in the early 20th century, when suffragists in ...

In Hebrew, the letter Shin (ש) is a potent symbol. With its three-pronged, flame-like form—and a sound reminiscent of a sizzling fire—it evokes spirit, fire, and Divine energy.