Ancient Voices: Characters
of the I Ching
Select one of the characters below and on the back of this handout draw your design for a mask, incorporating into the mask design a few of the symbols and emblems pertaining to your chosen character.
|
Family Relationship
|
Name
|
Attribute
|
Image
(Symbols and
Emblems)
|
Trigram
|
|
Father
|
Ch'ien
the Creative
|
Strength
|
Heaven
(Clouds, sun, stars, winged dragons)
|
__________
__________
__________
|
|
Mother
|
K'un
the Receptive
|
Devotion,
Yielding
|
Earth
(Flowers and herbs, fruit, stalks of rice)
|
____ ____
____ ____
____ ____
|
|
First Son
|
Chen
the Arousing
|
Inciting
Movement
|
Thunder
(Lightning bolts)
|
____ ____
____ ____
__________
|
|
Second Son
|
K'an
the Abysmal
|
Dangerous
|
Water
(Waves, whirlpool, river)
|
____ ____
__________
____ ____
|
|
Third Son
|
Ken
Keeping Still
|
Resting
|
Mountain
(Mountain scenes, rocks, boulders)
|
__________
____ ____
____ ____
|
|
First Daughter
|
Sun
the Gentle
|
Penetrating
|
Wind, Wood
(Bamboo flute, branches, stylized lines indicating movement of wind)
|
__________
__________
____ ____
|
|
Second Daughter
|
Li
the Clinging
|
Light-Giving
|
Fire
(Flames, sunbeams)
|
__________
____ ____
__________
|
|
Third Daughter
|
Tui
the Joyous
|
Joyful
|
Lake
(water images, dancing waves, laughing faces)
|
____ ____
__________
__________
|
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