title: Chuvash national symbols
text: # Chuvash national symbols
  
  Chuvash national symbols - spiritual symbols of ancient Chuvash, are valuable historical and cultural heritage of Chuvashia. Symbols are used in national ornaments of embroidery, jewelry, artwork, etc.
  
  ## Main pictographic symbols
  
  | Value | Value |
  | - | - |
  | Sun, harmony, harmony | Light, heat, fire, energy of life |
  | Were and will, the greatness of the genus | Cohesion |
  | Brotherly assistance, solidarity | Honor, will, self-control |
  | Spiritual and ancestral connection | Rook of life, talent, success, destiny, rock |
  | The eye of God, heaven, Peace, spiritual enlightenment | Truth, law, humanism, justice |
  | The universe, unity, Requiem | The tree, the place of the ritual, the appeal to nature |
  | Amulet from evil, anger, kindness, endurance | Competition, confrontation, light and darkness |
  | Agreement, reconciliation | Peace, Union, harmony |
  | Honor, courage, duty, loyalty | The firmament, the universe |
  | Sky-to-Earth connection | The conquest of the peaks, the upward tendency |
  | The motion, evolution | Thought, knowledge |
  | Memory of the past, think of the future | Shield, amulet of unity, anthem |
  | Care for your neighbor | Reliability, hand in hand |
  | Home, shelter, home shelter | Creation, call of help |
  | Charity, help — "Neema" | Spiritual rise, conscience, will |
  | Diligence, patience, resilience | Exchange, Council, dialogue |
  | Children of the same mother, family, descendants of the same family | The increase of the family, clan |
  | Rapport | He and She, love, mutual respect |
  | Humanity, mind, strength, health, spiritual beauty | Relatives, relatives, community, mutual aid |
  | The continuation of the family, strong family | The connection with my homeland, devotion |
  | Friendship, common cause, support, trust | Friendship, common cause, support, trust |
  | National dignity, self-awareness | Equality, understanding and acceptance |
  | Caring for children, youth, care, mercy | Close-knit relatives, friendship |
  | The family hearth, coziness, kindness | Each for friend, family |
  | Loyalty, unity, love | The power of family, the spirit of the nation, the vitality |
  | Field corn, the sower of the good | Between fields, section |
  | A measure of length, divorce owner | Age, period, flow of time |
  | The measure of sins and kindness | Good and evil, life and death |
  | The life path, the way | |
  
  ## The colors in the Chuvash ornament
  
  * Red - the color of life, courage, love
  * White - the color of truth, purity, wisdom
  * Black - the color of agriculture and death
  * Green - the color of nature
  * Blue - the color of the sky
  * Yellow - the color of the sun
  
  The main colors of ornaments are white, red and black.
  
  ## Literature
  
  * Ф.В. Искендеров, И.Ф. Искендеров, Е.Ф. Костина Азбука чувашских орнаментов и эмблем. — перераб. и доп. издание, Ulyanovsk,: 2008.
  