What is Yin and yang?
{{more sources}} [[File:Yin yang.svg|alt=Official yin and yang symbol|thumb|220x220px|Yin and yang symbol. Notice the opposite colors within each part.]] [[File:Flag of Mongolia.svg|thumb|Yin and yang can be seen on the left of the flag of [[Mongolia]].]] The '''Taijitu''', more commonly referred to as '''Yin and yang''', is a [[China|Chinese]] [[symbol]] from a [[Belief|belief system]] called '''[[Taoism]].''' It is also stylized as Yinyang or Yin-Yang.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/yinyang|title=yinyang {{!}} Definition & Meaning|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2020-06-25}}</ref> It represents the [[idea]] that [[nature]] is made up of opposing, yet complementary forces and energy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thoughtco.com/yin-and-yang-629214|title=What Do Yin and Yang Represent?|last=Shan|first=Jun|website=ThoughtCo|language=en|access-date=2020-06-25}}</ref> ==Colors== The traditional symbol has two opposite colors, [[White]] (Yang) and [[Black]] (Yin). Both sides contain the opposite color inside of itself to represent the main idea of '''[[dualism]]'''. Some examples of these balanced opposites are: Light and Dark, [[Male]] and Female, Expansion and [[Contraction]], Up and Down, [[Sun]] and [[Moon]], and Movement and Rest.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ancient.eu/Yin_and_Yang/|title=Yin and Yang|website=Ancient History Encyclopedia|access-date=2020-06-25}}</ref> ==What they mean== Yin and Yang are interchangeable with one another, so Yang can become Yin. The Yin-Yang duality also applies to how people should live their lives. The belief is that we should not have too much or too little of something, such as food for example. While food is essential to life and survival, eating too much can cause [[Obesity|health problems]], while too little causes [[starvation]]. == Common applications == Alternative and holistic [[medicine]] includes the Yin–Yang dualism and has grown in popularity in the [[western world]]. The symbol and ideas are often portrayed in dai