The Legend of the Condor Heroes Essays

  • The Big Dipper in Taoism

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    picture. The Big Dipper This group of stars is symbolic in the many cultures. In the Mongolia culture, they are called the Seven gods . In Taoism, the Big Dipper is extremely important and many myths and legends have been derived from this group of stars. If one has read Jin Yong’s Condor Heroes, the QuanZhen Sect has a special sets of martial arts where seven taoists form the shape of the Big dipper and fight using this formation. It’s called the 北斗七星阵 which is the Seven Stars of the Big Dipper

  • Blue Division Research Papers

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    Blue Division , the Spanish unit of volunteers who left for Russia during the Second World War to fight communism. Villains and heroes for each other , what is certain is that , in the light of history, these soldiers staged some unusual events such as walking 1,000 kilometers in a few weeks for battle . However , we must go back a few years back in history to understand the causes of formation of the Blue Division . It all began with the invasion of the U.R.S.S by Hitler 's Nazi Germany . The mobilization