| Abstract |
| China is one of the important homes of sun worship that is sort of the first and most important religious from that occurred in China`s ancient society. In the sun worship, the emergence of the figure`circle`that symbolizes the sun is the most direct expression in ancient mankind`s unconscious method of expressing the form of the sun. The purpose of this study learns about the process of changes through which the figure`circle`came to symbolize the sun by conducting an organized study and analysis of the figure`circle`as the symbol of the sun among the sun worship cultures according to different periods. This study derives the processes of developing the worship of nature, the worship of the gods of heaven ( ), the worship of religion, the worship of the emperor`s power (皇權), and the worship of good luck ( ), all of which had been expressed by the figure“circle”representing the sun among China`s sun worship cultures. The figure`circle`underwent the process of changes from the first concrete circle-shaped natural attributes (屬性) to the abstract circle-shaped form of meditation (意念形式). In terms of the symbols of its types. their forms largely vary. However, Their basics surrounding the main theme all similarly started from the sun itself, and its major expressions were largely divided ito the sun`s sacred light (聖光) and the sun`s rotation. Out of them, the expression of the figure“circle”with the theme of rotation is most pronounced, and patterned figures that had an extensive range of development and had been derived have the most distinct characteristics. All were expressed as shape changes exhibited by the circle`s rotation and involved systematic changes and development. Finally, this study derived the conclusion that among China`s sun worship phenomena, the figure“circle”produced as the symbol of the sum has become a visual design that is sort of a unique shape that cannot be replaced with any other forms. This has clustered the spirit of the Chinese nation`s culture for thousands of years and has led the transmission and development direction of China`s future design culture. |
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| Key Words |
| 태양상징, `원`도형, 태양숭배, Symbol of the sun, figure`circle`, Sun worship |
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