Huh. Never thought of it that way. When you put it into words, it does make sense. The wall of Ba Sing Se is the Great Wall of China. Thanks, Toru, you've given me something to think on. *goes to ponder new information* Well...... Then.......

Lol no problem... I'm a weird thinker. The top one only applies to people who have been to the forbidden city... hold on lemme get a picture of it

Here we go!


And Ba Sing Se

The show has alot of asian influences. It is a manga ifnluenced animie and everything else, but there are some (not many though) western influences. But i never would of thought of the forbidden city thing, but I kind of saw the Great Wall of China thing though. You have good eyes.

Im going to look for more things in the Avatar series. If anybody is willing to help, I welcome them to. Please PM me the things that you notice or pour them all into here. I just hope that this thread lasts for a while.

if you find anything that is vietnamese influence thats kewl lol

Hmmmm maybe the most famous vietnamese culture is the Ao dai which is the vietnamese long dress for women....hmmm gotta look around lol. Hmmm maybe the infamous PHO! haha. I love pho greatest vietnamese food ever. Anyway ya thats my thought

And as for seeing that great eyes i normally don't care ahout looking for such things tho =P

Lol, I would be greatly interested if you find any other Asian Culture things relating to Ba Sing Se or ANYthing else. Please, ANYONE can help, it would be very interesting to see how much Bryan and the other guy, have studied for this.

AND!!!!! Urgentness

Thanks to Nanami who noticed this:
The Kyoshi warrior's make up is similar to a geisha's

Lalal More PMs PLEASE!

This may be kind of obvious, but the airbenders in the show are like real monks in China. They live in the mountains for one example, and they also don't eat any meat. If there is anything else please say so. Peace out : )

Just to say something weird about the show, cause I feel like it, that's why.... Has anyone noticed that the gold clasp on Katara's mother's necklace has been slowly dissapearing into oblivion lately. *nods wisely* See? I can see things, too!!!

Heck, I didn't even notice a goldclasp on Katara's Mother's Necklace at all! Did you notice that every day Katara gets better at waterbending and doesn't practice that much? Episode something... she can't make a huge wave... Episode lake laogai...

Jet: Katara? I think I can help
Katara blushes and makes two huge waves at the lift of her two arms and just like OWNS him.

Also

Airbenders can cut things with air... Why can't airbenders cut everybody to pieces? In the avatar world it is against monk principles to use airbending to cut anything that is living or used to live.

To reply on Katana's post , it might be odvious but monks in anciant china also were the same , or similar colors, to Aang's attire , like orange and "yellow" . They also shave there head like Aang and the air nomads. As for his tattos i'm clueless. For anyone who's interested here's a picture of Buddhist Monks ( picture was taking in 1979 :
www.aimwell.org/Photos/Monks/Photo_Monks.jpg

I've been thinking about the avatar, and it kind of reminds me of the Dali Lama(don't know how to spell this). 'Cause the Dali Lama is rereincarnation of other people.
Also to comment on Suyami's post, Katara's golden clasp does look bluer and bluer all the time. And to comment on Toru's and Chiba Ryou's posts on Katara's bending it does seem she is really good at waterbending over night, but Pakku said she mastered it when she was in the North Pole so it is possible that she could practice bending on the days we don't know about.

In response to Nanami: I think their tattoos are there and are arrows because they are a sort of 'religious' thing, and the arrows fit perfectly to match with the art of airbending.hat I don't get is how they get the tattos, and how they can be down the length of their body. Of course, they might have just been inherant, and they are all born with them.

Side note: I just remembered that air bison have the tattoos, only theirs are natural. Maybe the air nomads got the idea from them, and that would bring out the possibility that—that maybe air bison taught them airbending? Crazy, i know, but it might be true.

Well, I have never been to China. And I don't really want to compare a country to a city. But I wouldn't be surprised if it were similar, for alot of what is in the show, almost everything infact, is based off of the Chinese culture.

I was reading this book for school, The Art of Happiness. The book is about the Dalai Lama (I can spell it now). Anyway, the book says his real name is Tenzin Gyatso. How cool is that. When I read that I was like so surprized. So we know know that Monk Gyatso is influenced by the Dalai Lama, but they are also similar by their kindness. Peace out.