Talk:Fire Nation/@comment-122.106.191.125-20120424085500

I personally think that Fire Nation is mostly influenced by China but to some extent, Japan as well. The whole Japanese culture (examples: clothes, food, traditions, language, writing) is heavily influenced by the Chinese.

Firebending is based on chinese martial arts (so are all the bending styles). Zuko uses the dual swords not the katanas. Dual Swords originated from China.

The whole avatar world uses chinese characters.

The clothes of the Fire Nation greatly resembles the Han Dynasty Clothes.

The celebrations are like Chinese New Year. The food, the music, the show with the dragons.

The colour red is the main colour of FN and also China. China's flag is mostly red. Chinese New Years .. the whole celebration is red. The envelopes given out, red. Red means luck, celebration, happiness, loyalty and beauty. The red symbolises the sun that means life and power (see the connection?). It also symbolises fire which means warmth and celebration in China.

Also ... In the ancient world of china ... chinese use to refer themselves as the ancestors of dragons. Dragons and phoenix were soo important that the Emperors and empresses embroided them onto their clothes. Dragons for Emperors and Phoenix for Empresses.

The military is kinda like Japan. A midgety country who thinks it can rule the world because they are just pro in their own mind.