Talk:Avatar: The Last Airbender/@comment-71.59.28.39-20120711122156/@comment-5012545-20120726125311

Actually it's more like this:

EK: Based off China in different time periods depending on the location (Clothing, Hairstyles, Weapons and Architecture are Chinese), with the exception of Kyoshi Island and Song's village which are based of Japan and Korea respectively. Ba Sing Se is based on Qing Dynasty Bei Jing in China.

FN: Han Dynasty China, people wear their hair in Han style top knots, the robes that are worn are called Hanfu, the Armour worn by FN soldiers is Chinese Tang Dynasty Armour and the weapons used are Chinese.

AN: Buddhist monks (e.g Tibetan and Shaolin monks).

WT: Inuit, the Northern Water Tribe also has some chinese and native american elements as well.